Job Design and Levels - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1996
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The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

men and women of all ages and experience levels. People don't need four or five years of post-college job experience on their résumés. That's an average amount for our... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

September. January cohort students have also benefited from new initiatives by MBA Career Services, such as industry panels and career fairs held during the summer, designed to help them prepare for... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

epitome of the Aston Martin Grand Touring car. Comfortable for two, it has few frills and a high level of luxury and yet is capable of heart-stopping performance View Details

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

led to more honest and open communication—became the foundation for Equitas Advisory Group, an evidence-based consultancy designed to help businesses and organizations... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

were the ones that weren’t earning much to begin with— they’re the ones bearing the brunt of the job losses and they make up the majority of the workforce in the hardest-hit sectors like hospitality, retail... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

example stuck with me. Financial services sort of makes sense. But the one that I thought was really an outstanding example was Warby Parker, because that is a very different brand, you know. Can you talk about the example of Warby Parker View Details

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

conclusion that's different than mine? They have some level of experience, some level of wisdom that I haven't learned yet, and there's something that I can take from this... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Harvard College. Instead, he opted for HBS and then a job in Mumbai with his father at Mahindra Ugine Steel (MUSCO). Soon after he arrived, the young Harvard MBA was called on to restructure View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

assets—a model that might well hold promise for other parts of rural and postindustrial America that are struggling to reinvent themselves. “I’m here to create jobs and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood

business where there’s opportunity for chicanery and less than full disclosure,” he observes. “Our number one value is honesty without hesitation.” Clay’s management style is equally simple: “People and... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture

15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

support and corporate support, we now have a business and that business was really not there 10 years ago. Now it's there in spades and our job... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Ask the Expert: A Fair Share

players work with incumbents, and I would say the best approach is to help them realize that the world is changing, and there’s an opportunity here to participate in their own disruption. At a high View Details

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

my life. Joking aside, getting great press or opening a large account are the entrepreneurial highs that keep us going. The most challenging part of the business is managing inventory. It is easy to be aspirational and to View Details

17 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York

quantum computing to the metaverse and blockchain. How do we, as a school and as business leaders, lean into these trends? What are the opportunities?" The desire to produce thought leadership at a fast... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

enormous pressures of his job and deploy the full range of management skills, savvy, and perseverance that he was hired to bring to what is truly a remarkable civic effort. On... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. Over the coming months, Porter, Rivkin, and a number of HBS faculty involved with the project will participate in a series of alumni events across the country View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a... View Details