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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments," the authors assert that increasing flexibility during the product development cycle can enable a firm to adjust to unanticipated circumstances so opportunely and cost View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
effectiveness of various legal, policy, and organizational interventions designed to reduce bias and enhance equity and inclusion. While she specializes in workplace and economic inequality, she is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech industry. At HBS, Higgins currently teaches Self-Assessment and Career Development in the MBA curriculum and Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Education Program. What is a career imprint? Organizational career... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
faculty member to CEO, everyone in the workshop is intensely involved in the learning experience." During the May workshop, a total of ten sessions focused on topics such as near-term organizational challenges; the creation of a strategic... View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
concepts to improve organizational effectiveness. Richardson attended a more targeted program titled Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations, which is designed to boost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
say. “We saw an opportunity to explore this rapidly evolving practice and develop new material that is both exciting for our students and relevant for practitioners.” Leadership: Execution & Action Planning (LEAP) Assistant Professor Ryan Raffaelli and Senior Lecturer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
Michael Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an authority on organizational theory, organizational strategy, and finance. He is codirector of The Monitor Company... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Pill, and Ingrid Vogel (World Scientific Publishing Co.) Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock-market booms and busts, and social and labor unrest is crucial in making informed managerial decisions. These phenomena can have a catastrophic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
Hill, who expects the case to be taught in Marketing and Organizational Behavior courses as well as in design schools. “Most of our change-management cases focus on a CEO or senior leader, not a middle manager, and few consider how to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
He began as president and chief operating officer in 1989 and led the company as CEO from 1991 until 2001, serving as chairman of the board from 1996–2002. He returned to HBS as a member of the faculty in 2004. “My whole goal in life is to have a positive impact by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Knowledge Integration Rules at Yale
segment called Orientation to Management, a general introduction to concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies. In addition, students work on developing interpersonal skills needed to be an effective leader. The next twelve weeks,... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
degree from Hofstra during the years that he was a player. Highly respected by his peers, he served as vice president of the NHL Players Association. I asked Baumgartner to reflect on the Bruins’ season in leadership, teamwork, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
in their daily lives as general managers. “Because of the nature of human beings, OB is an area that never becomes obsolete,” he comments. “Organizations are social constructs; I strongly believe effective leadership involves... View Details
- 20 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business
differentiating among them. The effect of this approach can be profound. IBM, for example, adopted a life-cycle approach to innovation, developing the leadership and organizational capabilities needed at... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
cookies. Annual proceeds from the sale total close to $450 million, $300 million of which supports scouting activity. "If there's a more effective fundraiser in the world, I don't know what it is," Baxter remarks. "But it's also a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
scenarios early on in the product development process, while the financial and organizational costs of changing course are still relatively low. In Experimentation Matters, Thomke defines six principles that managers should keep in mind... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
backgrounds or experience levels of the top management team -- the CEO, CFO, and chief scientific officer, in particular -- aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," explains HBS associate professor Monica C. Higgins, coauthor of a new working paper... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
unacceptable. Still, Madrick argues, there may be more reason to hope now than ever before. Rather than attempting to treat the symptoms of poverty, we might be able to ameliorate its worst effects through a single, simple, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
decisions, many critical choices still come down to human judgment, based on the best available insights. Visiting Professor Davenport and his coauthor relate 12 stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets, diverse perspectives, and deep... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Ink: Your Best Self
portfolio familiar to any executive. Courtesy Amy Jen Su Courtesy Amy Jen Su What trends in the business world are creating new pressures on leaders? Organizational life in general has gotten more complicated. Work has become increasingly... View Details
Keywords: April White