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  • Sep 26 2018
  • Testimonial

Making Sales Team Management A Strategic Priority

  • December 1, 2021
  • Article

Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

By: Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna and Kartik Hosanagar
In a research study at four Fortune 500 companies, when managers were asked about their teams’ work, on average they either did not know or could not remember 60% of the work their teams do. This is a major problem because it can lead to unrealistic digital... View Details
Keywords: Leading Teams; Work Recall Gap; Machine Learning; Algorithms; Groups and Teams; Management; Technological Innovation
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  • March 1997
  • Case

Private Management and Public Schools (A)

Examines the prospects for private management in U.S. public schools. Introduces the U.S. system of education and the concerns driving the education reform process. Focuses on the education and business strategies of Education Alternatives, Inc. (EAI), Public... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Value; Education; Government and Politics; Education Industry; United States
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  • 25 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

novel.” When it comes to building good rapport, the gender makeup of managers and their teams matters, Tamayo’s research shows. Overall, cisgender men manage other men well,... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage
  • November 2012 (Revised July 2014)
  • Case

Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners

By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging market-focused private equity arm of a large European bank, had grown steadily over the last decade, establishing... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Leading Teams; Producing Managers; Delegation; Giving And Receiving Feedback; Managing Performance; Leadership; Work-Life Balance; Managerial Roles; Talent and Talent Management; Service Operations; Time Management; Performance; Financial Services Industry; Asia
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  • Research Summary

Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams (Dissertation)

Multicultural teams are becoming increasingly prevlaent and crucial for organizational success, yet they face many challenges that stem from their cultural differences. How can multicultural teams mitigate the risks of working across... View Details
Keywords: Cultural Brokerage; Multicultural Teams; Cross-cultural Collaboration; Creativity
  • January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

VendQuest (B): Building the Management Team

By: Dwight B. Crane and David Foster
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Construction Industry
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    Teaming

    New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change

    Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges... View Details

    • February 2003
    • Background Note

    Leading Teams

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer
    This note which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams
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    • 17 May 2022
    • News

    3 Strategies for Managing an Understaffed Team

    • 17 Sep 2012
    • News

    How to Manage a Diverse and Dispersed Team

    • November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
    • Case

    RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams

    By: David A. Garvin and Elizabeth Collins
    Key topics include team design, team management, job design, employee empowerment, implementing change, and high performance workforces. In 2004, John Amasi, the director of production for a manufacturer of plastic pipe, introduced the concept of self-directed teams... View Details
    Keywords: Work Force Management; Employee Empowerment; Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Texas
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    • 31 Jul 2012
    • News

    Two Harvard Business School Teams Win Chef Ferran Adrià's Global Ideas Challenge Competition

    • 05 Dec 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Georgia Perakis, MIT Sloan School of Management

    • 26 Jan 2013
    • News

    Lincoln’s School of Management

    • 27 Sep 2021
    • News

    Managing Through Crunch time—Without Burning Out Your Team

    • 13 May 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Christian Catalini, MIT Sloan School of Management

    • November 2006
    • Article

    How to Manage Urban School Districts

    By: Stacey Childress, Richard Elmore and Allen Grossman
    Keywords: Management; City; Education
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    • 13 Dec 2021
    • News

    The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

    • July 2008
    • Exercise

    Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ann Cullen
    The purpose of this exercise is to explore the challenges of information collection and analysis. Students will, experientially, gain insights into how information is used and be exposed to a framework for identifying and evaluating information. In addition, the... View Details
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Groups and Teams
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