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  • 1990
  • Chapter

Application Work in Group Dynamics Instruction

By: D. A. Thomas
Keywords: Groups and Teams
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  • 23 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

and error rate. Instead, I stumbled into quite a different discovery. The statistical results I obtained were the opposite of what I'd predicted. Well-led teams with good relationships were apparently making more mistakes; there was a... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 18 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

example, a leadership role can be assumed by a person who believes he or she has superior knowledge or skills. Up The Mountain Gino, Larrick, and Tost tested this dynamic in a simulation involving people planning an imaginary climb up... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • January 2002 (Revised June 2002)
  • Background Note

A Note on Building and Leading Your Senior Team

By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
As performance demands intensify in fast-moving global markets, more executives are coming to rely on senior teams for strategic and operational assistance. Team building with powerful senior executives presents special challenges, including competition for their boss'... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Management Teams; Operations; Organizational Culture; Rank and Position; Strategy
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  • January 2004 (Revised July 2007)
  • Case

Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel
Large discrepancies have developed between two elite technology development teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering in terms of motivation and creativity. To investigate, Paul Burke, director of corporate technology development, commissioned a study of the day-by-day... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 31 Jan 2007
  • HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It's no wonder that advertisers... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • September 2024
  • Article

Backstage Matters: Collective Energy and Information Sharing on Global Teams

By: Wenjie Ma, Leslie A. Perlow and Eunice Eun
It is well documented that information sharing – which is central to team effectiveness – is complicated by cultural and geographical factors. However, little is known about the process of information sharing between subgroups within global teams. Building on Goffman’s... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Groups and Teams; Geographic Scope
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  • 27 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

scaffolds are used. ©iStock.com/KarenMassier Prior research makes clear the importance of team stability, yet that's not always possible when an organization must work around the clock with overlapping shifts. Given more and more View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 31 Jan 2018
  • News

How can multinationals get their regional teams to work well together?

  • April 2012
  • Article

The Changing Ecology of Teams: New Directions for Teams Research

By: Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner and Mark Mortensen
The nature of collaboration has been changing at an accelerating pace, particularly in the last decade. Much of the published work in teams research, however, is still focused on the archetypal team that has well-defined membership, purposes, leadership, and standards... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Research; Change Management; Leadership; Standards; Performance Effectiveness; Theory; Civil Society or Community
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  • 10 Jul 2014
  • News

A Case for Group Risk-Taking

Keywords: risk; decision making; group responsibiklity; team dynamics; Finance
  • 04 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

A Dynamic Perspective on Ambidexterity: Structural Differentiation and Boundary Activities

Keywords: by Sebastian Raisch & Michael L. Tushman
  • 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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  • 2018
  • Chapter

An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints

By: Johnathan R. Cromwell, Teresa M. Amabile and Jean-François Harvey
Book Abstract: Rapid technological change, global competition, and economic uncertainty have all contributed to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Creativity
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    [Dissertation Research] Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams

    My dissertation (2013 Organization Science/ INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition Finalist) examines the dynamics and creative performance of multicultural teams. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, I introduce the concept of "cultural... View Details

    • 27 Dec 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance

    Keywords: by Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson
    • 25 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

    Determining how to successfully balance responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges is imperative to a positive and productive student experience. The Student and Academic Services (SAS) Support Services team in the MBA Program... View Details
    • March 2012
    • Article

    Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance

    By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas
    This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance; Learning; Diversity
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      Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance

      This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
      • 2012
      • Chapter

      When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams

      By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan and Lisa B. Kwan

      Purpose—We review how team members' identities and interests affect team functioning, paying special attention to subgroup dynamics triggered by fault lines and coalitions. This review sets the stage for describing novel pathways through which identities and... View Details

      Keywords: Information; Conflict of Interests; Interests; Groups and Teams; Identity; Performance
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