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- March 1998
- Teaching Note
The Job Search Workshop TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details
- September 1994
- Case
Bob Fifer
By: David A. Thomas and Doug Cohen
Explores the life and concerns of Bob Fifer, HBS class of 1979 and CEO of Kaiser Associates. Explores the many influences on Bob's development and his subsequent career choices. It is written as a biography with extensive quotes from interviews with Bob. He describes... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Identity; Leadership Style; Ethnicity; Management Teams
Thomas, David A., and Doug Cohen. "Bob Fifer." Harvard Business School Case 495-013, September 1994.
- October 2000 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie L. Woerner
Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring and growing a small, privately-owned company into a professional organization, especially regarding corporate... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Making; Education; Human Resources; Recruitment; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Private Ownership; Education Industry
Thomas, David A., and Stephanie L. Woerner. "Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 401-018, October 2000. (Revised January 2002.)
- March 2010
- Case
Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization (Abridged)
By: David A. Thomas and Boris Groysberg
Describes the steps the vice-president of human resources takes in revamping an HR function that was noncooperative and, at times, competitive and introducing the company to the notion of HR as a strategic business partner. Explores changes made to the company's... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Organizations; Restructuring; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Performance
Thomas, David A., and Boris Groysberg. "Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 410-082, March 2010.
- January 2009
- Case
Creating The Partnership Solutions Group at Lehman Brothers
By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie Creary
Explores how two senior Wall St. executives created a successful commercial opportunity for Lehman Brothers that focused on building relationships with minority- and women-owned financial services firms. Illustrates how Patricia Miller Zollar and Nadja Fidelia aligned... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Gender; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
Thomas, David A., and Stephanie Creary. "Creating The Partnership Solutions Group at Lehman Brothers." Harvard Business School Case 409-042, January 2009.
- November 2004
- Case
IBM's Diversity Strategy: Bridging the Workplace and the Marketplace
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
Explores how IBM incorporated diversity into its business strategy, making the case that workforce diversity is critical to marketing its products and services to its customers. In the early 1990s, Ted Childs, vice-president of Workforce Diversity, proposed to CEO Lou... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Diversification; Business Strategy; Integration; Global Strategy; Organizations; Markets; Information Technology Industry; United States
Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "IBM's Diversity Strategy: Bridging the Workplace and the Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 405-044, November 2004.
- August 2004
- Case
Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (B)
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (B)." Harvard Business School Case 405-030, August 2004.
- April 2004
- Teaching Note
Gary Rodkin at Pepsi-Cola North America (TN) (A), (B), and (B) (Abridged)
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
Teaching Note to (9-403-080), (9-403-108), and (9-403-109). View Details
- July 2002
- Case
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Mentoring Program, The (B)
By: David A. Thomas and Gina Carioggia
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Thomas, David A., and Gina Carioggia. "Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Mentoring Program, The (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-020, July 2002.
- April 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Teaching Note
Self-Assessment and Career Development, Instructor's Course Overview (TN)
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
An overview for the Self-Assessment and Career Development course. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Background Note
International Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
Intended to be used as a supplement to the Introduction to Type and provides an overview of the international uses of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
Thomas, David A., and Emily Heaphy. "International Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator." Harvard Business School Background Note 498-038, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
Professor Leonard A. Schlesinger. Approximately 115 people attended the sold-out networking night, where Schlesinger presented a case on Rent the Runway, an online designer dress rental business cofounded by... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity
Leadership by Laura Morgan Roberts, Tony Mayo, and David Thomas. Presentations & Discussions Lessons from W50 Lessons from W50 FEB 07 2020 | By: Robin Ely Professor Robin Ely shares lessons learned since... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
“There was a difference between how we experienced these disruptions and the attitude of our Turkish business partners,” says Mayo. “To them, unexpected adversity is often just business as usual.” The value of this kind of immersive learning is underscored View Details
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
The 2018 New Venture Competition started last fall with 360 teams. By Wednesday, April 18, just 12 teams—four finalists from each of the Alumni, Student Social Enterprise, and Student Business tracks—were left standing, vying for $315,000... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Being Shot Down by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Emeritus Kotter and his coauthor reveal how to win the support ideas need... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Campaign News
Campaign Chair Dick Spangler addressed the audience at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. More campaign photos. Photographs by Steve Boljonis, Richard Morgenstein, and Todd Rosenberg As of late April, thanks in part to two extraordinary... View Details
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone with the help of Thomas A. Watson 1877 Thomas Edison and a team of engineers create the phonograph 1879 Edison perfects the incandescent... View Details
- Web
Site Credits - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Site Credits Curator : Caitlin E. Anderson Faculty from both Harvard Business School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University provided guidance and support : Walter Friedman Research Fellow and Co-Editor, Business... View Details
- August 2002
- Exercise
Career Choice-Making Case Assignment, The
By: Monica C. Higgins, David A. Thomas and Shoshana Zuboff
Sets the stage for self-assessment as an integral component in the process of career development. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Personal Development and Career
Higgins, Monica C., David A. Thomas, and Shoshana Zuboff. "Career Choice-Making Case Assignment, The." Harvard Business School Exercise 403-054, August 2002.