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- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
received almost constant feedback from a variety of sources and thus found it relatively easy to understand how I was performing. But at HBS most classes consist of only two grades – participation and a final exam – so until grades come... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
institutions the technology to identify customers using fingerprints and smart cards. “In much of the developing world, there is no system of identification,” he explains, “and that makes it virtually impossible to grant credit to individuals.” While he is pleased with... View Details
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Developing the Plan - Advancing Racial Equity
reconciliation of the recommendations yielded a draft action plan by the end of August 2020. In September 2020, the Task Force sought feedback on the draft plan from groups of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The additional input... View Details
- Blog
What Black Executives Really Want
a lot of sugarcoating and a lack of real feedback. Managers have good intentions but treat them with kid gloves, not wanting to offend. They want to do the best job they can. To do that, they need the same kind of helpful, honest feedback... View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
Side to Fintech White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/xijian View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?
might also be applied to settings outside of creative production. For his next study, Zhu says he wants to examine how freelancers choose between contracts. “It will be interesting to see, as they gain some experience operating as a gig worker, how that experience... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
feedback to last month’s column Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years? The column generated profound comments but little debate. Responses, taken as a whole, represented a love fest for the case method with little question... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
Brook, N.Y.), and a leadership psychologist for many Fortune 100 firms. "Human nature being what it is, they are likely to forget or overlook this change if you don't." This can be tricky since you don't want to be seen as a whiny opportunist during difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect you to offer feedback on others’ reflections and contribute to conversations on the platform. Participants who fail to complete the course requirements will not... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
creates a more genuine style of leadership communication. Interactivity turns that communication into a two-way dialogue, allowing management to respond to workers’ needs better, and act on their insights. Technology can facilitate a View Details
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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Providing Assessment & Feedback Sample Class Teaching quantitative material with the case method challenges students to build their capabilities in identifying and solving problems embedded in context, think critically about approaches... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
thing we found, unlike what others have done in marketing, is that trust and commitment form at two different levels. Trust forms between people, between individuals. But commitment forms between firms." A positive feedback loop can... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives The Cost of Cutting in Line Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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and password. Educational Information such as student identification number, courses taken and currently registered for, course progress, and course grade. Employment Information such as your job title and employer. Transactional Information such as bank and payment... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
While many Frenchco workers were angry about the English-language mandate, Neeley says a small number of highly fluent workers viewed the change as a chance to perfect their English by asking for feedback from native speakers,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
for a more careful approach, suggesting that we place too much emphasis on intuition and personal experience as opposed to the "wisdom of crowds," mathematical models, and systematically-collected data. He argues that "blink" serves us well in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
found six managerial barriers that hindered communication from lower levels getting to the top, among them ineffectiveness of the leadership team. “Unvarnished employee and stakeholder feedback is key in uncovering those barriers so that... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
Linux without contributing. Learning by contributing When a programmer or engineer runs into a problem or an opportunity to improve the Linux Kernel code, they generally suggest a change to a Linux “maintainer”–an experienced user who provides View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
program provides an overview of Harvard Business School and a window into research and research support at the School, the case method, and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing and opening a case, and then receive View Details