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  • 14 Jan 2014
  • News

Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

    [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

    • November 1993 (Revised February 1996)
    • Supplement

    Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (B)

    By: Linda A. Hill
    Describes the final decision by CEO Rudi Gassner and the subsequent actions taken by the members of the executive committee. View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Decisions; Music Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
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    • 27 Apr 2022
    • News

    Psychological Safety Unlocks the Potential of Diverse Teams

    • Web

    Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

    This course is part of the CLIMB program , Leadership & Management and Strategy track. Introduction to Strategy Execution LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2011
    • News

    Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation

    What do thirty second-year MBAs know about automotive technology? When it comes to communications and infotainment systems, more than you might think. That’s why Ford Motor Company executive vice president Mark Fields (MBA ’89) welcomed... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • May 1990
    • Teaching Note

    Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems, Teaching Note

    By: Lynda M. Applegate
    Keywords: Management Teams; System; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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    • September–October 2016
    • Article

    What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales

    By: Frank V. Cespedes
    Business is more complex, data more abundant, and more specialists are needed to stay up-to-date with functional best practices. As a senior executive, you can worry all you want about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Management Teams
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    • November 1993 (Revised September 2018)
    • Case

    Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (A)

    By: Linda Hill and Katherine Seger Weber
    Explores the roles of CEO Rudi Gassner and the 9-person executive committee in leading BMG International. BMG International is the international music subsidiary of Bertlesmann, a German company that is the second-largest media conglomerate in the world. Describes a... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Decision Making; Business Plan; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Business Subsidiaries; Business Conglomerates; Cost Management; Change Management; Music Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
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    • 2010
    • Book

    Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

    By: Robert L. Simons
    To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy
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    • Blog

    Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean

    working and living. The HBS Executive Education team went into action, and the team's ability to adapt has been wonderful to watch. We changed direction quickly, executing an... View Details
    • Web

    Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    The Program Experience HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Taught by a team of faculty members from HBS and other graduate schools within Harvard University, our open enrollment and custom programs feature a wide range of management cases and... View Details
    • 20 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

    when Surette joined TB12 he was focused on bringing in adaptable and talented business leaders who could develop a strategy for growth and execute on that strategy. Peters was a key addition to a team that... View Details
    • September 2019
    • Case

    Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)

    By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
    In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned... View Details
    Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; India
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    • 2011
    • Article

    Top Executives Need Feedback: Here's How They Can Get It

    By: Robert Steven Kaplan
    As executives become more senior, they are less likely to receive constructive feedback on their performance or their strategy. To get it, they should call on their junior colleagues. The problem: subordinates don't want to offend the boss. Therefore, as executives... View Details
    Keywords: Performance; Strategy; Networks; Decisions; Management Teams
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    • 04 Nov 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    From Lone Star to Team Player

    his or her job but does not help others. Or one asks for help and is sometimes even abrasive when asked to do something for the company that does not benefit him or her directly. The problem with these people is that they can poison the organization—they set a bad... View Details
    Keywords: by Mallory Stark
    • 21 Jun 2022
    • HBS Case

    Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

    Teams app to Office 365 in 2017. Microsoft executives briefly considered buying Slack, but founder Bill Gates reportedly opposed the move. "New companies like Slack emerge with a great product, better than... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology
    • 05 Feb 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’

    thirty to sixty days of entry. The facilitator is a leadership development executive who has a deep understanding of the leader's business issues and is familiar with the specific leadership team's interpersonal dynamics. The facilitator... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Dorothy A. Leonard; Banking
    • Blog

    HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira

    This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business School—Newsroom. Can you tell us a bit about the new role and what it means organizationally for HBS Online and Executive Education? Patrick Mullane (PM) (Executive Director, HBS... View Details
    • 01 Dec 1998
    • News

    New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

    demands a high level of leadership expertise," says W. Earl Sasser, Jr., HBS senior associate dean for Executive Education. "The need for strong management has never been more crucial if this region is to fulfill its economic potential."... View Details