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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
club operations, development of continuing education, and the marketing of programs and services to alumni. Three committees have been formed to focus on these issues, and they are presently hard at work assessing the current status of programs and services with the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
In its role as a leader in business education, the School has brought dynamic change and innovation to the MBA Program this past year, most notably in admissions, the cohort structure, the Foundations portion of the curriculum, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
a Chaotic World by Michael Wheeler (Simon & Schuster) Wheeler, the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, retired, shows how master negotiators thrive in the face of chaos and uncertainty. They understand negotiation as a View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
economies and cultures. Understanding this phenomenon of design evolution, the authors write, "is crucial to comprehending the opportunities and the risks that change creates." The authors describe their book as an examination of "the View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment
personalized assessment that draws on the information outlined in the book. HBS graduates may also access additional features by visiting the HBS alumni home page on the World Wide Web. In an intriguing discussion of career... View Details
Keywords: Bob Binstock
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
Aubree Mills with students at the Ira A. Murphy Elementary School in Peoria, Arizona. Courtesy Aubree Mills Elementary school principal Aubree Mills had two dilemmas she needed to address: One was recruiting and retaining good teachers at the Ira A. Murphy Elementary... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
of the personal connection it already enjoyed? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process — and the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance — has been the subject of recent research by HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library
Since his appointment as executive director of Baker Library in 1996, Thomas J. Michalak has been closely involved in the ongoing effort to shepherd a venerable institution into the electronic business information age. Writer Nancy O.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
"It Takes Two: Improvisations in Negotiations," Valley told alumni that successful negotiations result from a solid understanding of the individuals involved as well as of the process through which the interactions evolve. "At HBS," she... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value
and sell books.” What’s at work here is commoditization, a process that results in companies being unable to profitably differentiate their products and services. “The specter of commoditization sends chills down every executive’s spine —... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
implementing a “forcing function” into the operating room process that keeps patients out of the OR until they’ve received antibiotics, thus reducing surgical site infections. For another project, she selects the hospital’s Cystic... View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
Geoffrey Canada on a number of large and small special assignments, including a two-year project that analyzed and streamlined the organization’s database so that the information can be used by staff to improve the programs and services... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Business History Gets a Boost
A leader in the study of business history, HBS recently announced the creation of the Business History Initiative, a multidisciplinary research and teaching effort that underscores the importance of the topic to business management. In making the announcement, Dean... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled reputation for intelligent,... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
processes used by many firms to develop a workable strategy often feel overly bureaucratic and behind the curve. There is no question that strategic decision-making has become more challenging and complex. In fact, many companies seem to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Everest tragedy, to our collaborative work on the multimedia case on NASA’s 2003 Columbia tragedy, and to his recent book, Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer. The course I teach today, General Management: Processes & Action,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
approaches taken by most of the students’ organizations. That’s an insight into the creative process the class couldn’t have gleaned from the traditional white-paper case. “There’s so much information that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bonnie Kintzer (MBA 1987)
the turnaround. I knew the brands were still very strong in the mind of the consumer and, with the right team, that we could rebuild the company. I was very clear in the interview process that the name of the company had to change. If... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
were all together learning and discovering stuff." The professors appreciated and learned from the students' thinking in the process of solidifying their own ideas, says Coque, who joined Bain & Company in Paris after graduation. Lyle and... View Details