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- 01 Nov 2010
- News
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
- 1979
- Book
Incentives in Public Decision Making
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. Incentives in Public Decision Making. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979.
- 22 Dec 2010
- News
Making the Decision to Replace Yourself
- 2023
- Working Paper
Senior Team Emotional Dynamics and Strategic Decision Making at a Platform Transition
By: Timo O. Vuori and Michael L. Tushman
Based on an inductive case study, we develop an emotional-temporal process model of an incumbent’s
strategic decision making at a platform transition. We describe the senior team’s emotional response to
this transition and the impact of these emotions on their... View Details
Vuori, Timo O., and Michael L. Tushman. "Senior Team Emotional Dynamics and Strategic Decision Making at a Platform Transition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-054, March 2023.
- 2009
- Chapter
Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making
By: Jan Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Managers often must make decisions that depend on decisions in other parts of the organization. These interactions create a network of interdependent choices and make strategizing difficult. In this chapter, the authors explore the intersection between organizing and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Strategy; Balance and Stability
Rivkin, Jan, and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making." In The Network Challenge: Strategy, Profit, and Risk in an Interlinked World, edited by Paul R. Kleindorfer and Yoram Wind. Wharton School Publishing, 2009.
- Article
Law, Ethics, and Managerial Judgment
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. "Law, Ethics, and Managerial Judgment." Journal of Legal Studies Education 12, no. 2 (June 1994): 153–169. (Reprinted in A Companion to Business Ethics, Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, edited by Robert E. Frederick, 194-206. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1999.)
- December 1989
- Case
Managerial Decision Making and Ethical Values, Instructor's Manual
By: Mary C. Gentile, Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper
- Research Summary
Compensatory Transfers in Collective Decision Making
By: Jerry R. Green
Jerry R. Green is studying mechanisms that can be employed to promote efficient collective decisions while providing justifiable compensation to participants who favor different, less efficient alternatives. This type of decision problem is pervasive in business,... View Details
- April 2020
- Case
Ment.io: Knowledge Analytics for Team Decision Making
By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Susie L. Ma and Shlomi Pasternak
Ment.io was a software platform that used proprietary data analytics technology to help organizations make informed and transparent decisions based on team input. Ment was born out of founder Joab Rosenberg’s frustration that, while organizations collected ever... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Information Technology; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Management; Operations; Information Management; Product; Product Development; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Communications Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; Middle East; Israel
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Susie L. Ma, and Shlomi Pasternak. "Ment.io: Knowledge Analytics for Team Decision Making." Harvard Business School Case 420-078, April 2020.
- 03 Apr 2013
- News
Judgment as the Essence of Leadership
- 23 Jun 2016
- News
Making better decisions when it comes to your health
- 23 Jun 2016
- Video
Making better decisions when it comes to your health
- December 2004 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Executive Decision Making at General Motors
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
Describes the evolution of General Motors' strategy, organizational structure, and management processes from its founding to the present day. Focuses on the role of GM's management committee—the senior-decision-making body at the company, now called the Automotive... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Management Teams; Auto Industry
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Executive Decision Making at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 305-026, December 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
- 2022
- Book
Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices
By: Don A. Moore and Max H. Bazerman
When we think of leaders, we often imagine lone, inspirational figures lauded for their behaviors, attributes, and personal decisions, and leadership books often reinforce that view. However, this approach ignores a leader’s mission to empower others. Applying decades... View Details
Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.
- March 2009
- Article
Trade-offs in Staying Close: Corporate Decision Making and Geographic Dispersion
By: Augustin Landier, Vinay Nair and Julie Wulf
We document the role of geographic dispersion on corporate decision-making. Our findings include: (i) geographically dispersed firms are less employee friendly; (ii) dismissals of divisional employees are less common in divisions located closer to corporate... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Geographic Location; Employees; Resignation and Termination; Retention
Landier, Augustin, Vinay Nair, and Julie Wulf. "Trade-offs in Staying Close: Corporate Decision Making and Geographic Dispersion." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 3 (March 2009): 1119–1148.
- 25 Jan 2013
- News
Decision Making 101: Reflection, Followed by Action
- 2020
- Book
Management Accounting: Information for Decision Making
By: Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura and S. Mark Young
An approach to management accounting from the perspective of a business manager. View Details
Atkinson, Anthony A., Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young. Management Accounting: Information for Decision Making. 7th ed. Cambridge Business Publishers, 2020.
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Timeless Advice for Making a Hard Choice
- 16 May 2011
- News
A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Making Complex Decisions
- 23 Jun 2016
- News