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- 12 Sep 2014
- News
How Being Filmed Changes Employee Behavior
- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Organization Behavior;
Government;
Performance;
Leadership;
Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Government Administration;
Restructuring;
Risk Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-701, August 2017.
- 31 Jan 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases
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by Max H. Bazerman
- Web
About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and sovereign debt markets. The View Details
- December 2015
- Case
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work: The Questionable Contributions
By: Boris Groysberg and Ann Leamon
Keywords:
Organization Behavior;
Feedback;
Communication;
Interpersonal Communication;
Organizations;
Performance Evaluation
Groysberg, Boris, and Ann Leamon. "Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work: The Questionable Contributions." Harvard Business School Case 416-035, December 2015.
- February 2019
- Case
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Willy Shih and Nancy Dai
Zhejiang Geely Holding Company's acquisition of Volvo cars was widely viewed with skepticism because of the poor track record of cross-border auto industry acquisitions. This case looks at the acquisition and post-acquisition integration from the point of view of...
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Keywords:
Merger Integration;
Organization Culture;
Organization Behavior;
Organizational Alignment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Alignment;
Organizational Culture;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
China;
Sweden
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Willy Shih, and Nancy Dai. "Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars." Harvard Business School Case 619-041, February 2019.
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
In trying to encourage good moral conduct, it's common for a company to come up with a list of don'ts—wording policies such that they focus on unethical behavior employees should avoid rather than on ethical acts they should strive to...
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by Carmen Nobel
- December 2015
- Case
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work: The Partner Who Didn't Take Part
By: Boris Groysberg and Ann Leamon
Keywords:
Organization Behavior;
Interaction;
Communication;
Interpersonal Communication;
Organizations;
Interactive Communication
Groysberg, Boris, and Ann Leamon. "Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work: The Partner Who Didn't Take Part." Harvard Business School Case 416-033, December 2015.
- 10 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
A SEMINAL WORK: Lorsch and Lawrence, together again. A celebration of the past and a look to the future were all part of the program at an evening last December with HBS professor emeritus Paul Lawrence and professor Jay Lorsch, authors of View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
Monday morning. Eight managers, handpicked by their superiors, face one another in the middle of a room. Seated in a semicircle behind them is the company's top management team. As the members of the inner circle report what they have learned about their View Details
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by Judith A. Ross
- 2019
- Chapter
Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations
By: Bruce J. Fried and Amy C. Edmondson
Book Abstract: Completely updated to address the challenges faced by modern health care organizations, this edition of Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior offers a more global perspective on how the United States and...
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Fried, Bruce J., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations." Chap. 5 in Shortell & Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior. 7th ed., edited by Lawton Robert Burns, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and Bryan Jeffrey Weiner, 98–131. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019.
- 05 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Leading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations
- 2008
- Chapter
Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Ethics;
Managerial Roles;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Culture;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Mathematical Methods;
Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model." In Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J. Zak. Princeton University Press, 2008.
- 08 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
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by Francesca Gino & Sreedhari D. Desai
- February 2019
- Case
Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Willy Shih and Nancy Dai
Zheijiang Geely Holding Company's acquisition of Volvo Cars was widely viewed with skepticism because of the poor track record of cross-border auto industry acquisitions. This case looks at the acquisition and post-acquisition integration from the point of view of...
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Keywords:
Merger Integration;
Organization Culture;
Organization Behavior;
Organizational Alignment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Alignment;
Organizational Culture;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
China;
Sweden
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Willy Shih, and Nancy Dai. "Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely." Harvard Business School Case 619-042, February 2019.
- Teaching Interest
Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact (MBA)
Health, and development more broadly, is not something we give to people: it is something they produce themselves, interacting with supply-side and institutional factors. This course trains students to see through the lens of the end-user and to use the levers of... View Details
- December 24, 2019
- Article
Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior
By: Ariella S. Kristal and A. V. Whillans
Car commuters report higher levels of stress and lower job satisfaction compared to train commuters—in large part because car commuting can involve driving in traffic and navigating tense road situations. Some employers are trying to get involved and reduce car...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Motivating People;
Time And Wellbeing;
Time Stress;
Commuting;
Behavior;
Change;
Motivation and Incentives
Kristal, Ariella S., and A. V. Whillans. "Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 24, 2019).
- 1976
- Book
Organizational Behavior and Administration: Cases and Readings
By: Paul R. Lawrence, Louis B. Barnes and Jay W. Lorsch
Lawrence, Paul R., Louis B. Barnes and Jay W. Lorsch, eds. Organizational Behavior and Administration: Cases and Readings. 3rd ed. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1976.