Team Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Edmondson, and Michael A. West Abstract— Many teams face the problem of process loss, or suboptimal functioning, with sometimes serious consequences, such as medical errors. View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

business, but we see too many companies adopting "cookie cutter" software packages, and seeking the assistance of facilitators that adopt one-size-fits-all approaches. One has to approach the development and implementation of an IT system—in fact, of any key... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

other functional managers, in hopes that they'll work as a team and discover effective ways to cooperate better. "By narrowing their focus in terms of their business portfolio, companies increase the potential for synergies,"... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

encouraged his whole executive team to become leaders, and it was that large cadre that vowed to continue Dyke's programs after he left. The reproduction process involves finding and empowering natural... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

multi-level model to explain how expertise dissensus affects team processes and outcomes. We further advance theory by investigating the effects of expertise dissensus on all dimensions of View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

alone do not a learning organization make. The necessary complement is a mind-set of inquiry and experimentation, plus a knowledge-sharing process that enables everyone in a company to act in an informed way upon what's been learned... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007

understanding of design and manufacturing processes to instruct successfully her American and offshore contractors on how to mass-produce designer clothing at affordable prices. Claiborne was an industry pioneer in many ways. She... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

renewal. This change process involves disciplined conversations, actions, and associated learning by the senior team, diffusing these learning capabilities to the extended senior leadership team and, over... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

global marketplace, we have done extensive research and found that names can play an enormous role in a product's success. Teams Have Changed: Catching Up to the Future Authors:Heidi K. Gardner, Ruth Wageman, and Mark Mortensen... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of behavioral interventions in a context... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

wouldn't face the domino effect that many people face when they don't have savings accounts or other resources that my classmates and I had." Emotional Costs And Worst Practices And so the students teamed up with the professor on a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

Teresa M. Amabile's research centers on how the work environment can influence the motivation, creativity, and performance of individuals and teams. A recent study focused on the influence of team leaders on these factors. Professor... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time. They understand that actions taken away from the negotiating table can be as important as what goes on at the table, if not more so.1 Specifically,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

destination in advance. Whether you're designing a new product, running a business in volatile conditions, operating a process that might encounter unforeseen inputs, or just trying to figure out what to do with your life, the journey... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

nonpartisan press rights organization Reporters Without Borders. They found that for every 10-point increase in the press rights score, countries averaged nearly 10 percent fewer violations in their factories. The team attributes this... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

Summing Up This month's column, in the eyes of several respondents, represents the struggle of competitive strategies based on process versus product. When seen in this light, the triumph of speed over ideas, which many see as a reality,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

activities aimed at reshaping the organizational context, including a redefinition of roles and reporting relationships as well as new approaches to monitoring, measurement, and compensation. These four processes represent critical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

in 13 consecutive seasons, and is the second, after Chuck Noll, to win four Super Bowls. He has coached the Patriots to 13 division titles in 16 years. Arguably, Belichick and the Patriots have dominated the NFL longer than any other team... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

to as "user-centered design." Yet, analysis of design-intensive manufacturers such as Alessi, Artemide and other leading Italian firms, show that their innovation process hardly starts from a close observation of user needs and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace