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May 1996
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General Management: A Conceptual Introduction

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda

Addresses the following issues at a conceptual level: 1) Who is a general manager? 2) To whom is the general manager responsible? and 3) How do general managers add value? View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Management; Management Skills; Managerial Roles

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June 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

The Perfect CEO

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

A venture capitalist must decide among three highly qualified candidates to be CEO of a start-up software company. Each has unique strengths and weaknesses and will take the company in very different directions. Whom should he recommend to the board? View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Competency and Skills; Leadership Style

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26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How does disaster change leadership goals?... View Details

25 Jun 2014
News

A Man on a Mission

entrepreneurship and STEM subjects in a major at college," says Earls. "It's an opportunity to marry technical disciplines with entrepreneurial spirit. The future of this nation will require technical skills and the thinking of... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; NASA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

27 Apr 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence

Keywords: by Jennifer M. Logg, Uriel Haran, and Don A. Moore

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

that " we will need to think deeply about how to ensure these crowds we are tapping into (through information networking) are given sufficient opportunities to learn and to properly feel engaged." Both achievements and failures in View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Dec 2011
News

What HBS Learned from West Point

how-to skills and the self-knowledge needed to be an effective leader. In short, business schools have excelled at teaching about leadership from a fundamentally analytical perspective. But there are things... View Details

Keywords: military education; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2017
News

Developing Insightful Global Leaders

HBS is committed to developing future leaders equipped with the cultural intelligence and skills required to operate in today’s globalized world. Key to this effort is creating opportunities for members of the School’s increasingly... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Rethinking the MBA

heights? Datar: There is no question that the need for people with leadership and managerial skills is greater than ever. So on the one hand, demand is terrific. But on the other, we’re seeing all the issues... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

You Learn Long-Term Leadership Strategy I loved the HBS classroom experience, but I recall initially doubting the power of the case method style of learning. Surely you can just teach us accounting rules without debating! I was like... View Details

03 May 2021
What Do You Think?

Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?

attributed the condition to the notion that “People who are ‘naturals’ at something are often poor coaches/teachers of that thing a less-talented person (is) in a much better position to teach/coach the detailed process to others. They have been there.” Selina Myareves... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Jun 2014
News

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

28 Mar 2017
Working Paper Summaries

CEO Behavior and Firm Performance

Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Pratt, and Raffaella Sadun

02 Dec 2017
News

Helping HBS Make Big Bets

Barnett landed at the iconic Lincoln Center in New York City. “I was impressed that Lincoln Center’s leadership valued and sought out the talents and skill sets of Harvard MBAs,” she says. After her... View Details

20 Apr 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape

Keywords: by Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas; Education

15 Nov 2016
News

Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad

CEO. Currently two trucks are in operation. The students brought their individual strengths to the project as each took turns in leadership roles. The team experience also gave them the opportunity to work on View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Mar 2017
News

Expanding Horizons

his country, India, and more broadly, the world at large. “HBS changed my career direction and broadened my horizons,” he says. “I was going into the health care sector, but a summer in equity capital between my MBA years convinced me to change course.” HBS provided... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems

FROM SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE: Kanter (at left) with several of this year’s ALI fellows. Baby boomers of the world, arise! Calling it “an opportunity to deploy people to fix the world’s problems,” HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter launched the Advanced View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Jan 2020
News

Advancing Change

It’s not enough to be a good leader, says HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Today’s societal challenges require advanced leaders—ones with the skills of an experienced CEO, the big dreams of a new entrepreneur, and the rare ability to... View Details

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