Organizational Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 May 2001
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Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

successful T-shaped manager must learn to live with, and ultimately thrive within, the tension created by this dual responsibility. Although this tension is most acute for heads of business units, any T-shaped manager with operating unit... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

12 Oct 1999
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Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System

specification, it is establishing a hypothesis that is then tested through action. This approach — the scientific method—is not imposed on workers, it's ingrained in them. And it stimulates them to engage in the kind of experimentation that is widely recognized as the... View Details

Keywords: by H. Kent Bowen & Steven Spear; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

February 6, 2024
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Find the AI Approach That Fits the Problem You’re Trying to Solve

By: George Westerman, Sam Ransbotham and Chiara Farronato

AI moves quickly, but organizations change much more slowly. What works in a lab may be wrong for your company right now. If you know the right questions to ask, you can make better decisions, regardless of how fast technology changes. You can work with your technical... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science

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01 Jun 2005
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Marked Managers

and getting rewarded for it — then you are likely to want to get to know them better and to learn from their success. Those lessons and relationships are likely to stick with you and be influential throughout your career. Do you think... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

05 Nov 2024
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AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

go before humans cede the craft of writing to machines—if that ever happens in an organizational context. Overcoming aversion “is the billion-dollar question in front of the AI industry,” says Choudhury, who teamed on the paper with Bart... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Involved Videos Books Getting Involved Getting Involved Through Value-Based Health Care Delivery, we can improve long-term patient outcomes, reduce costs, and create organizational structures, management practices, and payment models that... View Details

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53429 September 2017 Academy of Management Discoveries The Advocacy Trap: When Legitimacy Building Inhibits Organizational Learning By: Zuzul,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Nov 2006
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Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

masculinity in the workplace. A resulting working paper, "Unmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Male Identity," not only explores how organizations influence the way men enact their gender, but also looks at... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson

Rebecca and Lauren are working on a book about innovation and change, exploring how to drive innovation in large organizations and uncovering what it is about organizational culture that makes change so difficult. Research Focus Rebecca:... View Details

19 Oct 2012
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Past and Present

matter what class he took in school or position he held in a company. “I have always tried to assess what kinds of interesting experiences were available to me at any one time,” he observes. Learning for learning’s sake is a theme in his... View Details

Keywords: genealogy; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

13 Dec 2004
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How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

and End, regarding the importance of confidence as a driver of business and organizational success. Key Learnings 1. Confidence, or lack of it, is not just a characteristic of individuals, but applies to... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

August 2010 (Revised November 2011)
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MindTree: A Community of Communities

By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani

MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collaborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must create... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Management; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology Industry; India

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Connecting With Nonprofits

organizational marketing. Understanding Cross-sector Collaboration My field-based research on collaborations between businesses and nonprofits, encompassing a wide range of industries and social sectors, revealed a distinctive pattern in... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

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HBS Online Management Essentials

Maximize your managerial effectiveness by shaping and influencing processes in the critically-important treetop level between 50,000 feet (strategy) and ground level (daily tasks and activities). Program Dates: March 20, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details

08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006

recency) but are more cautious (positive recency). Paper not available Learning and Equilibrium As Useful Approximations: Accuracy of Prediction on Randomly Selected Constant Sum Games Author:Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Arthur P. Brief Arthur P. Brief is a... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

Duke-based colleague Beth Battle Anderson found that many nonprofits that had expanded or were considering doing so preferred the branch model, even though it is characterized by slower growth. To learn more, Baker Library’s Carla Tishler... View Details

12 Jul 2010
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Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

in improving processes. Retailers can certainly learn from the auto industry's experience. Like in manufacturing a few decades ago, there is a lot of low-hanging fruit in retail operations today. However, to harvest these fruits retailers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

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Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting

benefits, and compensation to name just a few. Yet there is another element that may be more difficult to explain on paper but is just as critical: organizational culture. There are many different ways View Details

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