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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Detailed curriculum information for each program associated with this unit can be found on the executive education website: Program for Leadership Development General Management Program Advanced Management Program Leading Change and View Details
- September 2011 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
After proposing a fourth business unit to help grow the market for Zensar's innovative technology, to be led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan adopted a new organizational structure focused on industry verticals. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Innovation Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-037, September 2011. (Revised October 2014.)
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation initiatives Shape your View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Teaching Interest
MBA Required Curriculum Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
By: Rakesh Khurana
This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:
- The determinants of group... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
leader development in the Army. We saw professional identity as having the same type of conceptual promise at the individual level as organizational culture has at the unit level. Q: The Army has a "Be,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory
By: Michael Beer
There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice... View Details
Keywords: Actionable Knowledge; Actionable Practice; Normal Science; Scholar-consultant; Management Practices and Processes; Theory; Innovation Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness
Beer, Michael. "Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 56, no. 4 (December 2020): 506–520.
- March 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Module Note
A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development
By: Monica C. Higgins
Describes the main ideas in a module on relational self-assessment as part of a course on self-assessment and career development or as part of a course on leadership and organizational behavior for MBA students or executives. Reflects a "relational" approach to career... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Leadership; Organizations; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks
Higgins, Monica C. "A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development." Harvard Business School Module Note 405-076, March 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
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Case Development - Faculty & Research
academics across the world. The School is continually expanding and refreshing course content as HBS faculty write new cases that span the globe, industries, disciplines, and organizational forms in the public, private for profit, and... View Details
- Summer 2014
- Article
Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities
By: Howard H. Yu and Willy C. Shih
The stellar growth of Taiwan's personal computer (PC) industry over the past three decades represents a paradox. Participating in the global production system, local firms in Taiwan grew in association with established firms in the West. Despite their technical... View Details
Keywords: Personal Computer; PC; PC Industry; Taiwan PC Industry; Taiwan PC Manufacturers; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Mobile Technology; Information Technology Industry; Taiwan
Yu, Howard H., and Willy C. Shih. "Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities." Business History Review 88, no. 2 (Summer 2014): 329–357.
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
In their HBS working paper "Overcoming the 'Silent Killers' to Strategy Implementation and Organizational Learning," HBS professor Michael Beer and Russell A. Eisenstat, president of the Center for View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 15 Mar 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Initiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors’ Social Position
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Product Development Process, Organization and Improvement, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
Explores how development projects fit (or do not fit) within a firm's development strategy and its wider competitive goals. Module materials, and this note, focus on two broad approaches to process design (sequential and flexible) that were originally introduced in the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- News
4 Organizational Leadership Skills for Aspiring Executives
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
organization that teach strategy setting, leadership, and giving and receiving feedback. Key Takeaways Career development is an important factor in employee satisfaction and retention as well as View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni
Careers Develop Your Career Vision Careers Develop Your Career Vision Your career and life vision is unique and evolving. It encompasses what you want to be doing holistically – from work to family to free... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Acer America: Development of the Aspire
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Anthony St. George
Follows the development, national launch, and global rollout of the Aspire, Acer's first new product developed outside of Taiwan. Implementing a very promising new PC concept proves challenging to Mike Culver and his U.S. team, who are plagued by coordination problems... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Supply Chain; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business Subsidiaries; Product Launch; Computer Industry; United States; Taiwan
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Anthony St. George. "Acer America: Development of the Aspire." Harvard Business School Case 399-011, January 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- March 2000 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Microsoft's Vega Project: Developing People and Products
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny
With a focus on Matt MacLellan and his careful development as a project manager under his boss and mentor, Jim Kaplan, the case describes the evolution of Microsoft's human-resource philosophies and policies and illustrates how they work in practice to provide the... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Competitive Advantage; Retention; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Information Technology; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership Development
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Wozny. "Microsoft's Vega Project: Developing People and Products." Harvard Business School Case 300-004, March 2000. (Revised January 2001.)
- March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-087, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
setting, leadership, and giving and receiving feedback. Key Takeaways Career development is an important factor in employee satisfaction and retention as well as organizational success. To do it well takes... View Details