Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2002
Case

Trilogy University

In early 2001, Trilogy Software faced a slowdown in its business, a large number of unsuccessful customer deployments, and an overall weakening in the enterprise software market. In response, the company revamped its business model and restructured the organization.... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Alignment; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Business Strategy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Information Technology Industry

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16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

generalizable it is to other contexts. This trip made clear that the cross-sector alignment and risk-sharing we saw at Crossbridge Energy is possible in the American context. Technology providers, energy companies, and (especially... View Details

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

individual leaders as well as senior management teams to improve team alignment with organizational goals. Lauren brings decades of management experience to her coaching work. For 14 years, she was the Director, Career Education &... View Details

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

options should be rethought in many organizations. First, there is the issue of whether options are the best means of promoting shareholders' best interests in established companies. While making an exception for "cash-poor start-up companies where stock options... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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IT Strategy: Helping Leaders Grow Their Skills | Information Technology

development process. The Impact The tangible outcome of this initiative will be the development of a core list of leadership and management competencies that matter most at HBS IT and an aligned set of development opportunities that will... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Combating Climate Change

products—but that’s not nearly enough to stop climate change, says Michael Toffel, faculty chair of the Business and Environment Initiative. Business leaders have to become activists, he says: Lobby for sweeping and aggressive legislation to impose limits on greenhouse... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

Harvard Business School’s continued excellence requires ongoing investment—in people, programs, and ideas. The HBS economic model is tightly aligned with its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world, where the... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

election process, from moving to a single primary ballot for all candidates to instituting nonpartisan redistricting. They also propose restructuring the governing process by aligning legislative and governance rules with the public... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government

01 Apr 2002
News

Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives

Executive Stock Options Still Align Incentives?" by Meulbroek and HBS assistant professor Li Jin. Their study uses the option delta, which measures how a single option's value is affected by a change in the stock price. Calculating this... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Muelbroek; Li Jin; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

solve them. As a result, we need to build pathways to align resources more effectively and achieve more just outcomes. All this can be facilitated by those who can work at the intersection of these sectors and are able to navigate and... View Details

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

manage talent effectively. It illustrates how law firms can significantly increase the performance, engagement, and retention of their lawyers by giving them the tools to develop and support the development of others. It also describes the need to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2017
News

New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach

Development. These regional offices—including the one previously established in Mexico City—are staffed by a local researcher and are aligned with one of HBS’s global research centers, which range in size from 3 to 12 people. Many of the... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

Defining Organizational Strategy Diagnosing Root Causes of a Gap with the Congruence Model Personal Case Project Featured Exercises Analyze the alignment or misalignment of a business’s hardware and software and reflect on its impact on... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing the culture and values of the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-061.pdf Alignment in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Juliane Schwetz

Juliane. “I knew HBS was the place for me,” she says. “I’m in the leadership business, and HBS is the icon for leaders overall in America. The mission of HBS was already aligned with what I wanted to do with my life.” Magic, fashion, and... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

management. “For the past decade, middle management has taken a beating—often portrayed as an unnecessary resource inside an organization,” Serafeim says. “But [this research shows] that when you can motivate this layer of an organization and View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Sep 2009
News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists urge greater use of stock options. During the bull market years... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2003
News

Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

different structures appear to have different strategic implications, and nonprofits must consider how these implications align with their particular organization and expansion goals. In addition to branch organizations being smaller,... View Details

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

incentives only to exemplary employees. Such plans incorporate elements of tournaments (through the selection of employees chosen largely on the basis of past performance but incorporating some managerial discretion) and linear incentives to View Details