Organizational Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2024
Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

learn to recognize and build their leadership capital—the resources and influence needed to realize their goals, says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones. In his recently released book, The Treasure You Seek: A Guide... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2016
News

Feedback

school gains more learning in a year than his or her district school peer, amounting to about 50 more days of learning in reading and an additional 79 days of learning in... View Details

Profile

Mariano Bomaggio

years in technology: first in the European Union and Africa, then with Uber in Latin America. His experiences awakened an interest in finance, which in turn motivated him to pursue an MBA. Learning how people think For Mariano, attending... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy

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Curriculum | MBA

Curriculum There are moments that pull everything we’ve learned into focus. When theory, practice, experience, and talent all come to one sharp point — a decision that shapes a definitive path. Harvard Business School’s MBA curriculum... View Details

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Wilson Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics,... View Details

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Strategic Plan | Information Technology

Organizational Health We seek to ensure that the people and processes that support our work come together effectively and efficiently so we can do our best work and meet the community’s needs. Strategic Initiatives HBS IT has identified... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

decision theory, Wu looks at the issues affecting people's perceptions of a negotiation - learning not just how people should make decisions but how, in fact, they do make decisions. Robinson, a social psychologist, investigates the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

The latest in an ongoing series of reports from the MBA Program Office. Now more than ever, HBS is bringing the world into the classroom - and vice versa - in the MBA Program's elective curriculum (EC). New course development, expanded field-based View Details

May 2025
Teaching Note

The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation

By: Tsedal Neeley

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 425-720. Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory,... View Details

Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States

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01 Sep 2007
News

Where Are They Now?

HBS faculty in 1980 and teaching organizational behavior, in 1985 he decamped to Au Bon Pain, the chain of bakery cafés, serving as COO for several years before returning to HBS. At the School again until 1998, he taught, wrote books, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

Profile

Doha Tantawy

necessarily a bad thing," she says. "You can learn a lot regardless of outcomes. I learn more from sad moments than happy ones; the sad ones are the ones you really remember." Pursuing... View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Consulting

Student-Profile

Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became intrigued by technology diffusion... View Details

June 1995
Case

Northern Telecom and Netas (B): Transferring Technology to Central Asia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko

In the early 1990s, the Turkish telecommunications firm, Netas, established joint ventures in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan as miniature replications of Netas's own experience on the receiving end of technology transfer with Netas's 51% owner, Northern Telecom. This case... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Change Management; Transition; Developing Countries and Economies; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Learning; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey; Kazakhstan; Azerbaijan

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06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

learning assumed that markets and people behave rationally vs. irrationally? Is it time to place more emphasis on educating students to manage in a world of irrational behavior? What do you think? To read more: Dan Ariely, "The End... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

advertising. Most of the in-house units performed specialized or limited functions, such as those related to the development of direct mail, online, and promotional materials. Q: What can managers learn from your research? A: First, I... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

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Harvard Business School

curriculum, inspiring roles as mentors, and key leadership positions at HBS. In the course of their work, research, and writings, these educators and scholars have made far-ranging contributions to the fields of economics, monetary trade, educational psychology, View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of the their book, Dan Ciampa and HBS Professor Michael D. Watkins describe some of the common traps into which new leaders can fall. Falling Behind The Learning Curve Not using the time before entry... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins

01 Sep 2011
News

Coming Full Circle

students; currently, 132 students are studying to receive a DBA (offered in accounting, management, marketing, strategy, and TOM) or, in collaboration with Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, a PhD (business economics, View Details

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

10 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Why the MBA is Still Relevant

HBS, and is critical knowledge for anyone interested in seeking to make a difference in the world. Some of the most important leadership lessons I gained during my time at HBS came from the Leadership and Organizational Behavior class in... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

leaders in organizational studies who have crafted the discourse on the intersections of race, work, and leadership. The cross-disciplinary exchange centered on learning about and from the black experience.... View Details

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