Group Effectiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2003
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Identity Issues in Teams

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein

This note explains how identity dynamics underlie many of the observable interpersonal problems that team members encounter, ranging from lack of participation and low involvement to misunderstandings and dysfunctional emotional conflict. It provides a framework for... View Details

Keywords: Framework; Managerial Roles; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Identity

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14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

were asking, 'What standards are we supposed to be adhering to?' " Paine recalls, adding that she heard the same question from executives who, at the time, were facing pressures from many external groups to follow various codes of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Apr 2014
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A corporate leader’s legacy in India

When Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) joined his family’s business in 1962, it was on the Tata Steel shop floor in Jamshedpur, India. From the ground up, Tata learned how to be an effective manager and a corporate leader who understands the... View Details

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Matt Segneri

In high school, Matt Segneri excelled in math and science. "In college," Matt says, "I wanted to move from discrete problem-solving to more complex issues." Matt majored in psychology at Harvard, where he had the opportunity to intern with Monitor... View Details

12 Dec 2012
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Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

Maryland professor at the time of his death in 1998, Olson believed that big corporations and industry organizations wielded control over policy. Diffuse groups could not effect policy change because... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

05 May 2003
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Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

groups are important to a marketing organization, which group is addressed most effectively by emerging techniques relying on neuroscience, particularly the exploration of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Jun 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa

different regions. In his interview with the CEM Project, Chairman and CEO of the OCP Group Mostafa Terrab contends that the customization process helps alleviate the negative environmental effects related... View Details

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Group formation increases individual payoffs, and group structure is robust to varying levels of reciprocity and transitivity. Increasing population size increases group size... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Administration at HBS. “This program will help established leaders work more effectively with data science teams and understand how to use new data capabilities to drive strategic advantage.” Participants in HBAP take part in six new... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS

To help Chinese CEOs operate more effectively in the global economy, HBS has teamed up with two other business schools to develop the Global CEO Program for China (GCPC), an Executive Education offering consisting of four week long... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24

The Role of Employee Proactivity Authors:A. M. Grant, F. Gino, and D. Hofmann Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Extraversion predicts leadership emergence and effectiveness, but do groups perform more View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward

New York tech firms and medical centers. Public Education An HBS team led by Professor Jan Rivkin has partnered with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on three reports that collectively offer best... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Aug 2014
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Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

understand why there are so many diarrhea-related fatalities in developing countries. (Diarrheal diseases account for one in nine child deaths worldwide, according to the Center for Disease Control.) This, despite the existence of an View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

context broadly. The principal focus is on the context surrounding the human group involved. We examine cognitive, interpersonal, and organizational factors that thwart effective decision making and... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market

government and interest groups that also seek market imperfections and try to fix them through legal or social means. "These non-market forces can affect the 'rules' of competition: think of Google's continued deliberations with US and EU... View Details

17 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 17, 2007

Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13257 Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness Authors:Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Hillary Anger... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2008
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Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia

implement meaningful campaign-finance reform and curb special-interest groups corrupts sound energy policymaking.” To begin to break this cycle, Bazerman proposes several steps. For example, the new 2009 administration could make... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

Last spring, a small, select group of new CEOs and CEO-designates from corporations with revenues of $1 billion or more came to Soldiers Field to participate in the second session of the New CEO Workshop, an HBS program led by Professor... View Details

Keywords: Jon Prestage

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

primarily on its projected impact on customers but also taking into account its fit with the bank's strategy and goals and its funding requirements. In some cases, focus groups were conducted to provide a rough sense of an idea's likely... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

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