Supervisors - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2025
News

Venture: Time Heals All

Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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Curt Willener

Fortunately, Weyerhauser had a management program eager for new talent. Within a few weeks, Curt was managing a crew of more than twenty-five people. In another couple of months, he became the only supervisor on the night shift – managing... View Details

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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Thermo Fisher Scientific, and a supervisor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Read More about Michael Porter William W. George, Professor of Management Practice William W. George, Professor of Management Practice, teaches... View Details

22 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: 3M

Energy) by improving lives all over the world. How long has your organization been recruiting at Harvard Business School and what roles do you hire for?3M has been recruiting at HBS since 2010. We hire full-time Supervisors and Summer... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Ricardo De Armas

my former supervisors and friends about my MBA options, they all said, 'HBS.' " "The case study is not something I ever had in college," Ricardo explains, "so at first, I was a little reticent. HBS challenges me to... View Details

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Predoctoral Research Associates | Research Associates

wouldn’t have known how exciting a career in academia would be if I had not been fully immersed in this vibrant research community. The faculty supervisors are mentors, the colleagues are friends, and the staff are supportive. I am... View Details

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How to Apply | Research Associates

complete a 90-minute quantitative exercise using either Stata, R, or Python Three references are not due at the time of application, but are required before an offer is extended. These could be from professors, academic advisors, or work View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

A Case of Achievement

hired to jump-start a moribund division of the investment bank. Parson’s success at generating business was offset by performance reviews from supervisors and subordinates that painted him as a poor fit in the firm’s collaborative... View Details

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

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Propose an Independent Project | MBA

organization, even if they don’t identify the organization by name. The faculty supervisor must keep a copy of the final written report on file for one year, but any confidential information included in the study will be limited to... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

people who are different from themselves. Examples might include a production supervisor who can rally everyone in an organization, from frontline employees to union leaders to CEOs; or a platoon leader who works with people from a range... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

costs. But that doesn't mean Southwest isn't investing in itself. The company's willingness to spend time and money on people and equipment is evident in its low rate of employee turnover; the high ratio of supervisors to front-line... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

25 Aug 2014
News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2002
News

Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

only because he always has something important to say, but because he works so hard at it. He is still out there with his national reputation, knocking on people's doors and getting to know every county supervisor and freshman... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

managers and supervisors of workers, and their lived experience, and the human resources function is really quite surprising. HR, particularly in big companies, just tends to see data. They’re not talking to View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

Research in Black and White Photo: Meroe Morse, test photograph, August 1959. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.83, f. 15. In 1948, only a few years after starting at Polaroid, Meroë Morse became the laboratory View Details

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

In the end, my supervisors bought in and I was allowed to implement my suggestions. I definitely would not have had the courage to take these risks without the 2+2 safety net! Where are you currently working? Can you describe your role? I... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

O’Neal returned to Doraville, working as a supervisor at the GM facility. When he was accepted at HBS, GM gave him a no-strings-attached scholarship. “I was naive, but I was also undaunted,” says O’Neal of his arrival at Soldiers Field —... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

One-on-One Meeting The one-on-one meeting between supervisor and staff is an invaluable tool for managing, but requires much attention to detail. Julia B. Austin explains best practices for getting the most out of the 1:1. Why Brexit is a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

negotiation The researchers found that one of the keys to success lay in the way the two organizations managed tensions between their commercially focused production supervisors and their socially focused job counselors. In the... View Details