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  • July 8, 2022
  • Article

How to Conduct a Great Performance Review

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Dissatisfaction with performance appraisals is pervasive, but they remain an essential managerial responsibility. The purpose of performance reviews is two-fold: an accurate and actionable evaluation of performance, and then development of that person’s skills in line... View Details
Keywords: Performance Review; Feedback; Employees; Management Skills
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  • 28 Feb 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

monkeybusinessimages No matter how much we hate going to meetings, there’s a generally accepted best practice that teams should meet with their managers on a regular cadence. More often than not, unfortunately, I hear leaders and their staffs dreading these... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • March 1999 (Revised February 2001)
  • Background Note

New Product Development Imperative, The

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Edward T Smith
Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent with the project objectives as well as concepts and processes for improving project execution. View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams
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Overview

We are studying the practical application of Michael Porter's value-based strategy to reform health care by examining best practices of integrated practice units, outcome measurement, cost measurement, value-based payment, episode based payment, regionalization of... View Details

    Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools

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    • 2013
    • Report

    Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools

    By: Jan Rivkin, Sara Allan, Allen Grossman and Nithya Vaduganathan
    This booklet provides a practical approach for business leaders seeking to understand the complex issues involved in transforming PK-12 education. It lists actions that businesses can take, as well as best practices that they can follow, to help educators create... View Details
    Keywords: PK - 12 Education; U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; United States
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    Contextual Intelligence

    By: Tarun Khanna
    The author has come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices uniformly across geographies is a fool's errand. Best practices simply don't travel well across borders. That's because conditions not just of economic development but of... View Details
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    • March 2023
    • Module Note

    Communication as a Trusted Advisor

    By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
    A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Communication as a Trusted Advisor" provides best practices for communicating as an advisor across multiple contexts. View Details
    Keywords: Communication
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    • 2020
    • Presentations & Discussions

    What’s Race Got to Do with Diversity

    • 11 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

    The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
    • 08 Mar 2021
    • News

    Happiness through Voluntary Sacrific‪e

    • 13 Feb 2020
    • Blog Post

    Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

    The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
    • 19 Apr 2021
    • News

    Biggest risks in return to offices: Harvard remote work guru

    • March 2023
    • Module Note

    Client Interviewing and Data Collection

    By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
    A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Client Interviewing and Data Collection" introduces the essentials of client interviews and provides best practices for early career consultants and advisors. View Details
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    • 13 Apr 2021
    • News

    5 must-read Harvard Business Review articles

    • 24 Aug 2011
    • News

    Bill George's corporate "Dream Team"

    • January 1994 (Revised August 1994)
    • Case

    Ocean Spray Cranberries: Environmental Risk Management

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
    Ocean Spray Cranberries, one of the nation's most successful agricultural cooperatives, faces some difficult environmental management problems associated with water usage and wetlands development. Because of federal and state wetlands laws, new bogs for expansion had... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Cooperative Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    • 11 Apr 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Gabriel Szulanski, INSEAD

    • July 2024
    • Technical Note

    Note on Working with Relatives in the Family Enterprise

    By: Christina R. Wing and Hillary B Sieber
    This note delves into the intricacies of working with relatives, offering insights and strategic recommendations for navigating the opportunities and complexities inherent in such environments. This note will cover common challenges, best practices and key governance... View Details
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    • 16 Jan 2014
    • News

    The straight truth about government accountability