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- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
and companies were." Book Excerpt The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World Joseph Badaracco Read An Excerpt Markets today not only control the buying and selling of goods and services, they shape nearly every aspect of our lives. View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
without informing other departments, leading to waste and duplication. Respect among peers declined. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter BBC: In 1999, the... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
http://www.springer.com/economics/development/book/978-1-4614-1878-8?changeHeader Employee Selection as a Control System Authors:Dennis Campbell Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract Theories from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
Psychology The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work By: Brodsky, Andrew, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on the dilemma of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
finance value different sets of skills: innovating in S&E calls for in-depth knowledge and/or interest in a specific subject area, whereas finance tends to value a combination of general analytic skills and social skills over academic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
Many of us are sailing toward retirement with the hope that Social Security, personal savings, and money saved in an employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan will add up to the magic sum required to enjoy our remaining years in reasonable style.... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
Increase the diversity of employees in your organization—for example, on the basis of race, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation—and you'll automatically have a better company. Right? That's the prevailing belief anyway.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
using the fair to tell the world that he and IBM—the two were inseparable in his mind—mattered. On May 2, IBM held a huge meeting at the fair, with 2,200 employees in attendance. Watson told the listening throng that he wanted to keep the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
firms are temporarily closed and 40 percent of the workforce, on average, has been laid off or furloughed since late January. Retail, entertainment, food services, hospitality, and personal services industries have been hit hardest as View Details
- February 2010
- Article
Managing Know-How
By: Deishin Lee and Eric J. Van den Steen
We study how firms can use a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: should her firm develop a formal knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Change; Employees; Information; Knowledge Management; Outcome or Result; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; System; Value
Lee, Deishin, and Eric J. Van den Steen. "Managing Know-How." Management Science 56, no. 2 (February 2010): 270–285. (Articles in Advance published online on November 25, 2009.)
- March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program
By: W. Earl Sasser
In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
Sasser, W. Earl. "Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program." Harvard Business School Case 687-063, March 1987. (Revised October 1993.)
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/07/are-you-ignoring-trends-that-could-shake-up-your-business/ar/1 Vision Statement: Mapping the Social Internet... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
Protection Act of 2006, which mandated in part that employees be automatically enrolled in a pension plan upon hiring and must choose to opt out rather than opt in—Bohnet, Bazerman, and van Geen decided to apply the theory to evaluation... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
When the pandemic forced employees to flee offices and work from home in droves last year, many business leaders worried that productivity might take a dive. Would remote workers be too tempted by the lures of Netflix or too distracted by... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
personal, employee-centric terms . There are no purposeful organizations—only purposeful people." Bern Lefson commented, "The 'why' is important but how that is defined varies by employee ." As usual, many more questions... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
to illegally hack into the phones of select individuals. That these hackers seem not to be News of the World employees illustrates the Russian nesting doll model, which contains the seeds of moral hazard, since it allows for the... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
undergird democracy There are several things businesses can do to strengthen democracy. Here are four of them. Encourage voter participation by providing employees with paid time off to vote, thereby addressing the barrier created by... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
new light on familiar questions related to gender ideology, household dynamics, and social change. Sources of gratitude and resentment varied considerably across and within genders. Women: grateful for physical help; resentful for lack of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
the social objective function, tagging generates costs that must be weighed against the benefits it generates through conventional channels. Only tags that are sufficiently predictive of ability, such as disability status, will be used.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel