Job Design and Levels - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

company to create better jobs,” shared Ari Medoff. “We’ve had 30 or 40 years now of growing wage inequality and we have community institutions that have decayed. I think that one of the core factors is the erosion of View Details

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

another manager's star employee most likely wants to transfer into their departments. 2. Design work with variety and autonomy. Jobs that provide variety View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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OneTen at Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

It was December 10, 2020, and Ed Bastian, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Delta Air Lines (Delta), had just finished a meeting with Joanne Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, and Keyra Lynn Johnson, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.... View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Training; Race; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Job Design and Levels; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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06 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

2008 Beijing Games topped out at a whopping $40 billion. Taxpayers have taken note. Citizen pressure resulted in Boston, Budapest, Hamburg, and Rome withdrawing their campaigns to win the 2024 summer games to be held in Paris. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

had undertaken to impact three of the world's most urgent challenges-nutrition, water, and rural development-and Jöhr's team was fundamental to each of these pillars. Yet the forces changing the global food system were formidable:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

other industries, and how can we better design these sites?" says Luca. "It really comes down to what types of truths we want to find in each site and what we can do... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

and various roads to success. Assessing Your Fit Due to the risk involved in choosing the wrong CEO, companies are placing increased emphasis on assessment as part of the search, and this process is equally... View Details

Fast Answer

Compensation by Industry/Position/Location

Institute is a directory of various for-fee salary surveys available by region. PayScale.com Designed to help employees obtain accurate real-time information on job market compensation, the website allows... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

design, but just look at their faces, beaming with pride and anticipation! Or online, head over to Facebook and Instagram, where you will see other instances of value creation. Look at the pictures View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

gap. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA given your STEM background? At Citi my job was mostly to help make applications for whatever our traders needed. While I enjoyed developing technology, I also wanted to learn more about, View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Foreign investment introduced capital and provided jobs for people previously occupied in agriculture. At an aggregate level, capital intensity rose, productivity grew, and... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

"Organizations are complex bodies. And it's your job to navigate all the complexity, to help your people get the work done." David Garvin Management Essentials Roland Christensen Professor of Business... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

design a high-tech armored suit for a person when artificial intelligence could do the job with significantly less risk. “Why wouldn’t they just put in a computer to control the suit?” he wondered. “‘Good... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

Column Organizations around the globe are doing a poor job developing employees who are engaged—“emotionally invested in and focused on creating value for their organizations every day,” as the Gallup... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

$174 million in fiscal 2022 from $81 million in the prior year, reflecting the return of on-campus programming. The group produced 116 residential programs and 52 fully virtual programs for 10,575 participants. A combined 81 Topic-Focused... View Details

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility Criteria Awards How to Apply FAQs In addition to financial need and employment eligibility, selection is based on the following qualitative criteria: Caliber of Position Level of responsibility... View Details

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Dusty Register

wanted an in-person MBA experience which has (for the most part) come to fruition this year! Coming to HBS is like Jumping off a cliff into an ice-cold creek. First, it took a leap of faith for both me and my wife to leave established... View Details

Keywords: CPG

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

programs in Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. His programs created over 1,500 formal and informal jobs and cleaned up more than 160 million bottles from streets View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

Milestone” (ECM) which designates you as a “competent engineer.” Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? I felt that I could really throw myself into my three years of working and... View Details

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