Organizational Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

communities. The differences suggest how these two countries will develop further, how their paths will cross and diverge, what they can learn from and contribute to each other, and, ultimately, how they will reshape the world around them... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

can spoil the barrel, I think we have to look at the nature of the barrel, not just the apples. Organizational design, structure, and culture do play a role and almost always have in corporate scandals. Companies that get into trouble... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

integrity? A: The more effective large companies have recognized that preserving the social icon's distinctive culture and business approach is essential to preserving its key success factors. Consequently, they retain a large degree of View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

27 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

Rationalization The American workers were sympathetic yet relieved that the situation wasn't reversed, with the Americans having to learn Japanese. They also engaged in what Neeley calls status rationalization—expressing the feeling that... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

intended victim. (Ironically, in the meantime we have learned that the "worm" that attacked Iran's nuclear centrifuges and sent them whirling out of control and into self-destruction in all likelihood was carefully engineered... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

30 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

research has focused on the underuse of incident-reporting systems. After all, the thinking went, a system used to collect and report incidents will only help an organization learn from its mistakes and lead to better safety results—to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

imagery and heard the stories behind the imagery, I saw that images represent quite complex thinking," he says now. "I was learning about the autobiographical nature of images. I also became interested in digital imaging technology, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2010
News

Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

organizational health. Has the recent financial crisis permanently changed Wall Street? There were many fundamental causes and contributors to the crisis, and we all learned or relearned lessons. Some... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Space Research and Technology; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

14 Dec 2015
News

A Leader’s Call to Action

saw it as a way to learn the business—by understanding the craft that the crews put into their work. I came to see the line crews as heroes restoring power during some of the worst weather conditions. The guys in the power plants are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

Watkins The best negotiators also work to foster organizational learning, both during and after a negotiation. They pay careful attention to managing the team learning process, establishing clear roles and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

Illustrations by Greg Clarke Tom DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurial Management Units. What’s on your list? A biography of Raymond Carver and some of his... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

research efforts in the family business field, comments, "We hope to learn much more about family companies and in turn provide them with insights that will strengthen their capacity to manage themselves well." John Davis, who has been... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

researchers found that German companies struggling to maintain long-term survival in India adopted a mix of political risk management strategies: Disguise Some companies used a “cloaking” strategy, altering their organizational structure... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

in the work place is that generally we have more patience and a 'nicer' way of putting things-good or bad!" Kapil Sopory added that "women display better problem solving skill and organizational loyalty than men. They are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship

Chasm , Geoffrey Moore Customer Discovery and Validation for Entrepreneurs , Frank Cespedes Customer Visits for Entrepreneurs , Frank Cespedes Entrepreneurial Marketing : Learning from High-Potential Ventures , Joe Lassiter SPIN Selling ,... View Details

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

change. It will draw upon a range of approaches for improving value in health care delivery, including continuous improvement, organizational redesign, population health management, precision medicine, patient engagement, digital health,... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Short Takes

altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers agreed that what they View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

profitability analysis (strategic variances), and the risk-exposure calculator (a tool for analyzing strategic risk). Simons begins his book by establishing foundations for implementing strategy, including identifying organizational... View Details

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain enduring differences in View Details