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leading business schools and universities, while advising top corporations, nonprofits, and policy organizations. Research Community Anil Doshi Technology & Operations Management Filippo Mezzanotti Business Economics Sarah Wolfolds... View Details
  • November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
  • Module Note

Strategy Execution Module 12: Aligning Performance Goals and Incentives

By: Robert Simons
This module reading explains how managers use performance goals and incentives to ensure that employee actions align with the overall business strategy of the organization. The module begins by discussing how managers use goals to communicate business strategy, the... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Performance Goals; Performance Measures; Incentives; Benchmarks; Motivation; Compensation; Bonuses; Strategy
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    William A. Sahlman

    William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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    • 28 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

    The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and extending beyond graduation. In this feature, we... View Details

      Howard H. Stevenson

      Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

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      • 21 May 2019
      • Blog Post

      Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

      Business Association, is proud to introduce this year's APAHM Portrait Project.  The Asian Pacific Islander identity extends beyond a checkbox, and we are honored to share stories from the HBS community around the richness of the Asian... View Details

        Robert Simons

        Robert Simons is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. For over 35 years, Simons has taught accounting, management control, and strategy execution courses in both the Harvard MBA and Executive Education Programs. For 2024/25, he is teaching a... View Details

        • 02 Jun 2023
        • Blog Post

        Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society

        Cassidy Wald (MBA 2023) has been named the recipient of the School’s Dean’s Award. This award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of a graduating student who, during their time in their program, has made a positive impact on Harvard, Harvard Business School,... View Details

          Stephen A. Greyser

          Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

          Keywords: sports
          • 06 Feb 2023
          • HBS Seminar

          Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies

            John A. Deighton

            John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

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            • 2023
            • Working Paper

            Rapport in Organizations: Evidence from Fast Food

            By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Parker Howell, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
            Common identity often provides a foundation for workplace rapport. Though gender is perhaps the most frequently studied dimension of identity among workers, little is known about how gender match between managers and their workers might affect team performance. Using... View Details
            Keywords: Management; Relationships; Gender; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Food and Beverage Industry; Colombia
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            • 16 Jun 2009
            • First Look

            First Look: June 16

            communities have demonstrated astonishing levels of innovation, knowledge accumulation, collaboration, and collective intelligence. Now, leading organizations are bringing the Web's novel tools and philosophies inside, creating Enterprise... View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace
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            Admissions & Financial Support - Doctoral

            verbal communications skills. All applicants are required to submit either a GRE or GMAT score. Additionally, students who have not received a degree from a 4-year English-speaking institution must also submit a TOEFL or IELTS score. All... View Details
            • March 2008
            • Article

            Is Yours a Learning Organization?

            By: David A. Garvin, Amy C. Edmondson and Francesca Gino
            This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. An organization with a strong learning culture faces the unpredictable deftly.... View Details
            Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Surveys; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture
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            • 18 Feb 2009
            • First Look

            First Look: February 18, 2009

            Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and... View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace
            • Teaching Interest

            Applied Business Analytics

            Course Overview:

            Business Analytics has become a core function in many firms today and is driving innovation in the form of new business and operating models. Data-driven decision-making requires understanding of statistics, computer... View Details

            • 22 Mar 2017
            • HBS Seminar

            Gerald C. Kane, Boston College

            • 19 Dec 2023
            • Research & Ideas

            $15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

            Over the last five years, MacKenzie Scott has gone from relatively unknown in the US philanthropic community to arguably its single most influential figure. When she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 following her divorce with Amazon... View Details
            Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
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            Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

            What Changes, What Remains the Same 10:00–11:15 a.m. ET Both livestreamed and recorded Speaker: Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980) , MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where the... View Details