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- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Just Compensation
Sam Hayes and David Mullins were engaging and fun. Jim Ware taught us organizational behavior and given how important this subject is and how it affects what I do today, I should have taken more of those... View Details
- Career Coach
Sasha Grinshpun
have the conversation around, "What do you really want?!" Sasha graduated from the Harvard Business School, with a concentration in innovation, organizational behavior and design thinking. She... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
what would make people join our clubs and buy our products. Plus, it became fashionable to promote women, and there I was with my HBS MBA. Cathy Benko (MBA 1989), vice chairman and chief talent officer, Deloitte Consulting, Foster City,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
pack. Indeed, popularity has led to a disturbing commoditization of the degree. Just a generation ago, notes Dean Jay Light, there was only a two-year MBA. “Now there are one-year programs, two-year programs, daytime programs, nighttime programs, weekend programs, and... View Details
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
insights, tools, and behaviors that these leaders developed—often, on the fly—and then used to steer through the crisis and to accomplish their ambitious goals. In each instance, we will assess which of these resources are useful to... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
poignant stories of entrepreneurial victories and losses from fellow alumni. Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) discussed the challenges she has faced as president of Palm Computing. Sears, Roebuck CEO Arthur C. Martinez (MBA '65) talked about his experiences furthering... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
that successful people have simply found their own way to do them. Molinsky finds there are five key challenges underlying our avoidance tendencies: authenticity, competence, resentment, likability, and morality. Does the new behavior... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
concurrent trades in these stocks by continuing fund managers. This behavior is observed regardless of fund characteristics and is stronger when new managers are external hires. The tendency of continuing fund managers to hold on to... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
coalition came out of McMinn’s community outreach efforts as owner of Vineyard 29, in St. Helena, where he moved in 2004 after buying the winery. “When we started the Vine Trail, I didn’t own a bicycle,” he recalls. “But our family enjoys... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
important, but it’s a culture that has to be evolving and open-ended. For example, when we make an acquisition, the acquired company might have different types of behavior from us. We should always be open to that. But we’re not open to... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship
The way Norwegians may want to buy clothes is very different to the way Spaniards are going to buy clothes, not only for the fashion but also for their preferred mode of payment, delivery, etc. Secondly, I... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
behaviors of the individuals you choose go through the organization like a rifle shot; they can be felt at the line level within months. We can't afford to hire or promote people with the wrong values. It's a path to mediocrity."... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
Summing Up "Good attitudes supercharge organizational performance beyond what the skill/talent level would indicate," according to Perry Miles. "Attitude is one of the strongest determinants of performance," added... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
leadership electives. Required Curriculum (First Year) Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
to actually use sophisticated behaviors is futile. That's what drives the need for coaches. Then you say, OK, let's assume that we accept the fact that (a) a lot of knowledge in businesses is tacit, not explicit; (b) that we need to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Polina Yampolska
stars... Per aspera ad astra. Unbelievably, my wish came true. Here at HBS, engrossed in the social and developmental psychology that underlies Organizational Behavior disciplines, I have discovered that my... View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
2011 Abstract The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
ethnography of serial migration in Dubai focusing on motherhood, work, and movement (under contract with Columbia University Press). She has received fellowships from the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford), The... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
"If I am a tobacco manufacturer seeing my sales cannibalized by e-cigarettes, I have two choices: develop my own e-cigarette brand or buy an e-cigarette company," says Quelch. Number three tobacco company Lorillard was the first... View Details