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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

Chambers in Australia, says, "The CME has far exceeded my expectations. The three programs work very well together and have enhanced my skills as a negotiator, a team leader, and a board member." To take... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

performance. The Balanced Scorecard approach has evolved into a tool that can be used to help companies create greater value at the business unit level, the corporate level, and the board level. This is done through three Balanced Scorecards that are linked and View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

required). Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Shedding Light on the Hawthorne Studies," Journal of Occupational Behavior , vol. 6, 1985. Full text available as a networked resource (valid Harvard ID required). Trahair, Richard C. S. The Humanist Temper: the View Details

15 Nov 2018
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Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

15 Oct 2019
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Bridging Business and Engineering

entrepreneurship, and because I want to lead an organization someday, I knew I needed to learn more about management,” says Perelson, explaining what prompted him to apply to HBS. A native of Los Angeles, California, Perelson grew up in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, and has... View Details

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Global Activities 2020

Fellowship (GO: Africa), are working to encourage and scale businesses on the continent from their base in Ghana. Asia Pacific HBS Engagement Across the Region The Harvard Shanghai Center and HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong... View Details

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

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

attrition, or even desired behaviors at work, than merely to measure employee engagement.” Gregory Enjalbert offered a more personal perspective: “Engaging people is therefore very much about talking to them and listening actively to them taking a keen interest in what... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

Mumbai, surrounded by a large extended family, Ash Dahod read Reader’s Digest from cover to cover. “That was my view of life in the United States,” says Dahod. “I was fascinated.” The thumbnail version of Dahod’s journey has many elements... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

teaching, and consulting over the past ten years, I have come to understand more deeply than ever that the best managers are those who have an appetite for learning and are willing to work on themselves. Management is very hard; even the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Considering Retirement - Alumni

place for life after work, everything else about retirement – what we intend to do with our time – remains vague or utterly unexplored. Important considerations include: Identity Who will you be in retirement? What aspirations,... View Details

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

Stick to the Plan (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005) Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices In View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

with, as many people have said of Benjamin Franklin. He was just so witty, knowledgeable, and downright interesting that you couldn't come away without feeling enriched. Weaving together the fascinating story of his life with an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

though more than 90 percent had detailed strategic plans with much higher targets. Our own work with clients supports the existence of a persistent gap between the strategic goals organizations set for themselves and the results they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Mar 2022
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Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

like training a muscle, and it’s exactly what we are training here. VARUN NAGARAJAN (MBA 2022) Nagarajan is a member of the HBS Show Club, Entrepreneurship Club, and the South-Asian Business Association. He is also a part of the i-lab venture program and is currently... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

Karan Shah (MBA 2016) Karan Shah (MBA 2016) Karan Shah (MBA 2016) is executive director of Precision Camshafts Limited, a large precision manufacturing company in Solapur, India, and a partner in MAYU, a luxury goods startup. What’s a typical View Details

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Bryan Stromer

thing you'll be leaving with? One thing I brought to campus is the belief that business and the private sector have a responsibility to ensure that people with disabilities are included in our economy. I have been able to work with the... View Details

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Sara Mattei Gentili

I don’t recall a moment in my life when I had that comforting feeling of belonging. What I do remember perfectly, is the first time I thought I was odd. My kindergarten classmates played in the school’s courtyard, and I sat in a corner... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

material rewards of business. They will come if you first take care to match your abilities with the opportunities that are available." CURRENT READING When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by David Maraniss When Joe... View Details

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