Functions - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 May 2013
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Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…

sustaining a Human Resources function that brings value to the business. One of these values will come through better management and analysis of data that connect the human element to business results. It will not be an easy road,... View Details

29 Jan 2025
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Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

development—a spark that inspired me to pursue a career in marketing. At HBS, I gained a deeper understanding of how businesses operate. While I entered with a focus on marketing, the exposure to all business functions helped me build a... View Details

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Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting

with how it functions on a practical level. Surprising Realities and Key Takeaways My internship gave me the opportunity to work at an early-stage company for the first time in my career, and I came away with three major lessons: Pilots... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

the authors have identified eight core functions of business work, such as quantitative analysis and enterprise control. A reader armed with an individual BCII profile can learn from the text how to assess work opportunities in terms of... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

increase is largely driven by more functional specialists like CIOs or CMOs, not general managers.” “There ultimately is no such thing as effective selling that is not tied to the company’s strategic objectives” The reason for that is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 May 2001
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Race Does Matter in Mentoring

responsibility for a functional department within a business unit—for example, the director of marketing or a plant manager.) And Stage 3 covered upper middle management to the executive level. (A person in this stage became a corporate... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

shifting customer needs Who Will Benefit Service Organization Leaders Professionals in Service Functions Entrepreneurs and Consultants Elevate your employees and create the conditions for them to thrive and deliver standout service... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

and finding practical ways to improve the coordination between sales and other functions required for profitable growth. Teaming to Innovate by Amy C. Edmondson (Jossey-Bass) This book brings together insights on teaming in innovation.... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

Many companies have tried, with mixed success, to leverage this underused asset by centralizing knowledge management functions or by investing heavily in knowledge management technology. We suggest another approach, one that requires... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

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Nikki Skovran

way to get exposure to a wide range of industries and functions in a short period of time,” she says. Looking ahead, Nikki is not sure whether she will stay in public service work or shift into private business. Either way, she says, HBS... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Consulting; Entrepreneurship

08 Aug 2016
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CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

everything you do in your career and life will fit neatly into certain industry and functional boxes, and if you go outside those boxes while you're at school you'll end up with tools that give you a differentiated perspective... View Details

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

what the consequences of such an expansion might be. Ripple effects “Whether or not it really stands in the way of technological progress is likely a function of how expansively secrecy orders are issued as well as whether they are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Mar 2025
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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success

of socioeconomic or family background. "The case method functions at its best with diverse perspectives that challenge assumptions—it deepens the learning experience for all,” said Alicia Thomas, director of diversity and inclusion, MBA... View Details

31 Aug 2017
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Why I Spent This Summer Coding

possibilities into functional products and services.Personal gratificationCoding is fun. I see it in fellow members of CODE@HBS and experienced it myself when I took the club’s Python bootcamp last spring. Despite a steep learning curve,... View Details

Keywords: Technology

15 Aug 2024
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Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

associated with ammonia or chlorofluorocarbons which damage the atmosphere. An ammonia-based system would have put both the nearby residents and marine life in jeopardy if there was ever a system leak. One of the district heating center’s main View Details

30 Sep 2014
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Life Lessons on the Open Seas

achieve goals together.” Every sail is remarkable, but one stands out for Callahan as particularly extraordinary. It was an occasion when a highly functioning autistic child volunteered to steer the boat with him. “A few minutes later, a... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

military, legal, and humanitarian strategies. Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom by Marc Prensky (MBA 1980) (Palgrave Macmillan) Both the human brain and technology have strengths: cognitive function for sense-making... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

24 Oct 2005
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Building an IT Governance Committee

is particularly important if the firm chooses to outsource its functions and connect multiple vendors across a network. The expert must also thoroughly understand the underlying dynamics governing changes in technology and their potential... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

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