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  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 03 Feb 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

traditional and ubiquitous command and control hierarchies of modern society inhibit, frustrate, and deny our natural instincts.” He suggests stakeholder forums as one means of supporting the thinking of rebel talent. Zufi, at... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

that a single figure or a small team at the top of the hierarchy can provide all the leadership that is needed. A superman or -woman-even one supervising an exceptional group of managers, who in turn supervise highly talented individual... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
  • 21 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

access pushes decisions down, as it allows for superior decentralized decision making without an undue cognitive burden on those lower in the hierarchy. Better communication pushes decisions up, as it allows employees to rely on those above them in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

a network of people who analyze, critique and place artwork in context, and are able to not only talk about the aesthetic richness of a piece at present, but also its historical value and place in the art world¹s hierarchy and development... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

the possibilities. For example, Michelle Malay Carter commented, "Less management by managers is exactly the wrong thing.... It is our poor understanding and use of hierarchies that has undermined our organizations." Pete DeLisi... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 12 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

corporate hierarchy in order to streamline operations. The prevailing idea behind this strategy is that firms can move decisions down the corporate ladder faster than ever, making it easier to respond directly to their customers. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

Gardner Abstract Hierarchies are pervasive in groups, generally providing clear guidelines for the dominance and deference behaviors that members are expected to show based on their relative ranks. But what happens when team members... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

linear geometry that helped Vegas succeed. “A linear layout has the advantage that there is no clear status hierarchy among the resorts spread out along the street,” the authors write. That can be true as metaverse architects build... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

change during the past two decades. Hierarchy has to be replaced by networks, bureaucratic systems transformed into flexible processes, and control-based management roles must evolve into relationships featuring empowerment and coaching.... View Details
Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal
  • 07 Sep 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

without funding the enforcement of existing laws is pointless.” Greg chose to explore the affect of networks on organization design and function. He challenged us with a comment that networks are a threat to hierarchies and by extension... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

the strong hardware and manufacturing bias and hierarchical structures of Japan's computer and electronics firms is largely responsible for the virtual non-existence of a standalone software sector. Second, even when the vertical View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

disadvantaged platform to switch from subsidizing buyers to subsidizing sellers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-066.pdf The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

self-downloads on SSRN, the leading working paper repository in the social sciences, to show that employees higher in a hierarchy are more likely to engage in deception, particularly when the employee has enjoyed a high level of past... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Emerging Art of Negotiation

distance (how social hierarchies affect negotiation), context of communication (the degree to which messages inherit meaning from the setting in which they are delivered), and different conceptions of time (whether negotiators from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

of sweat equity and hard work to shape eCW as they wanted. They were also proud of their company culture, which de-emphasized traditional company hierarchies and encouraged independent thinking and cooperative working arrangements across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

individual differences in social dominance orientation-a preference for group-based hierarchy and inequality-interacts with perceptions of socioeconomic threat to influence the use of hypodescent in categorizing half-Black, half-White... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

hierarchies of foreign firms. American managers in general exhibited a strong emphasis on autonomy and independence that made them resistant to control from elsewhere, especially by foreigners. Q: Which issues do you see as most important... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

voicemail messages. Now their words are much more authentic and can be remarkably empowering. Social networking is also flattening organizations by distributing access to information. Everyone is equal on the social network. No View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

  Working PapersEveryday Failures in Organizational Learning: Explaining the High Threshold for Speaking Up at Work Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines how people working in organizational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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