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- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
Care (forthcoming) Abstract Background: Teamwork in health care settings is widely recognized as an important factor in providing high quality patient care. However, the behaviors that comprise effective teamwork, the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
bucks made renting out its ubiquitous terminals. Or how News Corp.’s film and TV numbers conveniently hide the rounding error that is the Wall Street Journal. One commentator even proposed that the nation’s wealthiest universities set aside 3 percent of their... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
chapters how entrepreneurs both inside and outside of government can tackle problems by viewing them as opportunities, trying new ideas, scaling them up, and improving public life. “I’m not saying we should take all the behaviors of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
exposure to shift work, long work hours, job insecurity, work–family conflict, low job control, high job demands, low social support at work, and low organizational justice. Our model uses input parameters obtained from publicly... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
eligibility for a severance package valued at $47 million? “In the old days, your personal behavior was not seen as relevant to your role as a corporate leader, but now, if you’re a candidate for CEO of a large company, your personal... 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
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
today, a combination of fragmentation in consumer shopping behavior and emerging alternatives to home delivery will change how Americans buy consumables. The inexorable march of internet technology will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Lee-Chin, chairman and CEO of AIC, a Canadian mutual fund company. “Our behavior today will be our history tomorrow,” Chin said. “We have to make sure it is well written.” Panels included alumni from recent MBA classes discussing the ups... View Details
- August 1992 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Sexual Harassment, Free Speech or ...?
By: Lynn S. Paine
Presents two brief vignettes about female employees who object to gender discrimination in their work environment. In one case, the manager of a convenience store removes "adult" magazines from the store's shelves because she sees them as damaging to women. In the... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Working Conditions; Law; Behavior; Managerial Roles; Crime and Corruption; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender
Paine, Lynn S. "Sexual Harassment, Free Speech or ...?" Harvard Business School Case 393-033, August 1992. (Revised December 1994.)
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Publications June 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior By: Ayal, S., F. Gino, R. Barkan, and D. Ariely Abstract— Dishonesty and unethical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
after it was published. In graduate school, it convinced me to go into organizational behavior instead of social psychology. It’s a very influential book, and certainly personally important to me. What is... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets manage to attract investors to buy their shares (and bonds). In this article, we examine this apparent puzzle and develop a theory of how legal and extralegal constraints... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
heart of good and wise leadership. In the following excerpt, Lawrence describes how various forms of globalization—classic trading, international sales, and transnational outsourcing—reveal examples of good, bad, and misguided leadership View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
observers rate those who reveal even questionable behavior more positively (experiments 4A and 4B). The negative impact of hiding holds whether opting not to disclose unflattering (drug use, poor grades, and sexually transmitted diseases)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
extremely impressed that the emphasis was not so much on teaching us how to calculate days receivable or WACC figures precisely right, but on how to use practical interpretations of business concepts in our lives as leaders in whichever sector we choose. Not only... View Details
- Web
Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog
change. It will draw upon a range of approaches for improving value in health care delivery, including continuous improvement, organizational redesign, population health management, precision medicine, patient engagement, digital health,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
relationships. I thought Organizational Behavior was for wimps. Now, it’s a large part of what I do.” CURRENT READING The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara “In business, the notion of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
Only about 10 percent of retailers use NFC readers, and at least one retailer—Best Buy—stopped using them because they were too expensive. Officials with both Best Buy and Walmart have said the retailers have no plans, at least right now,... View Details