Organizational Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
News

Outsourcing for Radical Change

tool for radical organizational change. Linder's research led her to write her first book, Outsourcing for Radical Change: A Bold Approach to Enterprise Transformation (American Management Association,... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2011
News

Faculty Books

organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. An effective business culture can account for up to half of the performance differential between organizations in the same business. Drawing on field View Details

Keywords: Utilities

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Harvard Business School

A. Thomas is a recognized thought leader in the field of strategic human resource management. His papers document his research on issues relating to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership, and View Details

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

they might order homers or request some for their friends. Also, on the organizational level, effectiveness might be improved. The company might get more from its employees when it gives them more: In this case, for instance, allowing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

Skinner III, head of the Atlanta-based consultancy LCS Partners. The article discusses the importance of understanding your ideal customers; the implications for selling, cost management, growth strategy, and organizational relationships;... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

business models; an enhanced focus on organizational innovation and implementation; and increased field-based learning." The Diagnosis As source material for the conference, Herzlinger arranged for market View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

each month in 2024, mean it’s time for tech leaders to ask themselves three questions about layoffs. 1. What is this layoff for? HR teams do not decide who to lay off—that’s the job of tech company leaders. They do it either badly or well. View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

Interviews with computer scientists and data experts explore the social and political roots and uses of the data we collect and analyze. Design: At, Into, & Beyond Interviews with designers and researchers shed light on how systems and... View Details

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

Presentation date: November 2, 2004 The following is a summary of the virtual seminar covering: The definition, levels, and cycles of confidence. How leaders prevent losing streaks and instill organizational confidence. The keys to... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

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Amy C. Edmondson | Working Knowledge

teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial

School’s lead researcher at Hawthorne, Roethlisberger, through his summaries of the research conducted there (including the bestseller Management and the Worker), ensured that Mayo’s efforts enjoyed wide... View Details

Keywords: Elton Mayo; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Telecommunications; Information

01 Mar 2010
News

Jensen Donates Grant

HBS professor emeritus Michael Jensen, an influential expert in the areas of agency theory, organizational design, and incentives, was awarded the 2009 Morgan Stanley–American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Financial... View Details

Keywords: awards; grants; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

the vendor of outsourced services can improve the efficiency and perhaps the quality of services delivered—particularly in health care, where outsourcing is on the rise. In research recently published in the journal Organization Science,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

the conditions to thrive tomorrow. We argue that organizational sustainability depends on attending to strategic paradox, engaging contradictory yet interrelated strategies simultaneously. Drawing on our View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

When Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the faculty chair of HBS’s Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative, was studying questions of gender and race in organizations in the 1980s, research into... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

in your organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. Bazerman and colleagues explores the hidden cost when... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

explore the role of assumptions underlying knowledge creation within the field of organizational studies, and investigate how incompatible assumptions across subgroups may inhibit the generation of multidisciplinary knowledge. While View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

associate professors, Kathleen L. Valley, Robert J. Robinson, and George Wu, add to the unit's research portfolio through their differing yet complementary backgrounds. Valley examines conflicts in the workplace through the lens of View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

argues Timothy Butler, senior fellow and faculty advisor to Career and Professional Development Programs at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on career decision making. In this interview, Butler discusses his new book, The... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details