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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
were educating students for. A seminal article appeared in the May–June 1977 issue of Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business School professor Abraham Zaleznik, titled “Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?” “Managers and leaders... View Details
- 2008
- Book
Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations
By: Abraham Zaleznik
In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either "hedgehogs," who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or "foxes," who assess and re-evaluate their... View Details
Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations
In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either... View Details- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
In “Marketing Myopia” in HBR, Ted Levitt (below) famously asks “What business are you in?” and insists that customer focus be paramount. 1977 Abraham Zaleznik raises a provocative, game-changing question in... View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
To what extent does a leader's inner life affect his or her behavior and actions toward other people? HBS professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik, skilled in the practice of psychoanalysis and an admirer of the insights of Sigmund Freud, is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Human Relations and Harvard Business School – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
into other programs at Harvard and further developed by Business School professors such as George Lombard, a leader in the field of organizational behavior. 2 Abraham Zaleznik in Richard C.S. Trahair, The... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
There are a few exceptions. Abraham Zaleznik wrote about "The Dynamics of Subordinacy" more than four decades ago. Fifteen years ago, Jack Gabarro and John Kotter published a piece called... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
ZALEZNIK: “I don’t think it’s useful for people to worry about the rules of leadership or command. I think the central concept is character and character in the uses of power.” Leadership is best studied from the inside out, declares View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
wise counsel, and good friend, Charlie had an enormous impact on all of us at HBS.” The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, Abraham Zaleznik (MBA 1947, DCS 1951) died in November after 44... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Faculty Books
learned, and suggest new directions for housing policy, including integrating best practices into existing programs and innovating with large-scale, long-term solutions. Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations by View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
suggested by Abraham Zaleznik in a 1977 Harvard Business Review article, "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" Arguing that they are, Zaleznik cited one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations Author:Abraham Zaleznik Publication:Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 Publisher's Abstract In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace