Abraham Zaleznik - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
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Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Abraham Zaleznik Dead at 87

01 Dec 2007
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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

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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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

01 Mar 2008
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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

Keywords: Margie Kelley; retirement; leisure; writing; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2008
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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

01 Mar 2012
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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

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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