Management Controls - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2014
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Beyond Command and Control

Keywords: leadership; change management; authenticity; adaptability

11 Apr 2024
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market was far from welcoming. His dream would, once again, have to be deferred. Instead, Platzer applied his quantitative background at a hedge fund and in other investment management roles. In 2009, though, while at an event at NASA... View Details

11 Apr 2017
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Keeping the Missions Under Control

Norman Knight (GMP 9, 2010) is Executive Flight Director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In this interview, he talks about the unique blend of scientific and technical skills and the management expertise needed to send... View Details

19 Mar 2014
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A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

24 Nov 2022
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Middle Managers Deserve Our Thanks

25 Nov 2013
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Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

01 Sep 2003
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From Control to the Uncontrollable: Faculty Research Symposium Offers Range of Ideas

capital within the School, strengthen the intellectual community, and celebrate the faculty’s research accomplishments. This year’s symposium featured thirteen faculty members presenting research on topics ranging from managing multisite... View Details

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

01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management

randomized control studies started to emerge that all showed the same surprisingly lukewarm message about the impact of microfinance on livelihoods. Natalia Rigol: People expected to see shifts in household income, business growth, and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

24 Sep 2015
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3 Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

interview, we catch up with the group for another update. Not surprisingly, much has changed over the past decade in their households and in their careers. In the profiles that follow, our protagonists once again candidly discuss how they are View Details

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

finances dwindled. Finally, at age 12, after years of physical therapy combined with advances in medication, Massie walked away from his wheelchair and cumbersome leg braces. To this day, however, he must cope with pain and self-inject medication almost daily to View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

09 Dec 2019
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Smoking With the Boys May Be Leaving Women Executives Behind

01 Jun 2023
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Action Plan: Net Proceeds

“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services