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- 1984
- Book
The Middle Manager as Innovator
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. The Middle Manager as Innovator. Harvard Business Review Video Series. MTI Teleprograms, 1984. Video.
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Don't Eliminate Your Middle Managers
- 05 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding
Middle managers aren’t going extinct. They’re evolving. Once a wasteland where careers stalled or abruptly ended in layoffs, middle management... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- Article
The Middle Manager as Innovator
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "The Middle Manager as Innovator." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 4 (July–August 1982): 95–105. (Reprintings include: Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization, edited by J. Kao. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1989; Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, edited by R. Burgelman and M. Maidique. Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1988; The Entrepreneur in Local Government, edited by B.H. Moore. Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 1983; Trials and Rewards of the Entrepreneur. Boston: Harvard Business Review Reprint Series, 1983; Strategic Management, edited by Richard G. Hamermesh. N.Y.: Wiley, 1983.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
management. “For the past decade, middle management has taken a beating—often portrayed as an unnecessary resource inside an organization,” Serafeim says. “But [this research shows] that when you can... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 19 Sep 2011
- News
Redefining the middle manager's job
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-882-7C.)
- January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?
By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
This case is set in 2015 as a team at Match Education, a high performing charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools... View Details
Keywords: General Management; K-12; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Edtech; Education; Information Technology; Management; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; Boston
Kim, John J-H, and Daniel Goldberg. "Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?" Harvard Business School Case 316-138, January 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
(iStockphoto/FreshSplash) There seems to be limited interest in middle management or the managers that occupy such positions among those who study View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Dec 2020
- News
Why middle managers are feeling the most stressed out during COVID
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
preservation. And Dallas Smith, head of a regional coalition of First Nations, thanked the other speakers for their efforts to make his community a better place to live. This scene seemed impossible when negotiations began in 1996. At the time, the four groups were in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- March 2005
- Class Lecture
Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle (FSS)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 305-705, March 2005.
- 20 Sep 2016
- News
HBS study addresses U.S. middle skills gap
- 19 Jan 2021
- News
Caught in the Middle
- 2025
- Working Paper
Training Within Firms
By: Brayan Diaz, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo
Training investments are essential for improving worker and firm productivity, yet their
implementation is often hindered by low participation rates and insufficient worker engagement.
This study uses data from three firms–a car manufacturer, a quick-service... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Absenteeism; Middle Managers; Training; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Employees
Diaz, Brayan, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun, and Jorge Tamayo. "Training Within Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-045, April 2025.
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Middle Skills Gap Initiative Announced
- August 2013
- Teaching Note
Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez
Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant milk formula most effectively in a region where the information environment is much less rich than in other... View Details
- April 2006
- Case
Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness
Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant milk formula most effectively in a region where the information environment is much less rich than in other... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Salesforce Management; Customer Relationship Management; Emerging Markets; Nutrition; Performance Effectiveness; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Health Industry; Middle East; Africa
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and Rachel Sha. "Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness." Harvard Business School Case 106-063, April 2006.