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- 21 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Going Through the Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement
- 05 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Work-Around Culture: Unintended Consequences of Organizational Heroes
"Work-around cultures" are pervasive in health care. Employees tend to work around obstacles, often feeling like a hero in the process, without solving the underlying problems. The reasons for these cultures are manifold, but they are costly in financial and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Fostering Organizational Learning: The Impact of Work Design on Workarounds, Errors, and Speaking Up About Internal Supply Chain Problems
Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker
- 22 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention
Background: Leadership WalkRounds have been widely adopted as a technique for improving patient safety and safety climate. WalkRounds involve senior managers directly observing frontline work and soliciting employees' ideas about improvement opportunities. However, the... View Details
- 18 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
- 31 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
- 01 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay
- 22 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program
- 11 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time
- 27 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Conformance and Experiential Quality on Healthcare Cost and Clinical Performance
- 01 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Factors that Contribute to Operational Failures in Hospitals
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
Bumping up against accepted theories in process improvement, a new research paper from Harvard Business School questions the value of prioritizing problems identified by frontline employees. Citing a hospital safety improvement program... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
Examples," Sebenius details how "3-D negotiation" provides practitioners with skills for effective dealmaking that create value on a sustainable basis. According to Sebenius, the first dimension of negotiation is by far the... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 14 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Improving Patient Outcomes: The Effects of Staff Participation and Collaboration in Healthcare Delivery
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall performance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant professor View Details
- fall 2007
- Article
An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units
By: A. L. Tucker
Tucker, A. L. "An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492–505.
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
Involvement in Process Improvement Author:Anita L. Tucker Abstract Managers play a critical role in process improvement. However, research has found that many improvement efforts fail due to insufficient... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement," HBS professor Anita L. Tucker and Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara J. Singer... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
you have a major industry that still has lots to reveal. We asked Jones to discuss his research and his new book. Sean Silverthorne: What inspired your interest in the beauty business and its history? Geoffrey Jones: My initial interest in the beauty industry was... View Details