General Management
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- May 9, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: What You Need to Know About Making a Good Impression
By: Arthur C. Brooks- May 9, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: What You Need to Know About Making a Good Impression
By: Arthur C. Brooks -
- May 2, 2024
- Article
Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard J. Boxer and Ben CreoThe COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that U.S. hospital and health care systems were ill-prepared for the surge of patients who overwhelmed available health care resources. An overlooked resource deserves more attention: the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) hospital beds. Hundreds of thousands may have died needlessly because of a lack of knowledge by overcapacity hospitals about nearby available ICU beds. Our proposed solution—that hospitals be required to disclose their pandemic plan for sharing information about their ICU occupancy to the SEC or similar agency—coordinates with efforts to increase bottom-up transparency and underscores the importance of local knowledge and control.
- May 2, 2024
- Article
Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard J. Boxer and Ben CreoThe COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that U.S. hospital and health care systems were ill-prepared for the surge of patients who overwhelmed available health care resources. An overlooked resource deserves more attention: the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) hospital beds. Hundreds of thousands may have died needlessly because of a lack of...
About the Unit
The General Management Unit is concerned with the leadership and management of the enterprise as a whole. This concern encompasses:
- the personal values and qualities of effective general managers and enterprise leaders;
- the philosophies, values, and strategies that inform successful enterprises; and
- the relation of enterprise to the broader community and other external constituencies.
The Unit's work is conceived and carried out principally in four interest groups, each of which has its own leadership, research agenda, and teaching programs:
- Management Policy and Process
- Management Information Systems
- Society and Enterprise
- Leadership, Values, and Corporate Responsibility
Recent Publications
Emma Bloomberg and Murmuration
- May 2024 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
How to Build a Life: What You Need to Know About Making a Good Impression
- May 9, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now
- May 2, 2024 |
- Article |
- Health Affairs Forefront
How to Build a Life: Why a Bit of Restraint Can Do You a Lot of Good
- May 2, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?
- May–June 2024 |
- Article |
- Harvard Business Review
'The Wheels on the Bus' Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
- April 2024 |
- Teaching Note |
- Faculty Research
How to Build a Life: How to Find Your Faith
- April 25, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
Presidents Don’t Need Criminal Immunity to Take Bold Action: National Security Is Better Served by a Lawful President Than a Lawless One
- April 24, 2024 |
- Other Article |
- If You Can Keep It
Harvard Business Publishing
Seminars & Conferences
There are no upcoming events.