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- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Melissa Wu - Making A Difference
- Article
Contextual Intelligence
By: Tarun Khanna
The author has come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices uniformly across geographies is a fool's errand. Best practices simply don't travel well across borders. That's because conditions not just of economic development but of...
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Khanna, Tarun. "Contextual Intelligence." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 9 (September 2014): 58–68.
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ACE YOUR PHONE OR VIDEO INTERVIEW
following best practices to be confident, prepared, and ready to ace your interview. Preparing for Your Interview First, as you would for an in-person interview, take time to review the job description,...
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- 11 Feb 2021
- Video
Race in the Classroom and Beyond: Courtney McCluney
- 28 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Master the Team Meeting
monkeybusinessimages No matter how much we hate going to meetings, there’s a generally accepted best practice that teams should meet with their managers on a regular cadence. More often than not, unfortunately, I hear leaders and their staffs dreading these...
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by Julia Austin
- July 8, 2022
- Article
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Dissatisfaction with performance appraisals is pervasive, but they remain an essential managerial responsibility. The purpose of performance reviews is two-fold: an accurate and actionable evaluation of performance, and then development of that person’s skills in line...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "How to Conduct a Great Performance Review." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 8, 2022).
- Research Summary
Experiential Learning and Knowledge Mentors
Dorothy Leonard’s research on innovation and knowledge transfer has always emphasized learning by doing. During the past several years, she has been exploring how organizations can foster faster skills learning. While there are generational differences in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units
- March 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
New Product Development Imperative, The
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Edward T Smith
Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent with the project objectives as well as concepts and processes for improving project execution.
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Management Practices and Processes;
Product Development;
Performance Improvement;
Problems and Challenges;
Groups and Teams
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Edward T Smith. "New Product Development Imperative, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-152, March 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- September 2023
- Technical Note
Note on Difficult Conversations in the Family Enterprise
The best time to have a difficult conversation is, ideally, as soon as possible. Engaging in challenging conversations early can produce beneficial results for several reasons, such as resolving issues, improving communication, preserving relationships, and increasing...
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Wing, Christina R. "Note on Difficult Conversations in the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-044, September 2023.
- March 2023
- Module Note
Communication as a Trusted Advisor
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Communication as a Trusted Advisor" provides best practices for communicating as an advisor across multiple contexts.
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Communication
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Communication as a Trusted Advisor." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-081, March 2023.
- Research Summary
Overview
We are studying the practical application of Michael Porter's value-based strategy to reform health care by examining best practices of integrated practice units, outcome measurement, cost measurement, value-based payment, episode based payment, regionalization of...
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- June 2010 (Revised April 2014)
- Course Overview Note
Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement
By: Christopher Marquis, Bobbi Thomason and Jennifer Tydlaska
Analyzes the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and employee engagement, including CSR effects on employee commitment and motivation, new skills and training, and motivation. Also discusses best practices in employee engagement through CSR.
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Training;
Employees;
Retention;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Culture;
Practice;
Motivation and Incentives
Marquis, Christopher, Bobbi Thomason, and Jennifer Tydlaska. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 410-138, June 2010. (Revised April 2014.)
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from...
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Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
in Toronto, so my thought was ‘let's see if I can add some tools to my toolkit and market myself better to other industries.’” For Memme, the best way to way to make his way back home was one more stop in the United States – Boston,...
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- August 2014
- Technical Note
Conjoint Analysis: A Do it Yourself Guide
By: Elie Ofek and Olivier Toubia
Conjoint Analysis has become one of the most commonly used quantitative market research methods. It has been successfully employed across a wide variety of industries to quantify consumer preferences for products and services. This technical note is intended to provide...
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Market Research;
Conjoint Analysis;
Consumer Preferences;
Segmentation;
Product Development;
Demand Measurement;
Demand and Consumers;
Analysis;
Markets
Ofek, Elie, and Olivier Toubia. "Conjoint Analysis: A Do it Yourself Guide." Harvard Business School Technical Note 515-024, August 2014.
- August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Hutton Branch Manager (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
The manager of an E.F. Hutton branch office must decide how best to approach a colleague whose aggressive and ethically problematic cash management practices have cost the branch a major institutional client. These practices had been encouraged by top management at...
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Ethics;
Business or Company Management;
Decisions;
Management Skills;
Cash Flow;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Management Teams;
Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-044, August 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- March 2018
- Case
GiveDirectly
How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in...
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Keywords:
Nonprofits;
Charity;
Effective Altruism;
International Aid;
Compensation;
Goals;
Bonuses;
Incentives;
GiveDirectly;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Goals and Objectives;
Recruitment;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Beshears, John, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang, and Brian J. Hall. "GiveDirectly." Harvard Business School Case 918-036, March 2018.
- 24 Aug 2011
- News