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Career Check-Up
You give your automobile regular maintenance check-ups, why not do the same with your career? Too often, days lead to months and years without reflecting on what is working in your career and what isnt. Using a very simple framework, this program will leave you with...
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- 24 Sep 2015
- News
Women Don’t Always Want the Jobs at the Top, and That’s OK
- September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Background Note
The Job of the General Manager
By: James L. Heskett
Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Policy;
Recruitment;
Working Conditions;
Managerial Roles;
Resource Allocation;
Mission and Purpose;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy;
Value
Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
your mandate and negotiate for resources is a clear early priority. Defining Your Goals When you think about working with your new boss, keep the following goals in mind: Clarify mutual expectations early....
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by Michael Watkins
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
As Amazon’s stunning pullout from New York fades into the news archives, its potent lessons for business negotiators risk being lost. Highly promising deals in diffuse multiparty settings with many potential spoilers, like Amazon’s...
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- August 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
MindTree: A Community of Communities
By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani
MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collaborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must create...
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Keywords:
Learning;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Employee Relationship Management;
Innovation and Invention;
Knowledge Management;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Information Technology Industry;
India
Garvin, David A., and Rachna Tahilyani. "MindTree: A Community of Communities." Harvard Business School Case 311-049, August 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- August 2011
- Supplement
Raj Datta, Former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree, In-Class Comments, April 1, 2011
By: David A. Garvin
MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collaborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must create...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Management;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Culture;
Learning;
Values and Beliefs;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
India
Garvin, David A. "Raj Datta, Former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree, In-Class Comments, April 1, 2011." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-703, August 2011.
- 08 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
special-education company in early 2019. “You have to be very deliberate and proactive to achieve this,” says Eberle Walker, who set and accomplished the same goal in a previous CEO role. “But it is...
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Entrepreneurship
- 21 May 2014
- HBS Seminar
Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
When Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) took the reins of the special education company PresenceLearning in 2019, she was determined to build a gender-balanced C-suite. “You have to be very deliberate and proactive to achieve this,” says Eberle Walker, who View Details
- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas...
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by Tim Gray
- August 2011
- Supplement
Interview with Raj Datta, Former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree
By: David A. Garvin
MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has a set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Management;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Culture;
Learning;
Values and Beliefs;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
India
Garvin, David A. "Interview with Raj Datta, Former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-704, August 2011.
- Research Summary
Transportation Security Officers’ Work, Motivations, and Practices Study
Because of its unique history, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a strategic setting to explore employees' possible distinct and evolving relation to their work. Since its inception in the wake of 9/11, the TSA has...
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- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk
By: Robert Simons
This module reading provides an overview of the business conduct boundaries, strategic boundaries, and internal control systems used to manage risk. Boundary systems—linked to clear, enforceable sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Strategy Execution;
Boundary Systems;
Innovation;
Internal Controls;
Fraud;
Human Behavior;
Staff Experts;
Strategy;
Risk Management;
Behavior;
Governance Controls;
Management Practices and Processes;
Boundaries;
Employees;
Business Strategy;
Innovation and Invention
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-114, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- Research Summary
Industry Dynamics Following Competitive Shocks
Robert E. Kennedy and Pankaj Ghemawat are using industrial organization theory to study industrial development in countries that have undergone major competitive shocks. Their goal is to develop a set of hypotheses regarding how industry factors effect change in entry...
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- August 2017 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Yelp
By: Michael Luca, Joshua Schwartzstein and Gauri Subramani
This case explores the industry-wide lack of employee diversity in the technology sector and Yelp’s decision to take a leadership position in identifying strategies to increase diversity. The goal of the case is to provide an opportunity for students to develop a...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Employees;
Leading Change;
Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Technology Industry
Luca, Michael, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Gauri Subramani. "Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Yelp." Harvard Business School Case 918-009, August 2017. (Revised February 2023.)
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
It’s Not Your Kids Holding Your Career Back. It’s Your Husband.
- March–April 2019
- Article
The Dual-Purpose Playbook
By: Julie Battilana, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Marissa Kimsey
Corporations are being pushed to dial down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business...
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Keywords:
Hybrid Organizing;
Business And Society;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Model;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizational Structure;
Leadership
Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Marissa Kimsey. "The Dual-Purpose Playbook." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (March–April 2019): 124–133.
- November 2007
- Background Note
Asset Allocation I
By: Joshua D. Coval, Erik Stafford, Rodrigo Osmo, John Jernigan, Zack Page and Paulo Passoni
The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium pricing of risk if all investors use this rule with common information sets. Simulation A focuses on five to 10 years of monthly sector returns that are...
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