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- November 1995
- Case
Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (D)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch and John Schiavone
Because of conflicts between the vapor coat and pack coat cells over the decision to purchase new grit blast equipment, Business Unit Manager Tom Hutton has decided to form a second capital purchase team that will represent the pack coat cell. Meanwhile, the first...
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Bowen, H. Kent, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch, and John Schiavone. "Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (D)." Harvard Business School Case 696-069, November 1995.
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
the employees are choosing the tools they want to use instead of just using what’s pre-installed by IT. So working with our customers to build out enterprise-grade security, that was a journey we went on...
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- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
organization itself become more productive as its individual employees march down the learning curve? "Though the increased use of outsourcing has led to a rise in the number View Details
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The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers
The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the issue of how and where we work into the spotlight. The adoption of remote and hybrid work increased exponentially as lockdowns necessitated social distancing. But now, as we enter a new phase of the pandemic, the Geography of Work—where...
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Remote Work;
Hybrid Work Model;
Work-from-anywhere;
Employees;
Geographic Location;
Policy
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers." OECD Forum Network (December 6, 2021).
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
about as they help their employees through this process? Rachel: So I think we're in a time where leaders really need to redefine empathy and what it means. Empathy translates in different ways, for example, respecting different levels...
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Zoom
- September 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
The CEO of Best Buy, a hugely successful retailing company, has hired consulting firm Strategos to imbue the company with an improved innovative capability. The six-month program of experimental learning yields new business ideas and also trains Best Buy employees as...
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Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Management Teams;
Creativity;
Adoption;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Employees;
Learning;
Training;
Programs;
Retail Industry;
United States
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey." Harvard Business School Case 604-043, September 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
example. Many nonprofits and other organizations can't afford to hire data scientists, so DrivenData taps into college students and professionals who are looking to work with real-world data sets. For instance, the company is seeking a...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
required, which I think is 401 or 402. But again I think that we’ve always tried to be a place where people would be judged on the work that they do. And today we have thousands of employees and I’m sure...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
to handle more innovations, more inventions, the execution, implementation of those—not just domestically, but even on a global scale. And that requires not just really strong hiring practices, but really...
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- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
operating revenue of $8,041.5M, you would expect an employee headcount into the tens of thousands. However, American Tower has a staff of only...
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- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
its two thousand employees have the means and the will to prove to the rest of the business world that doing the right thing makes for a good and profitable business.” There was meaningful work to be a part...
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- 29 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration
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by Mark Mortensen & Tsedal Neeley
- 06 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups
engineer. As a software engineer, I prioritized spending time on mentoring friends or peers in my network on how to break into tech. I even brought my learnings to the stage of major tech conferences like Grace Hopper Celebration and...
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The Arts of Communication - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog The Arts of Communication Course Number 7515 HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Candace Bertotti Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits14 2-hour sessions Career Focus Exceptionally effective leaders must have the ability to...
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- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
around fewer, carefully selected, better-paid people performing complex jobs requiring extensive training, with resulting higher employee retention and lower costs of selection, hiring, and training for new...
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by James Heskett
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Research - Managing the Future of Work
Research Research Featured Reports The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman Healthy Outcomes: How employers' support for employees with caregiving...
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- May 2006
- Article
The Board of Directors and the Company Lawyers
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John L. Howard
Lorsch, Jay W., and John L. Howard. "The Board of Directors and the Company Lawyers." Directors Monthly 30, no. 5 (May 2006): 1–6.
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Research - Managing the Future of Work
Research Research Featured Reports The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman Healthy Outcomes: How employers' support for employees with caregiving...
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- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
"Providing conservative guidance to the market may ease pressure to squeeze the last cent out of your client's pocket or to push your employees to their limits." Gerald Nanninga wrote, " . . ....
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
those folks. We don’t hire them. It’s not a job that we do. But it is a job that AI can do very well. Then, over the course of the pandemic, we saw meetings explode. So the time in meetings actually doubled...
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