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- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
information moves where needed and not everywhere it can." [This reflects a complaint I came across recently from a senior manager that a problem with the latest generation entering business ranks is...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
was a private plane that had gone off course,” Thomas-Graham says. “In a very calm but determined way, he kept repeating that it didn’t seem like an accident, especially given the clear skies that morning.” Since then, she says, people...
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- May 22 2018
- Testimonial
Leading and Shaping Change
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
marks clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It shows how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on...
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- June 1999 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, needs to find a way to secure an agreement from a negotiated contract with de Havilland, Inc. Local union leaders feel the deal is not good enough, but Hargrove is convinced management will close the plant...
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Keywords:
Media;
Power and Influence;
Negotiation Deal;
Leadership;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Labor Unions;
Negotiation Types;
Management Teams;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Canada
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Angela Keros. Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A). Harvard Business School Case 899-138, June 1999. (Revised November 2006.)
- 2012
- Book
Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and...
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Keywords:
Time Management;
Internet and the Web;
Groups and Teams;
Performance Productivity;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Service Industry
Perlow, Leslie A. Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
Jeffrey T. Polzer
Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
the advertising. To do this, it provided support to the sellers to market their crafts and in turn, market the Etsy platform to their loyal customers. Etsy created a “Seller Handbook” and other internal...
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- 19 Feb 2021
- News
Boston City Hall Vet Named New Chief of Staff
- December 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T.S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
Addresses the issues of leadership and change management in the process of transforming an industry through an innovative public-private partnership approach to policy making. In 2005, the Governor of Arizona issued an Executive Order to create a roadmap for the state...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Private Sector;
Public Sector;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology;
Health Industry;
Service Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T.S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap." Harvard Business School Case 808-072, December 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- June 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch
By: Francis Aguilar and Christopher A. Bartlett
When GE's retiring Reginald Jones turned the job of CEO over to Jack Welch on April 1, 1981, the Wall Street Journal reported that GE had "decided to replace a legend with a live wire." Some wondered if the young dynamo could fill the elder statesman's very large...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Business or Company Management;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Restructuring;
Investment;
Strategic Planning;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Succession
Aguilar, Francis, and Christopher A. Bartlett. "General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch." Harvard Business School Case 391-144, June 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- Web
DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment Initiative Careers...
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- September 2015 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State
In 2009, Lee O'Rourke was promoted to district vice president in charge of Macy's newly created North Florida district. This district consisted of 11 stores located in the greater Orlando area and in the east coast towns of Daytona, Melbourne, Merritt Island, and Vero...
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Keywords:
Human Capital;
Managing Performance;
Retail;
Organization;
Change Management;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Improvement;
Retail Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Das Narayandas, Benson P. Shapiro, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State." Harvard Business School Case 416-018, September 2015. (Revised June 2018.)
- January 2018
- Case
Lloyd Blankfein and Goldman Sachs
By: Nitin Nohria, Aldo Sesia and Kerry Herman
The case provides a brief bio of Goldman Sachs’ Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein and highlights several challenges Blankfein faced as CEO. Blankfein took over as the firm’s leader in 2006 and continued to be CEO/Chairman in early 2018.
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- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
successfully increase immigrants' political participation, even when they do not specifically target their communities and concerns. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53575 November 28, 2017 athenaInsight...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Nov 2020
- News
All in the Neighborhood
says Bill Oesterle. “We were going to employ them, we were going to encourage people to live in that neighborhood, and we were going to be part of the place.” The company founded the Angie’s List Community...
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- 07 Oct 2020
- News
'Time Affluence' and Happiness
- Article
Developing a Digital Mindset: How to Lead Your Organization into the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI
By: Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi
Learning new technological skills is essential for digital transformation. But it is not enough. Employees must be motivated to use their skills to create new opportunities. They need a digital mindset: a set of attitudes and behaviors that enable people and...
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Keywords:
Machine Learning;
AI;
Information Technology;
Transformation;
Competency and Skills;
Employees;
Technology Adoption;
Leading Change;
Digital Transformation
Neeley, Tsedal, and Paul Leonardi. "Developing a Digital Mindset: How to Lead Your Organization into the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI." S22032. Harvard Business Review 100, no. 3 (May–June 2022): 50–55.
- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (B): Building Success
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
This case continues the story of the joint venture in China between Northern Telecom (Nortel) of Canada and Tong Guang Electronics of China. It shows how North Americans learned to operate in a very different cultural environment in China and provides an opportunity to...
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Keywords:
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Joint Ventures;
Change Management;
Organizational Culture;
Leadership;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Culture;
Telecommunications Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Canada;
China
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Pamela A. Yatsko. "Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (B): Building Success." Harvard Business School Case 395-083, June 1995.