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- February 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Exercise
Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky
Central to the work of leaders and professionals are tasks that entail harming one party to deliver benefits or advance valued and worthy goals. Sometimes a person must, as part of his or her job, perform an act that causes emotional, material, or physical harm to...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Leadership;
Problems and Challenges;
Ethics;
Management Skills
Margolis, Joshua D., and Andrew Molinsky. "Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 404-027, February 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 15 Mar 2022
- News
How a Ukrainian Economist Is Fighting the Russians
Expertise Dissensus: A Multi-level Model of Teams' Differing Perceptions about Member Expertise
Why are some teams more effective than others at using their members' expertise to achieve short-term performance and longer term developmental benefits? We propose that a critical factor is expertise dissensus-members' differing perceptions of each other's level of... View Details
- April 2010
- Case
School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn
By: Stacey M. Childress, James Weber and Matthew Adams Haldeman
School of One was a start-up with a new approach to learning. Instead of one teacher delivering the entire math curriculum to a class of 20-25 students, School of One utilized a technology platform that allowed several teachers to collectively oversee the learning of a...
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Childress, Stacey M., James Weber, and Matthew Adams Haldeman. "School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn." Harvard Business School Case 310-053, April 2010.
- January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd
Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of...
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz, and John Dean Shepherd. "Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-017, January 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- 09 Sep 2015
- News
Entrepreneurship: Increasingly, the Province of the Wealthy
- 03 Mar 2015
- News
Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company’s Bottom Line?
- 06 Feb 2015
- News
The myths behind pushy salespeople
- 06 Apr 2022
- News
Five Principles of Purposeful Leadership
- 18 Aug 2018
- News
How to be happier
- 14 Aug 2017
- News
Leaders Born in Darkness
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Is Easier Said Than Done
- 05 Jun 2023
- What Do You Think?
Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?
book. We all would like both time and money. But this generation appears, at least for now, to place a higher value on time, personal development, and lifestyle than on maximizing income. In addition, many Gen Zers have an aversion to...
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by James Heskett
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
personality theory into a multi-level model of information acquisition and idea generation. We posit that innovator and peer personality are critical factors conditioning who will generate high-quality...
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Carmen Nobel
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Admissions & Financial Aid - MBA
program only. Tuition & Financial Aid The Financial Aid and Scholarship Board uses the annual Cost of Attendance to determine financial aid awards. Amounts are based on student surveys of direct and indirect costs. Of course, living expenses will vary from View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?
leaders most effectively to enter the real world. I can add a personal experience to those that Edmondson cites. In 1990, a colleague, HBS Professor John Kotter, and I began a study of the impact of an organization’s culture on its...
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by James Heskett
- 14 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections
organizations. At their broadest level, however, the findings in the study reinforce the importance of robust personal and professional networking as a consideration in hiring decisions. In that sense, LinkedIn connections become a proxy...
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by Ben Rand
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
issues and to ensure the best experience, we recommend that you update your browser to its latest version. Enrollment How do I enroll in a course? All programs require the completion of a brief application. The applications vary slightly from program to program, but...
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Records Clubs Visiting Campus Giving to HBS Alumni Benefits Baker Library & eBaker Bulletin & Class Notes General Information General Information What constitutes Harvard Business School alumni status? A Harvard Business School alumnus/a is defined as any View Details
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School...
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by Dina Gerdeman