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- 2021
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Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere
By: Tsedal Neeley
The rapid and unprecedented changes brought on by COVID-19 have accelerated the transition to remote working, requiring the wholesale migration of nearly entire companies to virtual work in just weeks, leaving managers and employees scrambling to adjust. This massive...
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Keywords:
Remote Work;
Health Pandemics;
Employment;
Disruption;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management
Neeley, Tsedal. Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere. New York: Harper Business, 2021.
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum Personal Selling and Sales Force Management
Personal selling is the primary (and sometimes the only) form of marketing activity for many firms, especially in a business-to-business context. The course focuses on the tactical component of managing a salesforce and on the strategic element of linking sales... View Details
- 16 Oct 2023
- News
Four Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work
- Web
Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts More Ways to Listen Google PodcastsSpotifyiHeartRadioAudacyDeezerAmazon...
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- 1990
- Book
A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management
By: J. P. Kotter
Kotter, J. P. A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management. New York: Free Press, 1990.
- January 1990 (Revised August 1990)
- Background Note
A Note on the Work Force of the 1990s
Loveman, Gary W. "A Note on the Work Force of the 1990s." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-039, January 1990. (Revised August 1990.)
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
U.S. Losing the Race to Raise Work Force Skills
- Article
Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants
By: Pian Shu
This paper provides empirical evidence of the existence of forward-looking asset-accumulation behavior among disability-insurance applicants, previously examined only in the theoretical literature. Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that...
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Keywords:
Disability Insurance;
Asset Accumulation;
Labor Force Participation;
Assets;
Behavior;
Employment;
Insurance;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Shu, Pian. "Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants." Journal of Public Economics 129 (September 2015): 26–40.
- January 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
New Balance: Managing Orders and Working Conditions
By: Michael W. Toffel, Eileen McNeely and Matthew Preble
New Balance Athletics, Inc., a major U.S.-based athletic footwear and apparel brand, sources most of its footwear products from independent suppliers whose factories are located in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Monica Gorman, vice president of responsible leadership...
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Keywords:
Footwear;
Athletic Footwear;
Manufacturing;
CSR;
Sustainability;
Quality Management;
Supply Chains;
Operations;
Management;
Production;
Working Conditions;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Labor and Management Relations;
Supply Chain Management;
Supply Chain;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Toffel, Michael W., Eileen McNeely, and Matthew Preble. "New Balance: Managing Orders and Working Conditions." Harvard Business School Case 619-002, January 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
Summing Up Who Will Save Us From Our Work Habits? We have a problem in the workplace. Some of it is being forced upon us by forces in society. Some of it is of our own making....
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by James Heskett
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Violence and Forced Migration
Professor Fabbe’s second area of research focuses on individual and collective responses to violence and forced migration. Under this research stream, she has implemented large survey projects in Iraq, Turkey, and Morocco. Her work in Turkey tests the notion that... View Details
- 2022
- Article
The Turn Toward Creative Work
By: Spencer Harrison, Elizabeth D. Rouse, Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
In this Academy of Management Collections essay, we curate a set of articles from the Academy of Management family of journals that showcase the evolution of creativity research within organizational scholarship. The articles reveal a shift from the study of...
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Harrison, Spencer, Elizabeth D. Rouse, Colin M. Fisher, and Teresa M. Amabile. "The Turn Toward Creative Work." Academy of Management Collections 1, no. 1 (2022): 1–15.
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Sales Force Design and Management (Teaching Note)
By: Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas. "Marketing Reading: Sales Force Design and Management (Teaching Note)." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8216, 2014.
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Managing Multiple Identities at Work
Peoples’ work identities, which are often a deep source of meaning for them, may conflict with or complement cultural, familial, or personal identities they value. A central focus of Professor Ramarajan’s work is understanding, on the individual level, how these...
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- 11 Mar 2020
- Video
Managing Through Crisis: How To Work Remotely
- January 2021 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
TCS: From Physical Offices to Borderless Work
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Malini Sen
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a multinational IT services company headquartered in Mumbai, is a subsidiary of one of India’s most reputed conglomerates, the Tata Group. In 2020, TCS was valued at $144.7 billion, the highest for any company in the IT sector,...
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Keywords:
Remote Work;
Organizational Structure;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Customer Satisfaction;
Information Technology Industry;
India;
Asia;
United States;
Europe
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Malini Sen. "TCS: From Physical Offices to Borderless Work." Harvard Business School Case 621-081, January 2021. (Revised February 2021.)
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
had experience with retail in emerging markets: Monroy, who is Colombian, worked for Procter & Gamble in Mexico for seven years, while Campbell held a number of positions at Walmart, with stints in India and China (which was “like going...
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- November 1980 (Revised June 1986)
- Case
Quaker Oats Co.: Field Sales Force Strategy and Management
Schubert, Lynda A. "Quaker Oats Co.: Field Sales Force Strategy and Management." Harvard Business School Case 581-061, November 1980. (Revised June 1986.)
- Awards
Academy of Management. Organizational Behavior Division. Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winner of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management for her pioneering work on creativity in organizations.
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- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
At the gambling meccas that employ them, they are called "casino hosts"—essentially front-line employees with nevertheless big responsibilities. These staffers work to develop one-on-one relationships with high-rollers to make sure they...
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