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Sense and Reliability: A Conversation with Celebrated Psychologist Karl E. Weick (Spanish version)
Weick, Karl E.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0304FLeadership and People ManagementMost of us see the organizations we operate in--our schools or companies, for instance--as monolithic and predictable, subjecting us to deadening routines and demanding from us dehumanizing conformity. But companies are more unpredictable and more alive than we imagine, according to Karl Weick, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan and an expert on organizational behavior. Weick says executives can learn a lot about managing the un...Starting at €8.20
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Losing It (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Coutu, Diane L.; Jamison, Kay Redfield; Meen, David E.; Pearlstine, Norman; Primus, RichardArticle HBS-R0404A-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's worse than I thought....She's completely lost her mind, says Harry Beecham, the CEO of blue chip management consultancy Pierce and Co. The perplexed executive was in a hotel suite with his wife in Amsterdam, the latest stop on his regular trek to dozens of Pierce offices worldwide. In his hand was a sheaf of paper--the same message sent over and over again by his star employee and protegee Katharina Waldburg. The end of the world is coming, ...Starting at €8.20
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-312120-EIn January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management position res...Starting at €8.20
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-317S02Strategycreating a senior management position responsible for e-commerce to coordinate web-based offerings and outreach across the Society's various departments, transition NGS from its many disparate and independent direct mail efforts to a more integrated and strategic e-commerce strategy, and leverage the NGS relationship with its members-currently defined as magazine subscribers, since a subscription comes with Society membership. Putting the final ...Starting at €8.20
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Escoger ganadores: una conversación con el director de MacArthur Fellows Program, Daniel J. Scolow
Socolow, Daniel J.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0705HLeadership and People ManagementEn el mundo de los negocios, "creatividad" se ha convertido en la última moda. ¿Cómo atraer, nutrir y dirigir al pueblo de extraordinario talento que se van a plantear con el siguiente Lipitor, Sony Walkman, o iPod es un tema duradera entre los empresarios. A medida que el director del Programa de Becarios MacArthur, Daniel J. Socolow tiene una experiencia considerable con el proceso de erradicar a la creatividad. En esta conversación con el edit...Starting at €8.20
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Creatividad paso a paso
Tharp, Twyla; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0804BKnowledge and CommunicationLa mayoría de la gente cree que el genio creativo es un rasgo de la personalidad predeterminada reservado para sólo unos pocos regalado. Tharp - un premiado coreógrafo que ha revolucionado la danza en nuestro tiempo - rechaza firmemente esa idea. "Todo el mundo puede ser creativo," dice ella, "pero hay que prepararse para ello con la rutina." El ganador de una beca MacArthur, un premio Tony, y dos Emmys, Tharp ha sido la fuerza artística detrás d...Starting at €8.20
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La empresa multiunitaria
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Article HBS-R0806GService and Operations ManagementUna empresa de múltiples unidades es una organización geográficamente dispersa construido a partir de unidades estándar (tiendas, restaurantes, o ramas) que se agrupan por agrupaciones geográficas más grandes (distritos, regiones y divisiones). Aunque esta estructura organizativa se ha convertido en la norma en varias industrias, ha recibido poca atención por parte de académicos y consultores. Garvin y Levesque se dispuso a llenar ese vacío en el...Starting at €8.20
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INSEAD, Teaching Note
Datar, Srikant M.; Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-310085-ETeaching Note for [308009].Starting at €0.00
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INSEAD
Datar, Srikant M.; Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-308009-EIn the spring of 2008, INSEAD offered a one-year MBA, PhD, executive MBA, and non-degree management education programs to nearly 900 MBA students, 64 PhD candidates, and over 8,500 executive education students. With two campuses, one in Europe and one in Asia, INSEAD had been a pioneer in setting up a secondary campus as a way to push the internationalization of its faculty and curriculum. The case explores INSEAD's approach to business education...Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School
Garvin, David A.; Datar, Srikant M.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-308012-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2008 the Boston-based Harvard Business School would turn 100. As the centennial year began, the HBS community and leadership were reflecting on how the School might fulfill its mission to "develop business leaders who make a difference in the world" in the next century. This case focuses on the school's commitment to general management education and its implementation in an increasingly globalized business world.Starting at €8.20