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A Players or "A Positions"? The Strategic Logic of Workforce Management (Spanish version)
Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.; Becker, Brian E.Article HBS-R0512GLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Companies simply can't afford to have "A players" in all positions. Rather, businesses need to adopt a portfolio approach to workforce management, systematically identifying their strategically important A positions, supporting B positions and surplus C positions, ...Starting at €8.20
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Put Strategy, Not People, First: An Introduction to Differentiated Workforce Strategy
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3237BC-ELeadership and People ManagementSenior managers and readers of popular business literature are probably familiar with the mantra that people are the new source of competitive advantage. But despite all the talk about a new strategic emphasis on the workforce, most companies haven't yet capitalized on the opportunity for strategic success that effective workforce management can provide. The authors believe that a fundamental change in the entire approach to workforce strategy is...Starting at €8.20
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Establish Leadership Accountability for Workforce Success: The Line Manager's HR Role
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3246BC-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do we ensure that firms clearly understand the unique strategic capabilities required to execute their business strategies and develop a differentiated workforce strategy? The first step is to recognize that the workforce is not just HR's problem, and that line managers and HR leaders have joint responsibility for developing talent throughout the organization. Management must ensure that top talent is allocated to the strategic roles that cre...Starting at €8.20
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Design an HR Architecture for the Differentiated Workforce
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3247BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is important that a firm's workforce strategy--and its workforce--is as differentiated as its business strategy. In this chapter, the authors discuss the importance of developing a culture of accountability and a workforce philosophy to help drive succStarting at €8.20
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To Catch a Vandal: A Power & Influence Exercise
Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Gunatilake, Ruwan; Hodges, MeredithCase HBS-911013-ELeadership and People ManagementThis exercise is based on the popular group game "Mafia" and is designed to give students a broad introduction to multiple theories of influence and to challenge their instincts about which techniques are the most powerful and how they may be employed. In this version, two section-mates have been linked to the vandalizing of school property. Students are secretly assigned to different roles (e.g., Moderator, Vandals, Leadership and Values Represe...Starting at €8.20
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OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)
Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Doherty, Kyle T.; Bos, Maarten W.Case HBS-911016-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex Laskey, who were inspired by Robert Cialdini's behavioral science research showing that people's normative beliefs - and messaging tailored to those beliefs - had a powerful and measur...Starting at €8.20
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OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B)
Bos, Maarten W.; Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Doherty, Kyle T.Case HBS-911061-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex Laskey, who were inspired by Robert Cialdini's behavioral science research showing that people's normative beliefs - and messaging tailored to those beliefs - had a powerful and measur...Starting at €5.74
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Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications, Teaching Note
Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Sharma, NithyasriTeaching Note HBS-911062-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 910013.Starting at €0.00
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To Catch a Vandal: A Power & Influence Exercise, Teaching Note
Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Hodges, Meredith; Gunatilake, RuwanTeaching Note HBS-911063-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 911013.Starting at €0.00
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OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B) (Spanish Version)
Bos, Maarten W.; Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Doherty, Kyle T.Case HBS-912S07Leadership and People ManagementEl Opower perfiles de casos, una compañía de software de eficiencia energética que aplica los principios de la influencia social de Cialdini para fomentar con éxito los consumidores a reducir su consumo de energía. Opower fue co-fundada en 2008 por dos jóvenes graduados de Harvard, Dan Yates y Alex Laskey, que se inspiraron en la investigación en ciencias del comportamiento de Robert Cialdini mostrando las creencias normativas es que la gente - y...Starting at €5.74