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The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
Managing #MeToo
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhen Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment, the dam broke. Allegations of sexual misconduct were raised against many powerful... -
Defend Your Research: The Early Bird Really Does Get the Worm
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe finding: People whose performance peaks in the morning are better positioned for career success, because they’re more proactive than people who are at their best in the evening. The study: Biologist Christoph Randler surveyed 367 university students, asking what time of day they were most energetic and how willing and able they were to […] -
Racial Remarks in the Workplace: Humor or Harassment?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA black man employed by a Minnesota trucking company had racial slurs directed at him and was the target of graffiti written by fellow workers. A U.S. district court held that the trucking company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ordered it to take affirmative action and disciplinary measures against […] -
How Free Are Free Agents?
Business ethics Magazine ArticleJoseph Jett’s account of his tumultuous career on Wall Street isn’t just a story of racism and greed. It’s also a cautionary tale for knowledge workers. -
The Experts in Your Midst
Human resource management Magazine ArticleTom Bennett, owner of a growing high-tech enterprise with sales of $30 million, has decided to go public. His ratios are right and his product is good, but the fine points of his strategy are not quite in place. Early Monday morning before the regular staff meeting, he sits lost in thought about product image, […] -
Like It or Not, More Employees Are Using Their Own Devices
Technology & Operations VideoIt seems to pay off, even when companies ban it. -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
Will the 4-Day Workweek Take Hold in Europe?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHere are the pros and cons. -
Why Your Organization Should Use Salary Benchmarking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMarket data can drive fairer compensation and boost employee retention. -
It’s My Turn
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHusband-and-wife entrepreneurs fight over who should stay home with the kids. -
Vision Statement: Why Mumbai at 1 PM Is the Center of the Business World
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How Fleet Bank Fought Employee Flight
Accounting Magazine ArticleYou acquire a company, then watch helplessly as some of your most valued employees resign. What Fleet learned about why its people left allowed the bank to reverse the trend. -
How to Develop a Covid-19 Employee Vaccination Policy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from a health care system in Texas. -
Is Your Company Using Employee Data Ethically?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe trade-offs can be complex. -
Sexual Harassment…Some See It…Some Won’t
Market research Magazine ArticleIn the spring of 1980, Redbook magazine invited HBR to conduct a joint survey on the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Among the questions that needed to be addressed: How critical is the problem? Is it pervasive? How difficult is it for top management to spot and prevent harassment? Will it be easy […] -
Two New Moms Return to Work - One in Seattle, One in Stockholm
Global Business Digital ArticleTheir experiences couldn't be more different. -
Have Our Attitudes About Sexual Harassment Really Changed?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBill O'Reilly's firing inspires a look back at a 1981 HBR article. -
The Case of the Mismanaged Ms.
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleIt started out as one of those rare quiet mornings when I could count on having the office to myself. The Mets had won the World Series the night before, and most of the people in the office had celebrated late into the night at a bar across the street. I’m a fan too, but […] -
Why We Ask Every New Employee to Code an App Their First Week on the Job
Developing employees Digital ArticleIt’s not about skills — it’s about customer empathy.
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One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleMost workers in the U.S. can’t afford unexpected expenses. A partnership between an asset firm and a non-profit created a system for building a cushion. -
The FTC’s Noncompete Ban Was Long Overdue
Business law Digital ArticleEmpirical evidence backs up the argument that trade secrets can remain protected even as talent is freely mobile. -
HR’s New Role
Human resource management Magazine ArticleIn this tight labor market, cost cutting is out. Championing employee concerns is in. -
Leading the 6-Generation Workforce
Human resource management Digital ArticleThis unprecedented age span, from the Silent Generation to Gen Alpha, offers unique opportunities for inclusion and impact. -
DEI Is Under Attack. Here’s How Companies Can Mitigate the Legal Risks.
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleConcrete steps companies can take to protect their DEI efforts in a shifting legal landscape. -
Go Beyond the Basics to Support Nursing Parents at Work
Personnel policies Digital ArticleAsking questions about the space you’ve designed for pumping is a good place to start. -
Creating a Happier Workplace Is Possible — and Worth It
Business and society Digital ArticleToo many of us are disconnected, disengaged, and bored at work. -
Best Practices for Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFive strategies to ensure your company is an age-friendly employer. -
Research: Flexible Work Is Having a Mixed Impact on Employee Well-Being and Productivity
Business management Digital ArticleTo be truly engaged, employees must thrive in both their personal and professional lives. -
Why Your Organization Should Use Salary Benchmarking
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleMarket data can drive fairer compensation and boost employee retention. -
How to Avoid the Unexpected Consequences of Your DEI Policy
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleResearch suggests taking a systems-level view of inequality. -
A New Approach to Writing Job Descriptions
Developing employees Digital ArticleIt’s time they reflect the flexibility and fluidity of modern day roles and responsibilities. -
How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
5 Ways Leaders Can Support Adoptive Parents
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleHow employers do — or don’t — step up can have a major impact on employees and their families. -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
Case Study: Should Some Employees Be Allowed to Work Remotely Even If Others Can’t?
Managing employees Magazine ArticleAn Oklahoma-based energy company grapples with its return-to-office plan. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Talent management Magazine ArticleThe all-too-common mistakes businesses make with recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design—and how to avoid them -
How Financial Accounting Screws Up HR
Talent management SpotlightIt distorts hiring, training, and benefits practices. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBusinesses make all kinds of mistakes when it comes to recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design. In fact, many common U.S. HR practices are downright... -
5 Things Employers Get Wrong About Caregivers at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleMyth #1: School and childcare are back to normal.
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Jim Sawyer (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Dilemma at Devil's Den
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case deals primarily with ethics and the individual's personal system and the way it affects his or her perceptions and actions. It also looks at... -
Language and Globalization: "Englishnization" at Rakuten (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets.... -
Picante Mexican Grill: A New Delhi Experience
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Modeled loosely after the American restaurant chain Chipotle, Picante Mexican Grill seeks to offer fresh and healthy vegetarian fast-food options. The... -
Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Multinational professional services firm Coopers & Lybrand has decided to enter the Hungarian market and weighs its strategic options in light of the... -
Jim Sawyer (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Jim Sawyer, 40, a manager at United Industries Plastics Division has exhibited signs of alcoholism. Personnel must now consider how the company should... -
Jim Sawyer (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Cleveland Clinic: Transformation and Growth 2015
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Cleveland Clinic's health care services are internationally renowned for quality. In 2008, The Clinic began to restructure the organization into teams... -
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Eighteen months after launching Nickelodeon Latin America, general manager Taran Swan must leave the company's Miami headquarters for her New York home... -
Steemit: A New Social Media?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the alternative social media site Steemit, including the principles it was founded on in 2016 and the challenges it faced in 2019.... -
Policy Violations on Gender Transition?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details RJ Tuckerton, a graduate student, claimed in October 2019 that the student's privacy and other university rights were violated when a faculty member "outed"... -
Medicetra Medtech Company, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Medicetra MedTech Company is a dental equipment distributor and senior management is deciding whether to implement a new incentive compensation program... -
Belmont Industries, Inc. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
Richard Debenham in Vienna (A): Between Velvet Divorce and the Sydney Olympics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This is the first of a three-case series. Richard Debenham is an operations manager working for the main Australian licensee of a leading global soft... -
Chaircraft Corp. (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Discusses the purchase and installation of automated cutting equipment in a medium-sized furniture factory. The equipment has so far failed to cut costs... -
Measuring the Results of the HR Function: The Case of the Société de transport de Montréal's Staffing and Workforce Planning Division
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details If the HR function is to become a strategic partner within an organization, it must be able to measure the results of its activities and programs. But... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore and has grown to twelve locations across India. The hospital plans... -
Merck & Co., Inc. (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In late 1986, Merck revised its performance review and pay practices. The most important change was a shift from an absolute rating system to a forced-distribution... -
GlaxoSmithKline in China (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In 2013, Chinese investigators detained four GSK employees for allegedly bribing health care staff to sell GSK pharmaceuticals. A month later, GSK's Asia... -
Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship....
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The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
Managing #MeToo
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhen Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment, the dam broke. Allegations of sexual misconduct were raised against many powerful... -
Defend Your Research: The Early Bird Really Does Get the Worm
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe finding: People whose performance peaks in the morning are better positioned for career success, because they’re more proactive than people who are at their best in the evening. The study: Biologist Christoph Randler surveyed 367 university students, asking what time of day they were most energetic and how willing and able they were to […] -
Racial Remarks in the Workplace: Humor or Harassment?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA black man employed by a Minnesota trucking company had racial slurs directed at him and was the target of graffiti written by fellow workers. A U.S. district court held that the trucking company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ordered it to take affirmative action and disciplinary measures against […] -
How Free Are Free Agents?
Business ethics Magazine ArticleJoseph Jett’s account of his tumultuous career on Wall Street isn’t just a story of racism and greed. It’s also a cautionary tale for knowledge workers. -
The Experts in Your Midst
Human resource management Magazine ArticleTom Bennett, owner of a growing high-tech enterprise with sales of $30 million, has decided to go public. His ratios are right and his product is good, but the fine points of his strategy are not quite in place. Early Monday morning before the regular staff meeting, he sits lost in thought about product image, […] -
Like It or Not, More Employees Are Using Their Own Devices
Technology & Operations VideoIt seems to pay off, even when companies ban it. -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
Will the 4-Day Workweek Take Hold in Europe?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHere are the pros and cons. -
Why Your Organization Should Use Salary Benchmarking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMarket data can drive fairer compensation and boost employee retention.