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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:54:02 -0500 (EST)
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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
The Case of the Mystery Writer's Brand
Lessons From Privately Managed Schools
Jim Heskett sums up: What's The ProblemMBA Grade Disclosure or the Grades Themselves?
Leadership Workshop: Productivity Means Working Smarter, Not Longer
Plus: Book and Web reports
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NEW ON THE SITE
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5185&t=nonprofit
In a recent HBS Working Paper, HBS professor Max Bazerman and colleagues explore how biases and human psychology impede policy-making efforts that could vastly improve people's lives.
The Case of the Mystery Writer's Brand
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5188&t=entrepreneurship&iss=y
A look behind how professor John Deighton developed a case study of mystery writer John Patterson. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin.
Lessons From Privately Managed Schools
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5189&t=strategy&iss=y
Kennedy School senior fellow Steven Wilson was in the thick of a movement to form private ventures to manage public schools. Most education management firms have not met expectations. What are the lessons learned?
Jim Heskett sums up: What's The ProblemMBA Grade Disclosure or the Grades Themselves?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5184&t=heskett&oid=5160&rid=5171&hid=5184&aid=-1
The pros and cons of grade disclosure is a hot topic at business schools these days, including Harvard Business School. Working Knowledge readers have weighed in; now Jim wraps up.
The Leadership Workshop with Stever Robbins: Productivity Means Working Smarter, Not Longer
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5190&t=srobbins
Forget multitasking and long hours. Stever Robbins says the best way to increase personal productivity is to work faster, look for parallel opportunities, and focus on the big wins.
BAKER LIBRARY SUMMARIES
BOOK REPORTS
Green Weenies and Due Diligence: Insider Business Jargon
by Ron Sturgeon with illustrations by Gahan Wilson
Mike French Publishing, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=entrepreneurship&id=5183
Lingo to help you survive any business meeting.
The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
by Robert E. Wright
University of Chicago Press, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=bizhistory&id=5187
Before Wall Street there was Chestnut Street.
Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets
by Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski
Jossey-Bass, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=strategy&id=5186
It pays to be a second moverif you're fast enough.
ON THE WEB
Steve Jobs' Magic Kingdom
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/web-review.jhtml?id=5192&t=strategy
Steve Jobs in the House of Mouse.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
Best Buy's Supply Chain Transformation
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5175&t=operations
Hiring for Executive Intelligence
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5124&t=operations
What Customers Want from Your Products
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5170&t=marketing
America's Buzz from Caribbean Coffee
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5176&t=bizhistory&iss=y
Financial Reporting Goes Global
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5177&t=globalization
NEW RESEARCH AT HBS
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/new-research.jhtml
A listing of the latest research papers, publications, and cases written by Harvard Business School faculty.
BEST OF FACULTY Q&As
Don't Listen to "Yes"
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/facultyQAs.jhtml?t=facultyQAs
It's essential for leaders to spark conflict in their organizations, as long as it is constructive. A Q&A with Professor Michael Roberto, author of Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer.
ELSEWHERE AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Making Corporate Boards More Effective - La Jolla, California
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/mcbcawk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
February 26-March 1, 2006
Getting Global Strategy Right
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/ggsrwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
March 12-15, 2006
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lcorwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
March 12-17, 2006
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