Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

It wasn’t easy for Utah to reach this decision – its physicians had plenty of misgivings, but they were also irritated by the negative comments made by small numbers of patients on existing social media sites. University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. Teamwork is not just easy – it’s natural.

Health Care 8

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

It wasn’t easy for Utah to reach this decision – its physicians had plenty of misgivings, but they were also irritated by the negative comments made by small numbers of patients on existing social media sites. University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. Teamwork is not just easy – it’s natural.

Health Care 8

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

We look primarily at how people evaluate the quality of their lives overall, something Gallup measures according to the Cantril Ladder , an 11-point scale where the top step is your best possible life and the bottom step is your worst possible life. Which jobs are happiest? Eleven broad job types are recorded in the Gallup World Poll.

Report 10

Report Transportation Stress Quality 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. Build High-Quality Connections. By definition, high-quality connections generate relational energy. In conversations, for example, they devote their full attention and listen carefully.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

However, although their members can rent the (more urbane and green) Zipcar fleet by the hour and pick up their vehicle at a local parking space using a smartphone app, this is still a dedicated fleet, still inventory that the company has to acquire, manage and monetize.

Disaggregation 8

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

You have natural qualities to offer that companies spend millions of dollars per year in training budgets trying to replicate in their most senior executives. You don't have to pander to the person who did you a favor all those years ago, and more generally, you don't have social capital within your organization to protect.

Social Capital 11

Social Capital Industry Retail Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

The historical role brands have played – serving as symbols to guarantee a certain level of quality or as images to attract attention – is no longer relevant or useful today. And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

It's becoming ever clearer that entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa today: job creation, capital formation, skills acquisition, taxation-based self-sufficiency, quality of governance-demand, and of course social inclusion. But how has it actually evolved in Africa?

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Black has no management experience in education — her entire career has been spent in magazine publishing — and her contact with the public school system in New York has been very limited. The contretemps over this appointment brings to mind three classic management issues, and research about them that is too often ignored.

Tacit Knowledge 11

Tacit Knowledge Festinger Social Capital Education 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. That’s a more than a hundredfold escalation in labor costs, plus higher materials costs — and horrible quality. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? Furthermore, U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8