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Reimagining the Urban Office
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleA new kind of workspace could help employees thrive. -
Research: A Little Nature in the Office Boosts Morale and Productivity
Workspaces design Digital ArticleSimple acts like adding flowers to the break room or landscaping the area outside employees’ windows can foster a healthier work environment. -
Should Your Company Provide Mental Health Apps to Employees?
Workplace health and safety Digital ArticleGuidelines to help HR managers think through the decision. -
What Space Exploration and Health Care Can Teach You About Navigating Uncertainty
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTried and tested strategies from professionals accustomed to crisis. -
Is Your Company Prepared for the Effects of Wildfires?
Workplace health and safety Digital ArticleWhat companies can do now to address poor air quality and other health concerns of climate-related disasters. -
Using Design Thinking to Improve Worker Safety in Manufacturing
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleOne firm in India wanted to understand what leads workers to make unsafe choices, and why unsafe conditions go unreported. -
What Employers Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
Mental health Digital ArticleResearch on common predictors, effective interventions, and strategies to support employees if a colleague dies by suicide. -
Who Moved My Cube?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleManagers once discouraged casual interaction among employees, viewing it as a distraction from "real work." Today we know that chance encounters on the... -
What Employers Need to Know About Monkeypox
Human resource management Digital ArticleSix considerations to guide your response. -
Give Clinicians Time to Recover from the Pandemic
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHealth care organizations should consider benefits like temporary leaves, reduced hours, or workflow changes. -
What's Holding Women Back?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe research firm Catalyst presents new findings on the barriers that keep women from advancing through the corporate ranks. Its recent survey of Fortune... -
Research: When Employees Identify with Their Company, They're Less Likely to Recognize Gender Discrimination
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBeware the "not here" bias. -
Building the Green Way
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleJust five or six years ago, the term "green building" evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.... -
Taking Care of Your Physical Health: Our Favorite Reads
Leadership & Managing People ListicleWe're all human. That doesn't change at work. -
How to Develop a Covid-19 Employee Vaccination Policy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from a health care system in Texas. -
4 Actions to Reduce Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAn estimated 1.2 million patients are harmed each year by preventable mistakes. -
Making the Air in the Office Cleaner
Workplace health and safety Digital ArticleThree cost-effective steps organizations can take. -
Culture Clash in the Boardroom (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical... -
The Talk About Racial Bias Companies Should Be Having
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive decades years after the Civil Rights era, how much progress have we made? -
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Do Maintenance
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEmployee morale falters when the workplace shows signs of disrepair.
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Kathryn McNeil (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Charles Foley, vice president of the computer retailing firm Sayer MicroWorld, must decide whether or not to fire his employee, Kathryn McNeil, a 37-year-old... -
Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to 918-001. The case describes the inventive approaches to retail crime prevention that Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager... -
Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Examines the challenge facing the managers of a large aluminum manufacturing plant in its drive to improve workplace safety. The CEO of the company has... -
Kathryn McNeil (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
An Uncomfortable Encounter: Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case explores an ambiguous, public incident of a mature student touching a younger Professor, which created the perception of a hostile work environment... -
Womenomics in Japan
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details "Womenomics in Japan" profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for... -
Sample6: Partnering to Make Food Safer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Tim Curran, CEO of Sample6, a start-up biotechnology company developing a novel food safety diagnostics platform, must decide how to partner with food... -
Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co.
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Spencer Owens & Co, a disguised consulting firm, focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm's commitment... -
Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series)
24.95View Details Combat age discrimination in your workplace. Everyone experiences age-related bias at some point in their careers, but for women the costs are greater.... -
Finemaster Projects Ltd. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The assistant site supervisor at Finemaster Projects Ltd. struggles with how to approach his boss for a raise. When hired, he had been told that regular... -
The HBR Work Smart Collection (4 Books)
Management Book79.99View Details Rise faster with quick reads, real-life stories, and expert advice. It's not easy to navigate the world of work when you're exploring who you are and... -
Finemaster Projects Ltd. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The assistant site supervisor at Finemaster Projects Ltd. struggles with how to approach his boss for a raise. When hired, he had been told that regular... -
Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Outlines the history of the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation... -
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial... -
Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Colombia
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Chiquita Brands International and its leaders learned a very hard lesson about paying off terrorist groups to protect their employees. Over the past 25... -
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse, a group of international retailers and labor unions partnered to create a proposal for more stringent... -
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the... -
Dow Argentina: Challenges to Roll Out a Just Culture System
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The case presentation describes the company's milestones since its arrival in Argentina, the evolution of its safety culture and its safety management... -
Brita Products Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Clorox's Brita skillfully exploits a tide of water safety concerns, growing a home water (filtration) business from inception to a 15% U.S. household... -
Women@Work: Lynn (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half...
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Reimagining the Urban Office
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleA new kind of workspace could help employees thrive. -
Kathryn McNeil (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Charles Foley, vice president of the computer retailing firm Sayer MicroWorld, must decide whether or not to fire his employee, Kathryn McNeil, a 37-year-old... -
Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to 918-001. The case describes the inventive approaches to retail crime prevention that Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager... -
Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Examines the challenge facing the managers of a large aluminum manufacturing plant in its drive to improve workplace safety. The CEO of the company has... -
Kathryn McNeil (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Research: A Little Nature in the Office Boosts Morale and Productivity
Workspaces design Digital ArticleSimple acts like adding flowers to the break room or landscaping the area outside employees’ windows can foster a healthier work environment. -
An Uncomfortable Encounter: Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case explores an ambiguous, public incident of a mature student touching a younger Professor, which created the perception of a hostile work environment... -
Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne in four adults will suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder that impairs their social, interpersonal or occupational functioning, and as a result,... -
Hidden Brain Drain: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women's Careers
Organizational Development Other Article295.00View Details Corporations have done a dismal job of retaining female talent. Indeed, they make it very easy for women to depart. When women take a temporary leave... -
Womenomics in Japan
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details "Womenomics in Japan" profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for...