physics and astronomy; she graduated in 1884. Ten years after graduating‚ she returned to Wellesley to pursue advanced astronomy studies. Following that‚ she wanted to study under Edward C Pickering at Radcliffe. Pickering was the director of the Harvard College Observatory‚ whom she became an assistant to in 1896. The women who worked for Pickering were known as “calculators” or “Pickering’s Women” who did calculations and worked for 50 cents an hour to catalog stars. During her time as one of
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References: Kasra Ferdows‚ Michael A. Lewis and Jose A.D. Machuca. Harvard Business School. Zara ’s Secret for Fast Fashion. 2/21/2005. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/465 Burberry. Corporate profile. Burberry Group plc.Registered in England and Wales. 2011. http://www.burberryplc.com/bbry/corporateprofile/strmis/ Press Association
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There are several studies regarding this topic. The decisive factors that would qualify me to be considered for a scholarship are: 1) Men and women in executive positions in the business world state that we need more female executives. Companies cannot do without the potential of highly qualified women. Current executives are convinced that management culture will gain new impulses through management teams consisting of women and men alike‚ and that these mixed teams will contribute to the
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Bates‚ S. (2003). Top pay for top performance. HR Magazine. Berglas‚ S. (2006). How to keep A players productive. Harvard Business Review. 1. Bates argues that in order to keep top performers satisfied and productive‚ there should be a substantial difference in the variable pay or merit-based salary increases that top performers and poor performers receive. Based on the available research (which is mentioned in the article)‚ how big of an increase is needed to “catch anybody’s attention”?
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References: RetailMax: Role for Cam Archer" by McGinn and Witter‚ from Harvard Business School (2006). RetailMax: Role for Regan Kessel by McGinn and Witter‚ from Harvard Business School (2006).
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Ivy 5B6 The issue of leadership is more focused on now by organizations because of many challenges facing bussiness environments. Therefore‚ leaders have to adapt to these changes. Adaptive leadership refers to the ability to lead staff towards commom goals in such changing situations. To do this‚ leaders need certain abilities and these have been explored in a number of academic articles. Three recent texts (Useem 2010; Cappelli et al. 2010; Ladkin and Weber 2011) have discussed the different characteristics
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“MARKETING MYOPIA” Critique of “Marketing Myopia”Written in 1960‚ the paper “Marketing Myopia” was written by Theodore Levitt‚ a professor of marketingat Harvard Business School. It has been republished a number of times since then. The publication thatthis critique is based on is from the Best of HBR series‚ in the July-August edition of the Harvard BusinessReview (pages 138-149).In Levitt’s article‚ he explores and details issues he saw with big business’ short-sightedness (i.e.“myopia”) and failure
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Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author‚ I just will give some personal facts about him. Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior and Ann Dunham. In 1991‚ Obama graduated from Harvard Law School. While in law school he worked as a co-worker at the law firms of Sidley & Austin where he met his wife‚ Michelle‚ whom he married in 1992. Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia Ann and Natasha‚ known as Sasha. On November
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exercise has its limits. by Robert C. Merton 2 Harvard Business Review april 2013 This article is made available to you with compliments of FM Global Insurance. Further posting‚ copying‚ or distributing is copyright infringement. To order more copies go to www.hbr.org or call 800-988-0886. iOnDecisiOns Risk ARteR For ArTicle reprinTs cAll 800-988-0886 or 617-783-7500‚ or visiT hBr.org IllustRatIon/PHotogRaPHy: name april 2013 Harvard Business Review 3 This article is made available
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References: Chick E. D.(2004). Fundamentals of Work-Life Balance. USA. Clutterbuck‚ D. (2003). Managing the Work-Life Balance. London Harvard Business School Press (1980). Harvard Business Review on Work and Life Balance in USA: Harvard Business School Press Lewis‚ S. & Lewis‚ J.(1996) The work-family challenge: rethinking employment(2nd ed.).London Nancy‚ Lockwood‚ Work/life balance: challenges and solutions - 2003 Research Quarterly
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