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Teaching Plan | HBS Case Collection | April 2017

An Intern's Dilemma (A) and (B)

by Sandra J. Sucher

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Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 316-128 and 316-129.

Keywords: conflict; organizational culture; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence;

Language: English Format: Print 8 pages Purchase

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Sucher, Sandra J. "An Intern's Dilemma (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 317-117, April 2017.

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Sandra J. Sucher
MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice
General Management

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