General Management
-
- October 2026
- Case
Ken Frazier: Principled Under Pressure
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Derek van Bever, John P. Brown and Matthew Souba- October 2026
- Case
Ken Frazier: Principled Under Pressure
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Derek van Bever, John P. Brown and Matthew Souba -
- Fall 2026
- Article
The Necessity and Essence of Advanced Leadership
The author, a Harvard Business School professor, contends that the “ability to ‘think outside the building’ – beyond taken-for-granted norms and structures – is the next frontier for leaders. Advanced leadership is even more relevant at a time when many of the most challenging problems, whether climate change or disparities in economic well-being, involve complex systems with multiple stakeholders and no clear agreement about goals across independent entities.” In addition, advanced leaders, in her words, dream bigger than they are; mobilize allies and build multi-stakeholder coalitions; and persist and persevere. Within the latter, she notes “Kanter's Law” – that everything can look like a failure in the middle. The messy middles of any change process are inevitable. Just when an effort is well along, it might be derailed. Advanced leaders who mobilized and energized constituents with their vision must know how to keep energy going.
- Fall 2026
- Article
The Necessity and Essence of Advanced Leadership
The author, a Harvard Business School professor, contends that the “ability to ‘think outside the building’ – beyond taken-for-granted norms and structures – is the next frontier for leaders. Advanced leadership is even more relevant at a time when many of the most challenging problems, whether climate change or disparities in economic well-being,...
-
- September 2026
- Case
FoodCloud: Promoting Policy to End Food Waste
By: Brian Trelstad and Emer MoloneyFoodCloud, an Irish social enterprise founded in 2013, used technology, partnerships, and warehousing hubs to connect surplus food with communities that could use it. By 2026, the organization had redistributed more than 420 million meals internationally and set an ambitious goal of reaching one billion meals by 2030. As FoodCloud sought to scale its impact, its leaders increasingly saw public policy as critical to addressing food waste, food insecurity, and the associated climate impacts. The case examines three policy opportunities facing FoodCloud: influencing Ireland’s implementation of the European Union’s revised Waste Framework Directive; securing long-term public funding to recover surplus food from agricultural production; and building support for a government-led Declaration on Surplus Food Sharing and Redistribution. With limited policy resources, FoodCloud’s leaders must consider the potential impact and feasibility of each opportunity while managing relationships with government, food businesses, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
- September 2026
- Case
FoodCloud: Promoting Policy to End Food Waste
By: Brian Trelstad and Emer MoloneyFoodCloud, an Irish social enterprise founded in 2013, used technology, partnerships, and warehousing hubs to connect surplus food with communities that could use it. By 2026, the organization had redistributed more than 420 million meals internationally and set an ambitious goal of reaching one billion meals by 2030. As FoodCloud sought to scale...
About the Unit
The General Management Unit is concerned with the leadership and management of the enterprise as a whole. This concern encompasses:
- the personal values and qualities of effective general managers and enterprise leaders;
- the philosophies, values, and strategies that inform successful enterprises; and
- the relation of enterprise to the broader community and other external constituencies.
The Unit's work is conceived and carried out principally in four interest groups, each of which has its own leadership, research agenda, and teaching programs:
- Management Policy and Process
- Management Information Systems
- Society and Enterprise
- Leadership, Values, and Corporate Responsibility
Recent Publications
Ken Frazier: Principled Under Pressure
- October 2026 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
The Necessity and Essence of Advanced Leadership
- Fall 2026 |
- Article |
- Leader to Leader
FoodCloud: Promoting Policy to End Food Waste
- September 2026 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Outsider CEOs
- September 2026 |
- Background Note |
- Faculty Research
Sacred Ground: Khalil Abdur-Rashid and Leadership Through Listening (B)
- September 2026 |
- Supplement |
- Faculty Research
Sacred Ground: Khalil Abdur-Rashid and Leadership Through Listening (A)
- September 2026 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Integrity as a Competitive Advantage: The Evolving Role of the Integrity Officer in the Age of AI
- 22 Sep 2026 |
- Panel Discussion |
- Faculty Research
Venture Capital and the Fight Against ALS
- September 2026 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Harvard Business Publishing
Seminars & Conferences
There are no upcoming events.