September 2007 – News, Events, and Lifelong Learning for HBS Alumni

Spotlight

Centennial Exhibit Marks Milestone in Human Relations Movement

"The Human Relations Movement: Harvard Business School and the Hawthorne Experiments, 1924-1933," is the first in a series of Baker Library exhibitions marking the centennial of HBS. Learn about the landmark study conducted by HBS professor Elton Mayo that helped establish the relationship between productivity and employee motivation. Baker's collection of photographs, interviews, and correspondence are on exhibit from September 17, 2007, through January 17, 2008.

View the exhibition on-line at: http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/hawthorne/

News

Fall 2007 Reunion Features Faculty Research

Over 25 HBS faculty, including Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Warren McFarlan, and Michael Porter, will present their newest research during reunion weekend, September 27 – 30, 2007. Faculty from around the University will also address front page issues through presentations on topics such as climate change and global healthcare. For registration information and a full schedule of sessions and presenters, visit: http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/reunions/mba.html

Read Your New Class Notes Today!

Catch up on Class Notes now. Notes from the September HBS Alumni Bulletin are available online. Log in with your LEFA to read them: http://apps.alumni.hbs.edu/classnotes/

Lifelong Learning

Alumni Travel: The Changing Faces of Jordan and Oman

Join HBS and your fellow alumni for an insider's glance into the two fascinating and hospitable countries of Jordan and Oman. In Jordan, visit the Dead Sea, the spectacular stone city of Petra, and the Roman temple of Hercules. In Oman, explore the legacy of the Queen of Sheba and the mysteries of the Arabian nights as you travel to the medieval forts at Nizwa and Jabrin. Throughout the trip, briefings and meetings will offer in-depth insights into the challenges confronting these countries as they try to educate and modernize their societies.

Get more information about alumni travel to Jordan and Oman: http://www.distant-horizons.com/hbsjordan/

Alumni Travel: Genghis Khan's Mongolia

Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore the ancient land of the Khans with fellow HBS alumni and friends. Kayak through pristine Lake Hovsgol in the north, considered the cleanest freshwater lake left on the planet. Camel trek through the mysterious and untamed Gobi Desert in the south. In between, travel on horseback through the central grass steppe, blanketed by endless blue sky.

For more information and to register please contact: hbs@globaladrenaline.com.

Check the complete schedule of upcoming alumni travel programs: http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/travel/

From Executive Education
Building a Global Enterprise in India, February 10 – 15, 2008

HBS is offering its first Executive Education program in India. This course is designed for senior executives of Indian and non-Indian firms as well as investors pursuing growth in emerging markets within and outside the country. Learn to achieve and maintain high sustained growth for your firm in one of the world's premiere emerging markets. Broaden your professional network through close interaction with an elite group of peers.

Find out more and apply: www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/bgei_wn/

HBS alumni receive an exclusive 30 percent discount on open-enrollment Executive Education Programs. For more information, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/lifelong_learning/execed_calendar.html

From Social Enterprise
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative launches new website!

The new Social Enterprise website now allows visitors to search resource areas by topic and read profiles of students, alumni, and faculty engaged in social enterprise. Browse listings of upcoming events, watch archived video, and learn how you can get involved. Explore the new website today at: http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/.

Faculty

HBS Working Knowledge: Managing the Medici String Quartet

Why would a business school professor write a case about a string quartet? For HBS professor Robert Austin, the process of creative collaboration is a central theme in business as well as the arts. In this month's Working Knowledge, Austin explains why creative talent—and the ability to manage it—is critical to the success of knowledge-intensive business: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5731.html

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Faculty in the News

Is investor activism good for companies and their shareholders? Assistant professor Robin Greenwood says that "cage-rattling" investors are most successful when they prompt the sale of a company. But when the targeted firm isn't sold, he says there is typically little change in financial results or stock price. Read more about Greenwood's research in the Wall Street Journal: http://intranet.hbs.edu/community/hbsnews/091207_wsj.html

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