MIT Sloan Uncovers Innovative PTSD Treatment for Army Veterans
MIT Sloan recently published an article detailing innovative new research from the school’s Post Traumatic Stress Innovations team that may transform how post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is treated in the “2 million men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan”—30 percent of whom are “expected to develop a serious mental health problem.”
HBS Says Big Social Network ≠ Popularity
Think you’re Mr. or Ms. Popular?
Think again.
Alex “Sandy” Pentland recently published an article on the Harvard Business School blog investigating research that exposes the fallacy of how friendship is often both perceived and performed in society. Continue reading…
Memorial Prize Awarded to London Business School Professor
Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, was awarded the Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize for an article called “Combining Purpose with Profits,” according to a press release from the school. The award is presented by MIT Sloan Management Review and recognizes their most outstanding article dealing with the subjects of planned change and organizational development. The prize was given to Birkinshaw along with his two co-authors, Nicolai J. Foss, Professor of Strategy and Organisation at Copenhagen Business School and Siegwart Lindenberg, Professor of Cognitive Sociology at University of Groningen.
The winning article addressed an important and timeless question for managers: how can the tension between purpose and profits be best managed? The authors looked at the types of structures that companies can put in place that help provide purpose and direction for their employees, while also motivating individuals and drawing a group of people together in mutual pursuit. The judges praised the article for being in line with the beliefs of the late Richard Beckhard, organizational theorist and former MIT adjunct professor, for whom the award is named. The panel for the ward consisted of professors from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Birkinshaw was glad that his work was recognized in an official capacity. “It’s really pleasing to win this prize. Our intention in writing this article was to shift the debate towards how businesses can deliver on their purpose without sacrificing profit, and it’s great that the judges liked this perspective,” he said in a press release from the school.
