The Center For Leadership Studies

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Not so for the levels model developed by Harvard professor Robert Katz in 1955. Beyond graphic enhancements that have transported us from chalk boards in classrooms to screens on mobile devices, Katz’s depiction of organizational landscape, in combination with the skills needed to succeed, has proven to be ageless.

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Katz Development Middle Management Transportation 40

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

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Development Katz Leadership Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

A few days after my arrival, I was ushered into Steve Katz’s office, my director, who was three levels above me in the organization. At that time, Bell Labs employed dozens of world-class statisticians — some in network performance (like me), but others in research, quality assurance, and so forth.

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Katz Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Quality 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Economists Larry Katz and Alan Krueger found that all of the net employment growth in the U.S. Similarly, that former director of marketing job has now morphed into the work produced by a social media contractor, an outsourced PR agency, and a marketing strategy consultant.

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Katz Disaggregation McKinsey Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

Earlier in her career, Gayle Katz worked as a marketing manager at a small East Coast–based startup focused on the renewables industry. . “I’ve learned to be more cautious of how I talk about others.” ” Evan is currently looking for a new job.

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How To COO Katz Due Diligence 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 13, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another terrific article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Martin Dewhurst, Jonathan Harris, and Suzanne Heywood explain why, as the economic spotlight shifts to developing markets, global companies need new ways to manage their strategies, people, costs, and risks.

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Globalization McKinsey Cost Article 80

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Marketers like to repeat the quote, “I know I waste half of my ad budget, I just don’t know which half.” So it shouldn’t be surprising that marketers like the idea of “influentials,” seemingly ordinary people who determine what others think, do and buy. Science finds little evidence to support influencer marketing.

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Influence Marketing Katz Media 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The world’s five largest companies (by market capitalization) are all American and compete in the digital sphere: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. According to a study by Harvard’s Lawrence Katz and Princeton’s Alan Krueger, all net new jobs created in the U.S. since 2005 are due to this phenomenon.

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Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 13