Posted in Knowledgebase, News, Research News on Sep 20th, 2011
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Ever wonder why that government clerk was so rude and condescending? Or why the mid-level manager at your company always doles out the most demeaning tasks? Or, on a more profound level, why the guards at Abu Ghraib tortured and humiliated their prisoners? In a new study, researchers at [...]
Posted in Research News on Nov 24th, 2010
The Street.com characterizes Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, the sixth richest man in the world, as a divisive figure. The publication asked Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and author of Power: Why Some People Have It — And Others Don’t for his opinion. Pfeffer replied that Ellison’s [...]
Posted in Feature, Stanford Business magazine on Jun 2nd, 2010
Surgeon Laura Esserman raised questions last fall about the effectiveness of mammograms for women under 50. Now she is coordinating a national research effort to match the right drug to the rigcancer patients more quickly. Only collaboration makes this kind of medicine possible, says the 1993 MBA. by Deborah Franklin The waiting room of the [...]
Posted in Feature, Stanford Business magazine on May 24th, 2010
The “Touchy-Feely” Legacy by Garth Saloner Generations of GSB alumni have been touched by our renowned Interpersonal Dynamics elective, known to all as “Touchy-Feely.” Many of those same alumni believe that it was one of the most influential courses they took while at Stanford. Decades since it was first taught at the business school, however, courses [...]
