Harvard Business School announces the Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India

Harvard Business School announces the Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India for corporate leaders

Program to commence on 16th January 2013 at the HBS style case-method classroom at Taj Lands End, Mumbai



Mumbai, 20th December 2012: Harvard Business School (HBS) announces Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India, will take place from January 16-19, 2013 at the HBS style classroom at Taj Lands End, Mumbai as part of its Executive Education program portfolio for India.

Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India, focuses on providing corporate leaders proven approaches to align their service capabilities with strategy and improving organizational performance. Led by renowned Harvard Business School faculty, Thomas J. DeLong, Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice, Rajiv Lal, Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing and Ashish Nanda, Robert Braucher of Law from Practice, the program will help participants acquire skills to define and execute the best service-delivery strategy for their firm.

Thomas J. DeLong, Faculty Chair of Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India), said, “Successful companies recognize the importance of capitalizing on emerging opportunities as they prepare to expand – domestically or globally. This program addresses the challenges facing leaders of professional service companies seeking to build scale and create franchise value, by providing established approaches for managing client expectations, exploring alternative cost/billing structures, and formulating a sound business strategy – all key drivers of profitability.”

By exploring management challenges from multiple viewpoints, this leadership development program will prepare participants to capture emerging opportunities in India and across the globe. In addition to developing the tools and frameworks to address a company’s specific challenges, participants will also gain valuable insights into these common issues from opinions and experiences expressed by a distinguished group of international peers.

As with all HBS Executive Education programs, the India portfolio will be taught by members of the School’s own full-time faculty using the renowned HBS case method in a newly opened, state-of-the-art multimedia case study classroom at Taj Land’s End Hotel. The participants comprising of senior executives from various industries will enjoy an interactive experience that extends the learning process through personal and professional networks long after the conclusion of the program.



Program Details: A list of programs scheduled for the 2013 India portfolio can be found below. For further information on the HBS programs and to apply, please visit the program websites.



Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms – India

(January 16-19, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

Thomas J. DeLong, Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; course head for the required MBA course on Leadership and Organizational Behavior; and faculty chair of Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms—India.

Rajiv Lal, Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing, Member of the Marketing Unit; faculty chair of the General Management Program and faculty co-chair of Leading Growth Through Customer Centricity—India.

Ashish Nanda, Robert Braucher Professor of Law from Practice. Faculty director of Executive Education; Research Director at the Center for Law and Professions at Harvard Law School.

Leading Growth Through Customer Centricity – India

(January 20-22, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Ranjay Gulati, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit; faculty chair of theAdvanced Management Program; and faculty co-chair of Leading Growth Through Customer Centricity—India.

Rajiv Lal, Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing, Member of the Marketing Unit; faculty chair of the General Management Program and faculty co-chair of Leading Growth Through Customer Centricity—India.

Leadership in Financial Organizations – India

(April 16-19, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty: Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; faculty chair of "Driving Performance Through Talent Management"; and faculty cochair of "Leadership in Financial Organizations."Paul M. Healy, James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration and Henry B. Arthur Fellow. Senior Associate Dean, Director of Research; and member of the Accounting and Management Unit. Faculty chair of "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance" and "Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation"; and faculty cochair of "Leadership in Financial Organizations."

Building a Global Enterprise in India

(April 29-May 2, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor and Faculty Chair of HBS India activities and Building a Global Enterprise in India.

Scott Snook, MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit

Improving Corporate Performance and Profitability – India

(May 27-30, 2013, Mumbai , India)

Faculty: Paul M. Healy, James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration and Henry B. Arthur Fellow. Senior Associate Dean, Director of Research; and member of the Accounting and Management Unit. Faculty chair of "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance" and "Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation"; and faculty cochair of "Leadership in Financial Organizations."

V.G. Narayanan, Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration. Head of the Accounting and Management Unit; and faculty chair of "Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions" and "Improving Corporate Performance and Profitability—India."

Aligning Strategy and Execution – India

(June 11-14, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

Stephen P. Bradley, William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Member of the Strategy Unit; and faculty chair of Aligning Strategy and Execution—India.

J. Bruce Harreld, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Member of the Entrepreneurial Management and the Strategy Unit; and faculty chair ofBuilding New Businesses in Established Organizations.



Managing Family Business for Generational Success—India

(June 24 – 27, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

John A. Davis, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit; and faculty chair of "Families in Business: From Generation to Generation" and "Managing Family Businesses for Generational Success—India."

Deepak Malhotra, Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit.

Launching New Ventures – India

(July 1-4, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

Lynda M. Applegate, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration. Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit; member of the General Management Unit; and faculty chair Launching New Ventures—India.

Ramana Nanda, Assistant Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit.

Tom Nicholas, Associate Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit.



Driving Growth Through Innovation—India

(August 19-22, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

David E. Bell, George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business. Member of the Marketing Unit; and faculty chair of the "Agribusiness Seminar" and of the "Agribusiness Seminar: A European Offering."

Stefan H. Thomke, William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Technology and Operations Management Unit; and faculty chair of HBS Executive Education in India, "Leading Product Innovation," and "Driving Growth Through Innovation—India."

Leadership and Corporate Accountabilty—India

(November 18-21, 2013, Mumbai, India)

Faculty:

Rohit Deshpandé, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing. Member of the Marketing Unit; and faculty chair of the "Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning" and "Leadership and Corporate Accountability—India."

Karthik Ramanna, Assistant Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Accounting & Management Unit; Faculty Teaching Team HBS MBA course "Leadership and Corporate Accountability."
 
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