Sunday 1 January 2012

Hot management topics for 2010-2011

By briefly reviewing the articles published in Harvard Business Review (HBR) from 2010 to 2011, I highhglight the main hot management topics and exact key phrases in the field of management. These key concepts provide useful clues of what keep senior managers awake at night. I believe they provide useful ideas for management research, including final year dissertation proposal formulations for business students. The following table groups the key HBR concepts by major management themes (there are 8 themes noted by me in this exercise). The items provided in the table are not exhaustive in this case.


Human resource management/ general managementManagerial style/ LeadershipProduct developmentCorporate social responsibilityGlobal Business ManagementChange managementStrategic Management/ MarketingIT Management
CEO successionHorrible bossesBreakthrough productsWork with green activistsCosmopolitcan corporationShake-up of businesssGreat repeatable business modelCloud computing
Effective organizationsWise leadersGreen product developmentSocial strategiesThe China rulesInnovation warsBusiness model of organized crimeIT project risks
ProductivityAdaptive leadershipco-creative enterpriseHow to conquer new marketsThe execution trapMystery shopping
Social media roleLeadership lessons from militaryEmerging market giantsEntrepreneurial revolutionGrowth markets
How to fix mistakesBosses as human shieldsGlobal acquisition from PRC enterprisesEntrepreneurial opportunitiesEmpowered customers with social media
Productivity paradoxMistakes leaders makeChina's bid for technology dominanceReinvent business modelStrategy execution
Decision-driven organizationsCollaborative leadersBottom of the pyramidInnovation on front linesStrategy stress test
Promotion: men vs womenProfessional boardsLearn from failuresSocial media strategy
Collaborative enterpriseUnleash innovation from leadersBuild culture of trust and innovationPlace corporate bets
Evolution of modern managementA culture of experimentationHow to fix capitalism
Embrace complexityWhy good ideas dieMake financial markets work for consumers
Creatively managed companiesNew rules of branding with social media
Collective ambitionMake great strategic decisions
Succession not as a horse raceCompete against "free"
Lean principles for knowledge worksNew M&A playbook
Reinvent supply chain

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