Word: businessness
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Yet Bower and some of his colleagues at the Business School said that a change in leadership during this pivotal time for G.M. could hinder the company’s transformation.
“The one thing you don’t want to have when you go through this sort of situation is a crisis of leadership,” Business School professor James B. Harreld said. “You do not want to see two dips, two crises...
Business School professor Malcolm S. Salter ’62 said he did not know if the change would benefit G.M., but questioned the quick timeline that the Board seemed to want the CEO to follow.
Salter, who taught Henderson at the Business School and also knew Wagoner from his time at Harvard, said that both were “men of strong values in a very tough industry.”
Harvard Business School Dean Jay O. Light announced his decision to retire at the end of this school year in an e-mail sent to the community yesterday afternoon.