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The World of Business Information

Cynthia ChurchwellBaker Library ServicesJuly 25, 2011

Welcome! Today’s session will:

Provide you with materials to increase your learning this week:

• GloColl booklet• Web guide that outlines top resources to support course development

Introduce you to KLS resources and services used to support research, teaching and learning:

• Resources that will allow you to leverage your time at HBS • Freely available and licensed databases available at KLS

Our dilemma

If learning is the process of turning information into knowledge, in order to take effective action, then we need to be strategic about our use of information.

KLS Organizational Structure

Baker Library ServicesBaker Research Services

Curriculum & Information Research Services

Historical Collections

Information Products

Information Management Services

Role of Information Professionals in Supporting Teaching and Learning

Identify course content – identify data sets and resources for course content, supplementary readings, and teaching preparation (e.g., readings lists, annotated bibliographies)

Develop activities, assignments, collaboration spaces - identify ways to integrate the use of data sets and information resources to meet learning objectives based on critical thinking, problem-solving/decision making, analysis, synthesis, critical reflection skills development (e.g., class activities, projects, papers, field study engagements)

Create information products - package resources in custom information products to support assignment/learning objectives (e.g., information portals, knowledge centers, research guides, wikis, etc.)

Provide information research skill development - delivery customized class, small group, and/or individual student instruction (e.g., presentations, small group/individual consultation, self-help tools)

Provide teaching support – using the world of business information, support faculty teaching preparation throughout a course (e.g., case/company/industry updates, exhibit or course content updates, fact-checking, literature search, teaching or technical co-authoring).

Achieving Your Learning Objectives

GloColl provides a valuable opportunity for participants to:

1. Discuss the appropriate scope of management education

2. Understand the major differences between participant-centered learning and traditional teaching methods

3. Rethink personal assumptions about what constitutes effective teaching

4. Explore better ways to connect with students

5. Acquire innovative skills and tools for practice-oriented teaching and learning

6. Develop case studies and design relevant courses

Acquire innovative skills and toolsQuelch, John A., and Rohit Deshpande. 2004. The Global Market: Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders. The Jossey-Bass Business & Management series. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Patrick G. Cullen. 2010. Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Press.

Malhotra, Deepak, and Max H. Bazerman. 2007. Negotiation genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond. New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books.

Roberts, Michael J. 2007. New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur. 6th ed. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill.

Delong, Thomas. 2011. Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success. Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press.

Develop case studies

Harvard Business Review (HBR)Full access to the HBR archive from 1922 – present via Business Source Complete database

McKinsey QuarterlyPrint and online subscriptions; full access from 1965present via Business Source Complete; see also the China McKinsey Quarterly (on the McKinsey website)

Design relevant courses

Berk, Jonathan, and Peter DeMarzo. Corporate Finance. Boston: Pearson Addison Wesley, 2007.

Tushman, M., & O'Reilly, C.III. "Managerial Problem Solving: A Congruence Approach.” in Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal. Boston, MA: HBS Press, 1997.

Kotler, Philip. A Framework for Marketing Management. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

Christensen, C. R., David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet 1935-. 1991. Education for Judgment : The Artistry of Discussion Leadership. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press.

GloColl Booklet

Faculty Unit/Department Overview: faculty unit/department background, RC (MBA Required) course name and a list of EC (MBA Elective) courses taught by faculty within the unit. The faculty unit overviews and EC course lists are gathered from the HBS website and source information is included to encourage further exploration of the faculty unit, including recent publications and more in-depth information about the EC courses.

 

RC Course Overview: course descriptions, developed by the teaching group, that were made available to students.

 

RC Case List: the modules, cases and case descriptions for each day.

 

Resource Guide: additional references and sources of information about the RC courses prepared by Knowledge and Library Services.

The World of Information for Course Development

http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/gcpcl.html

Course support: Ongoing support

Research assistance

Email: infoservices@hbs.edu

Phone: (617) 495-6040

In-person: Stamps Reading Room (Baker | Bloomberg, 3rd floor)

Stamps Reading Room summer hours:

Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm

KLS Web site - http://www.library.hbs.edu/

KLS Research Guides

Baker Library Research Guides - http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides

Use our guides to find the best library resources for your course developmentall guides include both licensed and free resources

KLS Fast Answers

Baker Library Fast Answers - http://www.library.hbs.edu/cgi-bin/faq/

Search and browse about 300 answers to library service and substantive research

questions. New answers are added throughout the year.

Examples of Fast Answers:

How do I find information about the HBS case method?

Where can I find the GloColl course development resource?

Baker Library Research Services

KLS Resources of Interest: Working Knowledge

HBS Working KnowledgeHighlights new research conducted by HBSfaculty; offers a look at cutting-edgebusiness research trends, insights andInnovations:http://hbswk.hbs.edu/

See the GloColl web resource forlinks to other business school publicationsthat highlight faculty research:http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/gcpcl.html

Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

de Gaspe Beaubien Reading Room

The Exchange

Stamps Reading Room

Stacks (open access)

de Gaspe Beaubien Reading Room

Books, manuscripts, official HBS records & publications, visual materials, artifacts

15th Century to present

Exhibits

Level 1

The Exchange

Large screen financial contentfinancial television coverage

Daily business/financial US and International newspapers

A place to connect with colleagues

Research workstations

Level 1

Stamps Reading Room

Baker Library Services Desk

Photocopiers, print stations

Crimson Cash VTS for copies/printouts

Workstations, wireless network, power at every seat

Microforms/Media

Entrance to the stacks – Contemporary Collections, open access Level 3

Thank you!

This presentation will be available on the

GloColl website.

Cynthia Churchwell

infoservices@hbs.edu