Weatherhead School of Management

Pandora Robertson is a database applications developer by day and theater director by night. The roles—seemingly in stark contrast to each other—are not as different as one might think. “Development and directing are similar in that you must create something out of nothing,” she said. “Both require...

One hundred years ago, Cleveland was the center of the start-up world, led in part by the presence of moguls such as John D. Rockefeller. By the early 2000s, the tables had turned—dramatically—as the area ranked dead last in Entrepreneur magazine’s list of 61 entrepreneurial regions. Fast-forward to...

What sort of leader are you? Do you think leading is all about a laser-like focus on the task, watching the bottom line and making sure everyone is doing what they should? Or is it about listening to your team, being open to ideas and perspectives, and inspiring them to find their own niche? Distin...

Second-generation bias: A subtle but powerful presence Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers: To combat gender bias in the workplace, Kathleen Buse, adjunct professor at the Weatherhead School of Management, suggests changing women’s perspective of themselves, beginning at a young age. She prov...

Jennifer Madden, a doctoral candidate in the Weatherhead School of Management, had her paper, “The ABCDs (Autonomy, Boundary Spanning, Common Vision and Design Attitude) of Successful Collaboration,” accepted for presentation in a Divisional Paper session at the 2014 Academy of Management Meeting ta...

Weatherhead School of Management’s Master of Science Program in Positive Organization Development and Change will host an online webinar on “Appreciative Inquiry and the Design of Positive Institutions” March 21 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. After the event, led by David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Minera...

A joint team of Master's of Business Administration students and graduate architecture and planning students at the Weatherhead School of Management and Kent State University received honorable mention in the 2014 Urban Land Institute's Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. A total of 16...

Mark Weinberger, a dual-degree alum, received the Weatherhead School of Management's Distinguished Alumni Award from the Weatherhead School and the School of Law. This is the first time an alumnus has received this award from multiple schools. Since graduating from the law and management schools in...

Kalle Lyytinen, associate dean for research at the Weatherhead School of Management and an expert widely known for his work to digitally transform organizations, has earned the prestigious 2013 LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems, the top honor from the Association ...

Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management has established an executive education program that begins March 27 for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions—and the companies interested in retaining them. The Leadership Lab for Women in STE...