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Paul Lawrence, James Rieser Bright, Ray Corey, Lawrence Evans Thompson, and Abraham Zaleznik are promoted to Associate rank

Paul Lawrence, James Rieser Bright, Ray Corey, Lawrence Evans Thompson, and Abraham Zaleznik are promoted to Associate rank

C. Roland Christensen, Abraham Zaleznik, Fritz Roethlisberger, and George Homans publish The Motivation, Productivity, and Satisfaction of Workers: A Prediction Study

C. Roland Christensen, Abraham Zaleznik, Fritz Roethlisberger, and George Homans publish The Motivation, Productivity, and Satisfaction of Workers: A Prediction Study

Abraham Zaleznik publishes Human Dilemmas of Leadership

Abraham Zaleznik publishes Human Dilemmas of Leadership

Abraham Zaleznik is first incumbent of Cahners-Rabb Professorship

Cahners-Rabb Professorship, honoring publisher Norman Cahners and food merchandiser Sidney Rabb, is established; Abraham Zaleznik is named first incumbent

Abraham Zaleznik and Manfred Kets de Vries publish Power and the Corporate Mind

Abraham Zaleznik and Manfred Kets de Vries publish Power and the Corporate Mind

Abraham Zaleznik publishes "Managers and Leaders: Are they different?", in HBR

Abraham Zaleznik publishes "Managers and Leaders: Are they different?", in HBR

Abraham Zaleznik submits his "Baker Library and the Harvard Business School" report

Abraham Zaleznik submits his "Baker Library and the Harvard Business School" report, calling for efforts to increase use of Baker by executives

Abraham Zaleznik and C. Roland Christensen visit Japan and meet with Japanese industrialist Konosuke Matsushita

Abraham Zaleznik and C. Roland Christensen visit Japan and meet with Japanese industrialist Konosuke Matsushita

Matsushita Professorship is established

Matsushita Professorship, honoring Konosuke Matsushita, is established; Abraham Zaleznik (in 1983) is named first incumbent

Abraham Zaleznik publishes The Managerial Mystique

Abraham Zaleznik publishes The Managerial Mystique

Abraham Zaleznik publishes Learning Leadership

Abraham Zaleznik publishes Learning Leadership; subsequently wins Knisely Award

Focus on Leaders VIDEO: RT: 02:02

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik about how his article 'Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" instigated a faculty-wide discourse and influenced the shift in the School's identification from management to leadership, and how leaders focus on substance and not process, which principle has guided him through his research and writing.

On Coming to HBS VIDEO: RT: 04:46

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who describes how he first came to HBS through the Navy, stayed for the MBA program, was intellectually transformed by the case method, was invited to be a research assistant, and started writing cases with Prof. Franklin Folts, which led to the realization of his authorial talents.

Oral History of HBS Faculty Member Abraham Zaleznik VIDEO: 8 parts

An interview capturing the oral history of HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who discusses major moments in his research and writing endeavors, the central HBS figures in his career development, his work in the area of psychoanalysis and business education, and the founding of the Konosuke Matsushita Professorship in Leadership.

Psychoanalysis and Business Education VIDEO: RT: 01:57

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who talks about Dean George Baker's role in the progression of his career at HBS, his endorsement of his plan for training in psychoanalysis, and how he incorporated his expertise into a doctoral seminar to teach psychoanalytical theories and ideas and to assist the students with formulating their dissertation projects.

Roland Christensen and Fieldwork VIDEO: RT: 02:26

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who expresses his admiration of Roland Christensen as an outstanding teacher and researcher and cites as an example the fieldwork they conducted in collaboration with Fritz Roethlisberger and George Homans into group dynamics at a company in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

TV, Dissertation, and Roethlisberger VIDEO: RT: 03:12

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik about Prof. George Albert Smith's support of his doctoral dissertation idea on the mechanization of the manufacturing of televisions at the Du Mont Broadcasting Corporation, his focus on the human side of the enterprise, and working with Prof. Fritz Roethlisberger as his thesis supervisor.

The Konosuke Matsushita Professorship in Leadership VIDEO: RT: 05:22

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who recounts how, through connections with the McKinsey Company and Japanese businessman Kenichi Ohame, Dean John MacArthur sent him and Roland Christensen to Japan to convince industrialist Konosuke Matsushita to endow an HBS professorship in leadership, their success, and his being named to the position.

The Significance of Hawthorne VIDEO: RT: 01:49

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who speaks about the importance of the research conducted by Prof. Elton Mayo and Prof. Fritz Roethlisberger at Western Electric's Hawthorne Works and their findings in relation to worker productivity, group structure, the subjects' transference reaction to the researchers, organizational behavior, and industrial psychology.

Visionary Leaders: An Wang VIDEO: RT: 02:12

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who makes the distinction between management and visionary leadership by narrating the story of one of his favorite studies, that of An Wang, who foresaw the impact of the personal computer as a commodity product and succeeded despite his critics.