A portion of this research has been conducted in the textile and apparel industries under an industrial competitiveness grant from the Alfred P. In particular, much of her work focuses on the interface between manufacturing and retail organizations. An important component examines how coordinating mechanisms within organizations and along supply channels affect those channels' ability to compete. Professor Hammond's current research focuses on speed and flexibility in manufacturing and logistics systems: specifically, how these systems develop the attributes necessary to respond quickly and efficiently to changing customer demand. She has previously served as Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty Planning Unit Head for the Technology and Operations Management Unit Course Head for the Required Technology and Operations Management Course Faculty Chair of the HBS Analytics Program, and as Faculty Chair of the January Cohort of the Harvard MBA Program. She has taught in several of the HBS Executive Education courses for general managers, including Managing the Supply Chain Manufacturing in Corporate Strategy Retailing and Managing Orders, Vendors, & Customers, as well as in numerous custom executive programs. Professor Hammond has previously taught courses in Technology and Operations Management Business Logistics and After-Sales Service Decision Support Systems Quantitative Methods and Managerial Economics in the MBA program. She serves as program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s Leadership Programs and created the online Business Analytics course for Harvard Business School Online CORe (a 9 to 11 week program that teaches business fundamentals via courses in Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting). She currently teaches Supply Chain Management in the HBS MBA program. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture at Community at Harvard Business School. Implement regression analysis and other analytical techniques in Excel.Craft sound survey questions and draw conclusions from population samples.Analyze relationships between variables.Recognize trends, detect outliers, and summarize data sets.Interpret data to inform business decisions.Mid-Career Professionals - Gain data literacy and hands-on practice interpreting data and implementing analyses in Excel.Those Considering Graduate School - Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program.
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