Nancy Katz

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-102
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 30
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9640
Fax: 617-496-2850
Email: Nancy_Katz@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Michael Johnson (617-495-9455)
Nancy Katz

Profile

Nancy Katz, Associate Professor of Public Policy, specializes in maximizing the effectiveness of team-based organizations. Through her research, teaching, and consulting, Katz strives to help mission-driven organizations, especially government agencies and non-profits, use teams wisely and well.

Katz designed and teaches a highly-rated module in executive education entitled, "Leading High Performance Teams." She served as faculty co-chair of the Washington D.C.-based program, "Driving Organizational Performance." Katz has trained and advised hundreds of senior managers from organizations including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Central Intelligence Agency, State Department, Government Accountability Office, Justice Department, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Katz also designed and teaches two popular masters-level courses: 1) Managing People: Self, Relationships, and Teams; and 2) Social Psychology for Managers and Policy Analysts.

Katz earned a BA in psychology, summa cum laude, from Harvard/Radcliffe, and a PhD in organizational behavior from the joint program of the Department of Psychology and Harvard Business School.

Katz has published articles on the following topics:

~ How to maximize cooperation and collaboration among team members

(See Small Group Research, 2004, v.35, p.307-335)

~ How to promote the sharing of information and knowledge among team members

(See Theories of Groups: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2004, p. 277-312)

~ How to motivate individual excellence and achievement within a team culture

(See Human Resource Planning, 2003, v.26, p.30-44)

~ How to foster healthy conflict and competition among team members

(See Academy of Management Executive, 2001, v.15, p.56-70)

~ How to structure reward systems that promote an optimal balance between individual and team achievement

(See Harvard Business Review, 2001, v.79, p.22)

~ How to design and support self-managing teams

(See Organization Science, 2004, v.15, p.520-537)

~ How to develop reward systems that maximize both fairness and efficiency

(See Social Justice Research, 2000, v.13, p.237-270)

~ How to build social networks that enhance a team's capacity for creativity and innovation

(See Theories of Groups: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2004, p. 277-312)

~ How to use teams as a tool to enhance an organization's social capital

(See Small Group Research, 2004, v.35, p.307-335)

Courses

Spring

  • STM-502 Managing People: Self, Relationships, and Teams

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  • STM-517M Social Psychology for Managers and Policy Analysts

Media Expertise

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