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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. diversity' tends to be programs and policies around ethnic identity and gender.

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7 Tips for Managing Freelancers and Independent Contractors

Harvard Business Review

Compliance departments in some organizations might worry that doing these things makes freelancers look too much like employees for legal and tax purposes, and managers certainly need to be careful not to overstep any employment laws or HR guidelines. “We’re very high touch.,” ” he explains. ” he explains.