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HPU: A Case Study in the Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

In fall 2021, HPU ’ s freshman class was larger than the entire student body was in 2005 and will have access to 62 majors and 64 minors. . Qubein, an alumnus of High Point University, became the seventh president of this 94-year-old institution in 2005. Everything operated as its own unit. Even more astonishing?

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

People weren’t working together toward personal and organizational goals… and that environment was, I’d say, management’s fault. The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model.

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9 Out of 10 People Are Willing to Earn Less Money to Do More-Meaningful Work

Harvard Business Review

.” More than forty years later, myriad studies have substantiated the claim that American workers expect something deeper than a paycheck in return for their labors. By contrast, since 2005, the importance of meaningfulness in driving job selection has grown steadily. increase in annual operating profits.

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Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problems

Harvard Business Review

How well they''re built and operated is crucial to economic growth and is a key arbiter of an economy''s competitiveness — and yet, virtually every economy faces an array of infrastructure challenges. In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF).

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Smart Benchmarking Starts with Knowing Whom to Compare Yourself To

Harvard Business Review

It’s almost universal practice that the benchmarker chooses one or two organizational goals, then picks a few key metrics (key performance indicators) relevant to those goals, and finally selects several peer groups from a limited set. This makes it a useful case study for our purposes here. Further Reading.