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Work from Home Jobs That Are Not Scams

HR Digest

The number of people who work from home has increased by 140 percent since 2005. The job itself requires alone time and concentration that works best when you are operating from home. Filing of taxes, compliance norms, communications, checking, and cross-checking all can be done online. Program Manager. Project Managers.

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Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?

Harvard Business Review

Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR). Also at issue are what and when management told the board and what processes the board had for oversight. The Global Compliance Report does respond, in general, to issues raised in the original story.

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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. HR has helped the organization absorb more than 125 acquisitions since 2000 , and integrate globally, saving $6 billion since 2005. Another ripe area for innovation is knowledge management and the impact of social media. But not at IBM.

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What the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Looks Like in Practice

Harvard Business Review

After all, the power sector is already halfway toward meeting its 2030 target of 30% below 2005 CO2 emissions levels. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period. Government Risk management Sustainability'

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc.

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Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. Under Rossotti's guidance, the IRS reorganized from a geographic structure to four new customer-oriented operating divisions.