HR Digest

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Train Employees for Management & Additional Responsibilities. Although the FMLA is one part of fixing the workplace, employers must remain agile to its challenges to continue to grow. Special hours of service eligibility requirements apply to airline flight crew employees.

Learning Curve 40

Learning Curve Training Short-term Competitive Advantage 40

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, IBM, ING, 3M, and Proctor and Gamble are some of the adaptive cultures providing insights to the enduring success growing from their highly effective cultures. continuous improvement, adaptability, agility, and speed). Steps in The Culture Cycle. Core Phenomena (Trust, Engagement, and Ownership).

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Heskett Kotter Books Review 49

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

Too often, old, legacy processes prevent companies from having that agility. Leading organizations are already using the power of social media to shape their business process management (BPM) agendas. As such, this use of digital channels can become part of the process of process management.

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BPM Media Process Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines. ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

But have you thought about the implications of this trend for management practices? new product releases every day, not every year), has caused an increasing pressure on product development in other areas, and on management in general, to change more continuously as well. The rapid pace of change in software (e.g.,

Software 8

Software Industry Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Herb Kelleher fosters a culture of employee empowerment and cost containment at Southwest, enabling the airline to become one of the world’s most admired and profitable carriers. Southwest Airlines is the classic example. These characteristics give employees a sense of meaning just from being part of the company.

Airlines 9

Airlines Automotive Competitive Advantage Cost 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In the same way that banks must constantly balance assets and liabilities, data-laden firms need to move from cyber-defense and fire-fighting toward more proactive management of what could prove to be their most important asset. This means determining not only what EvD means today, but what it will mean for the firm in the future.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Intellectual Capital Corporate Accountability Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Senior leaders must be ready to open up the flood gates so managers and employees closest to the client interface can surface these tensions and discuss them openly. The leadership of the change effort can’t end with the top team, the top 100 managers, or the top 1,000 managers. But it doesn’t end there.

Succession 8

Succession Agility Globalization Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Today, a few organizations – like Medium, David Allen Consultants, and Zappos – are adopting a radically different, approach to management: holacracy. For all of the sturm und drang surrounding the idea, as we talked I realized a lot of holacracy is just codifying many of the informal elements of good management.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

How does your organization manage the money it spends on digital? In essence, digital investments should be planned and managed according to their current and future contribution to business performance. The portfolio tool can be used as a common frame of reference in management discussions about a number of areas.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

They allow managers to suspend normal rules in an acceptable way and they provide an effective audiovisual medium for absorbing ideas. People Express, for example, is a business simulator that provides players with a rich inside perspective on starting and managing an airline.

Seminar 8

Seminar Learning Curve Strategy Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

GE is an icon of management best practices. That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals. In classic cases of industry disruption, such as in steel or airlines , incumbent firms have tens of thousands of employees.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. buying an airline ticket or configuring a printer). Most organizations do not tap this power source and, as a result, do not get the best out of their employees. Insight Center. How to Be a Company That Employees Love. Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

Power 8

Power Outsourcing Self-aware Airlines 8

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

That is one of the principles behind “ open-book management “, the systematic sharing of information about the nature of the enterprise. This approach clearly differs from that of traditional cultures, in which the common channel for new ideas is limited to an individual’s direct manager.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Management is a lens. Many have observed that companies can have admirable goals; but, if poorly managed, success proves elusive. Suppose the management lens was smeared, even opaque. In this case, management could easily misapply resources. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Stand for change.

Management 8

Management Drucker Survey Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Whether or not that outlook begins to uptick not only depends upon how agile, adaptable, creative and resourceful entrepreneurs can be in planning for, or reacting to, market conditions, revenue and brand-building opportunities and other key concerns, but also how well they maintain a forward-thinking mindset. And, rightfully so.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Loyalty Airlines Advertising 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

American Express does this, too, with its Open Forum site, which publishes editorial-style content for managers and operators of small and mid-sized businesses. Digital CMOs are agile marketers who embrace the mantra “test and fail to learn and scale.” IT management Leadership Marketing' of marketing spend.

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Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 11