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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Thus, they fail to establish a company vision and miss their business mark. Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. This is primarily because niche trainers recommend what they have to sell, rather than what the company needs. Human Resources Oversees Training.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

To correct for the measurement inversion other methods, like applied information economics, introduce the ‘value of information analysis’ step in the process so that metrics focus on high-value measures. Thinking that quality needs apply to some other department, company or industry, not your own.

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How “Neutral” Layoffs Disproportionately Affect Women and Minorities

Harvard Business Review

When companies downsize, diversity takes a hit — even if it previously was treated as a priority. But my analysis shows that because companies rely heavily on position and tenure to make those calls, they wipe out most or all of the gains they’ve made in diversity. Here’s how that plays out.

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Companies Want to Disclose Employee Health Data to Shareholders, and It’s a Bad Idea

Harvard Business Review

The group believes that just as more and more companies are disclosing their impact on the environment, companies should also disclose their impact on the health of their employees as well as other stakeholders. I have argued that companies that hire vendors to “do wellness” to their employees lose money on these programs.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT. As an example of the complications ahead, let’s look at taxes.

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Your C-Suite Needs a Chief Data Officer

Harvard Business Review

Part of his winning formula was in functional centralization, appointing the company's first Chief Marketing Officer — in function if not in name. Making the most of a company's data requires oversight and evangelism at the highest levels of management. Making sure the company is collecting the right data. Gerstner, Jr.

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Understanding Customers Is Everyone's Job

Harvard Business Review

The only way it can happen: marketing, IT, operations, and human resources functions must collaborate in unprecedented ways. But the insights won''t be useful unless companies change core business processes and employee behavior. Clicking on these pages shows a company that is educating customers, not hawking products.