Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. It was U-shaped.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

A bachelor's degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. And it's not only white-collar, college-driven careers that will suffer rapid skills obsolescence. Companies are increasingly more concerned about their human capital than about business issues like sourcing, supply chain and location.

Skills 17

Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

For example, IBM got a court to enjoin a former IBM executive from taking a job at Apple; the executive had managed semiconductor and server engineering at IBM and IBM argued that he would inevitably disclose trade secrets in his new job managing iPod and iPhone engineering. Government Knowledge management Talent management'

Incentives 13

Incentives Policies Innovation Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Probably the most universal challenge is the aspect of caretaking.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

This is called Functional Fixedness and while you probably won''t need to build a fort during your professional career, chances are you do suffer from it and it is impacting your work. you''re human, right? Companies often struggle to develop breakthrough products because they are hobbled by Functional Fixedness.

Innovation 8

Innovation Open-book Objective Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In the course of our research, we have found that some human capital-intensive industries are more inherently receptive to social innovation than others. Accounting and consulting firms are often highly responsive to the social demands of their employees. This fits with the idea that much innovation is driven by a war for talent.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

Report 124

Report Human Resources Open-book Advertising 124

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

Patricia Lewis: As we look to expand our talent pipeline to support business growth, these programs give employees the opportunity to grow and develop their careers. It's woven through all aspects of our leadership processes, from recruitment to learning and development, recognition and succession planning.

Human Resources 40

Human Resources Human Capital Diversity Learning-by-Doing 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

More applicably, using these technologies will develop one’s technological skills, methodological knowledge, and subject matter experience, which is an asset to one’s career. One challenge technical communicators face is communicating with developers and engineers about software or hardware updates or changes.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Qatar Foundation Research, Development and Innovation strives to develop innovative solutions, both for the unique challenges faced by the nation, but also those of the wider world. Curating inspiration. So what lessons can be learned from both countries?

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Examples of this phenomenon have emerged already: The world’s largest hedge fund is developing a capability for an algorithm to make hiring and firing decisions. Successfully implementing such a capability could dramatically affect headcount in human resources functions, but also in other functions, such as sales.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8