HR Digest

JULY 14, 2021

Seasoned executives in large corporations may have loads of experience in management, but there are many aspects of business that need to be honed constantly to make it to the top of the ladder. A good way of doing that is through some executive business programs on offer in almost all major business management colleges.

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Short-term Leadership Pipeline Execution Leadership 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger Finance Without Fear should be read by anyone starting or managing a business. Finance does not need to be mysterious and intimidating. The goal of any business is to make money.

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Finance Uncertainty Case Study Competitive Advantage 50

Deming Institute

JUNE 11, 2018

The bulk of Muller’s research is devoted to case studies in colleges, elementary schools, health care systems, policing, the military, business, finance, philanthropy and foreign aid. Among the many startling examples from various fields, the one relating to the Vietnam War is perhaps the most chilling.

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Metrics Deming Scientific Management Proposal 31

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Jorge Ramos, the manager of the store she was about to tour, had asked her to briefly address the staff, and she knew it would not be the usual cheerful exchange of ideas.

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Case Study Price Policies Retail 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

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How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. Since the 1980s, however, Games organizing committees have increasingly invested in teams and systems dedicated to the management of risk through internal controls.

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Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? They pursue management challenges.

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It isn't enough to study resumes closely; studies have shown that over 50% of them contain inaccuracies. As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree.

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Management Banking Committee Risk Management 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a medical professional (something that academic research has also found ). Another example of a doctorpreneur is Atul Gawande. ” In this way, compassion fuels innovation. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work.

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Quality Health Care Govindarajan Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox.

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Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey. There’s no one-size-fits-all AI solution.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. Pessimism rules, but it needn''t be that way.

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

This can be a powerful win-win that provides customers with verification, a learning tool, and a basis for building best practices, while providing a case study or success story for you. When she was CIO at Motorola, for example, the company had public positions on things like use of mobile devices and public safety.

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Reference CIO PR Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

. “If all you’re thinking about is saving face, you’ve already made the negotiation and its aftermath into a battle,” says Margaret Neale, the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business and coauthor of Getting (More of) What You Want. Case Study #1: Acknowledge your missteps.

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COO How To Long-term Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer. “It’s important to enjoy spending time with your colleagues and your manager,” says Dillon. “You might try to convince your manager to let you work remotely for a month,” he says.

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Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

In today’s complex and collaborative workplace, the real challenge is to manage not just your personal workload but the collective one, says Jordan Cohen , a productivity expert and the Senior Director of Organizational Effectiveness, Learning & Development at Weight Watchers. Set the example. Encourage open communication.

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Productivity Products How To Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

Trouble Letting Go Companies Deal With Employees Who Refuse to Take Time Off by Requiring Vacations, Paying Them to Go Wall Street Journal I like FullContact''s approach to getting employees to take vacation: The Denver-based contact-management company offers workers $7,500 a year to help finance their vacations.

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Real Estate Class Sports Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Most businesses don't even know what's going to be required in two or three years," says Joseph Weintraub, a professor of management and organizational behavior at Babson College and co-author of the book, The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business. Case Study #1: Know where you thrive.

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P&L Committee Career Case Study 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

Based on numerous case studies and in-depth research in four sectors (consumer packaged goods, consumer finance, professional services, and advanced manufacturing), McKinsey Global Institute analyzed the potential value that could be obtained through the use of social technologies.

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Media Productivity Products Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well.

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Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, as a New England Patriots fan I am quite aware that Tom Brady will be working on Thanksgiving. For example, as a New England Patriots fan I am quite aware that Tom Brady will be working on Thanksgiving. I have a few suggestions, especially if you are someone who has to work on Thanksgiving and doesnt relish the prospect.

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Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

These are typically specific, functional abilities like project management, web development, financial analysis — or advisory skills that come from years of experience. Some people do best when they have a manager to answer to or structure to their days. Case Study #1: A vague plan is better than no plan.

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Planning Outsourcing Case Study Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Out of 20 feature articles in the business section on November 15th, for example, five were all about the glories (and sometimes challenges) of green. Out of 20 feature articles in the business section on November 15th, for example, five were all about the glories (and sometimes challenges) of green.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Heres a simple but compelling example. If we hope for better management of large-scale endeavors, our models will have to look beyond what it takes to inform individual, or even organizational, moves. Heres a simple but compelling example. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

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Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. Case Study #1: Test the waters before speaking up.

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Ethics How To Morale Information 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Still, there’s the example of great leaders for those who have “ears to hear&#.Ron practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired Kerri Nowak I greatly appreciated this post! Any manager or supervisor that showed any leadership or aggressiveness was immediately dismissed. Well laid out.

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Difficult conversations — whether you’re telling a client the project is delayed or presiding over an unenthusiastic performance review — are an inevitable part of management. And, how can you manage the exchange so that it goes as smoothly as possible? Case Study #1: Be clear, direct, and unemotional.

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How To Construction Case Study Performance Review 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. He wasnt a process manager. For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. He wasnt a process manager.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My experience with Target should bolster anyone's case that you can be a committed A-player executive, a good parent, an attentive spouse, a healthy person with time for hobbies — yes, hobbies! The example I was setting before was work first, work first, work first.". "I His wife is a finance director at another company.

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P&L Long-term Learning-by-Doing Team 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

And clear reporting in this sphere is so rare that I am aware of only one example. And clear reporting in this sphere is so rare that I am aware of only one example. It was written in 1996 by Michael Kinsley, and is still instructive today. It was written in 1996 by Michael Kinsley, and is still instructive today.

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Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

For example, if knowing how to build websites will be important to your new venture, see if your current job will subsidize a class in web design that will also help you in your current job. Case study #1: Create financial flexibility for yourself and commit to an end date. “It’s an exciting time,” she says.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. For example, how do our financial ratios compare with the rest of the industry’s? And what about best-, base-, and worst-case scenario projections?”. Betsy asked.

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Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. Develop your Expertise Daily ​ Becoming a true expert in any field doesn’t come overnight, it takes months and sometimes even years of consistent study and practice.

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

Something done or said due to substance abuse, succumbing to a bribe or fraud when finances are tight, or erupting under pressure and tearing down another human being can all lead to a complete loss of trust credits. However, I have also seen someone lose all their trust credits at once.

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Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2011

Pricing Strategy : Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts and Establishing Price Structures by Tim J. The book draws the best thinking from numerous disciplines, including marketing, economics, and finance, to deliver a comprehensive presentation that comes alive through numerous case studies, memorable examples, and graphs.

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Price Strategy Discount Levitt 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

The survey results show that no single management skill stands out above the rest. Respondents indicated that founders need to be management jacks-of-all-trades, so to speak. The non-MBA founders shared the view that it is very important for future leaders of technology ventures to build a wide range of management skills.

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Engineering Finance Survey Technology 10