HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Can you tell The HR Digest readers more about 3M’s recent Cultural Revolution and how the initiatives promote change within the company in practical terms? From the beginning, the safety of our employees and the public, including health care workers and first responders fighting COVID-19, have been our highest priorities.

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Human Resources Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

The company confessed that it repeatedly had manipulated test data for four of its domestic mini-vehicle models and conducted tests that did not comply with Japanese standards on many other models. Similar examples of unethical behavior abound in many other industries, from banking to insurance to health care.

Ethics 10

Ethics Participative Morale Health Care 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

presidential election, Interpublic (IPG), my company’s parent corporation, held its first open call for employees to talk about concerns related to respect in the workplace. ” Companies today have the capacity to be a haven from the incivility that individuals confront every day, on the road, online, in the media, and in politics.

Diversity 9

Diversity Politics Survey Incubator 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

In some sectors, like health care and higher education, the bureaucratic class has grown even faster. Companies in the Fortune 500 list employ 27 million people today, compared to 20 million in 1995. Who else is going to meet all those new compliance requirements around diversity, risk mitigation and sustainability?

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

On November 9, 2016, the shareholders of Australia’s largest company, and the world’s tenth-largest bank , revolted. Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.

TSR 9

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co. Integration is key.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There’s already a diversity of “digital therapist” apps to help users diagnose their moods, meditate, and let go of negative thoughts. Transforming Health Care. Will we get to a point where disconnecting depressed or anxious people from their digital diagnostics is seen as ethically or medically irresponsible?

Stress 8

Stress Self-aware Software Emotional Intelligence 8