Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

HP has made some controversial decisions lately, but is Meg Whitman a great strategic move or the kiss of death for this once great tech company? While you can argue that the board didn’t set some of the previous problems in motion, they did participate in how the situations were handled during and after the fact.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 20, 2023

The human resources sector of the business world continues to evolve and change drastically. Bureau of Statistics, about 675,000 jobs were occupied by human resource professionals in 2020. In this article, we try to break down what human resources is all about and detail what different employers might require for the job.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

The research project goals were to understand how customers perceive the salespeople they meet with, explore the circumstances that determine which vendor is selected, and learn how different company departments and vertical industries make buying decisions. In most industries a single company controls the market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. Utilizing strengths and the contacts I had made to write the book, I scaled my practice to service women in business—the companies that support them and the companies that they own. Being timid leads nowhere.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Small- and medium-sized companies currently account for nearly 30% of formal GDP in low-income countries [ PDF ], but they often struggle to compete against larger firms for contracts and clients. They advise entrepreneurs on areas including finance, marketing, customer service, and human resources.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Consider three aspects: Reinvestment: In emerging markets, women reinvest a staggering 90 cents of every additional dollar of income in "human resources" — their families'' education, health, nutrition (compared, by the way, to 30-40% for men. For instance, recent Dow Jones research on venture-backed companies in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Consider research from Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati, Nitin Nohria, and Franz Wohlgezogen, in which they evaluated the performance of 4,700 companies across three recessions. The second World War had left business slow and finances strained.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

(Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.). As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., Participating in Strategy Formulation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

A 2008 survey of chief marketing officers and brand managers by the Association of National Advertisers found that 64% say their brands do not influence decisions made at their companies. Smart companies form brand councils to meet this leadership imperative. Smart companies form brand councils to meet this leadership imperative.

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HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. In response, companies are building people analytics teams, rapidly replacing legacy systems, and combining separate analytics groups within HR into one strategic function.”. Workforce Productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

House of Representatives approved a bill that would expand the reach of wellness programs to include genetic screening of employees and their dependents and increase the financial penalties for those who choose not to participate. Participatory programs do not require a specific outcome, just participation. Coverage is not affected.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Thus, in addition to receiving standard diabetes medical care, our program patients also participate in 15 hours of group classes on diabetes self-management. This care is provided through a medical home model so that participants receive reliable, patient-centered, multidisciplinary collaborative care. What We’ve Learned.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Entrepreneurs today who practice digital bricolage can construct amazing companies and organizations from existing pieces, many of which offer capabilities once available only to large businesses. Take a company like Airbnb. Other fast-rising digital companies like Uber have employed similar approaches. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Large companies, such as Chevron , Cigna , Starbucks , and Google have all implemented similar initiatives in order to ensure smoother transitions for their transgender employees. wearing LGBT affinity group pins or clothing to company events). ” –Transgender woman, finance. ” –Transgender man, retail.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

Human Resources" have changed when most of the people who create value for your organization are neither hired nor paid by you. Communities of proximity, where participants share a geographic location (Craigslist is an example but co-working locations are another) will allow people to organize work differently.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Despite this truth, recent research from the Society of Human Resource Management has found that the majority of people — nearly 80% — feel uncomfortable discussing salary and other employment terms. In confidence, she shared with me that she was planning to resign from her position and company later that month.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Versions of this are ongoing at companies such as Netflix and Alibaba. They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments. Their results should humble those who privilege human agency. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2020

Changing technology and a dismal job and economic scenario have forced many companies to tighten their budgetary belt. One of the steps taken is job cuts to make the company leaner meaner. This segment is mostly middles aged and above, and companies are looking at this section as their pay scales now can no longer be justified.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

They have become such a deeply entrenched part of life at top schools that these companies and their recruiting practices have been referred by students and administrators as “the deluge,” “the onslaught,” and even “the path of least resistance.” But what does this really mean in practice?

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