Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Why are ant colonies so much better than the sum of their parts, while governments and companies are so often much worse? As Deborah Gordon, an ant biologist at Stanford, points out, “Elegant top-down designs are appealing, but the robustness of ant algorithms shows that tolerating imperfection sometimes leads to better solutions.”

Organization 8

Organization Uncertainty Gordon Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

In the late 19th and early 20th century, with modern times knocking on the door, successful businessmen like Joseph Wharton wanted to professionalize companies and legitimize working in business. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

Education 10

Education Drucker Gordon Scientific Management 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Morgan Asset Management’s Head of Diversity Gordon Cooper told me his firm is now introducing a Legal ReEntry Program. (In At the time, Goldman Sachs’ Returnship was the only thriving, return-to-work internship program at a large company. As one hiring manager commented “I wish I could hire everyone this way.”

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cooper Gordon Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These ranges were wide due to the relative size of the different players in the supply chain (for example, a company that has higher revenues will realize greater benefits than a smaller firm). But the impact of the industry on Brazil’s natural resources — and global GHG emissions — has been intense. of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Have you ever noticed that when you ask someone in your company, “How are you?” That is because the norm in most companies is that you are supposed to be very busy – or otherwise at least pretend to be – because otherwise you can’t be all that important. ” they are more likely to answer “Busy!”

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

The finished book, co-authored with an old friend (and current publisher of Forbes ), deals with the emerging science of team-building and management. In time, it became – and remains, despite some bad strategic moves over the last decade – the world’s most important company (as I decided to subtitle the book).

Team 10

Team Diversity Industry Gordon 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Ekdahl was touched that his former boss still cared about the company, despite how he had been treated. Michael Milanese had been the chief architect of a new performance-review system that Ekdahl was about to implement across all six of Circale's global locations. "It's your show now, Nils. Stay the course. Fight the good fight.

Case Study 12

Case Study P&L Performance Review Review 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

You want a diversity of people in your company. When I think about the story of the productivity revolution, the narrative I''m most familiar with, from Robert Gordon and others, is of waves of technological changes driving big productivity gains. It feels like the focus at the time was very much on managing something that was there.

Open-book 8

Open-book Innovation Policies Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. The order is the latest development in a long-running debate over how companies use the H-1B program and how it affects American workers. workers who hold the “dual intent” visa can apply for a green card.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9