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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

In comparison, the word “employees” makes people sound more like a means to an end in order to achieve business results rather than unique individuals worthy of respect in and of themselves. Feedback from the survey helps hold managers and leaders accountable. People are more committed and loyal to an organization that is ethical.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Don't base the training decisions on 'apples to oranges' comparisons. Management – Introduction. Why Do We Listen to Each Other?

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The Big Flaw in Corporate Sustainability Rankings

Harvard Business Review

In partnership with research firms Trucost and Sustainalytics, companies are ranked based on their management, performance, and transparency in the environmental domain. A full list of our comparisons is reported in our recent Newsweek/Daily Beast article "What Green Rankings Don't Tell You." ). But perhaps not.

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How Retailers Use Personalized Prices to Test What You’re Willing to Pay

Harvard Business Review

With regard to the side-by-side app comparisons, Orbitz attributed the price differences to the A/B tests that it employs or other anomalies that occur when setting millions of prices that regularly change due to dynamic pricing. What operating system are they using? Where are they located? How many times have they visited the site?

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Experiment with Organizational Change Before Going All In

Harvard Business Review

By forcing organizations to clearly articulate their goals and then to rigorously judge their decisions by those metrics, experimental tests can help managers avoid costly mistakes and can open up the consideration of other possible solutions. Change management Human resources Operations' The change is a success, right?

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When Competition Between Coworkers Leads to Unethical Behavior

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, the need to win can blind us to ethical considerations. It’s a potential problem in all kinds of areas: colleagues who have a strong rivalry at work, managers who need to make their numbers for the quarter, even political parties that spend campaign funds to attract votes.

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