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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

Way back in 1957 Parkinson used the example of a finance committee spending hardly any time approving the construction of a nuclear power station, then going on to spend hours debating the construction of a bike shed.

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Who’s Hiring (and Who Isn’t) in Five Charts

Harvard Business Review

labor market since the Great Depression, we learned Friday that 203,000 new jobs were created in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 7%. This is mostly about health care, which accounts for 70% of the jobs in the category and has been adding them much faster than the educational sector.

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Health of the Business Landscape in the U.S.

Coaching Tip

have tracked closely with the performance of the economy and labor market overall, showing a notable decline following the last recession,” said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder and co-author of The Talent Equation. Net new business establishments in the U.S. Nearly 30,000 more establishments in 2012 than 2009, up 5%.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. No number of add-ons would be able to match the flexibility of need-based construction." Triple the U.S.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, the alternative — housing subsidies, unemployment insurance, health care subsidies, even incarceration costs — generate huge social costs. Similar intermediaries include BankWork$ for the banking sector, YouthBuild in construction, and iFoster in the grocery industry.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Posting Guidelines We hope the conversations that take place on HBR.org will be energetic, constructive, free-wheeling, and provocative. Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR.

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