Harvard Business Review
MAY 17, 2017
As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2016
However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2015
To accelerate the dissemination and adoption of this value agenda for many more medical conditions, leaders should now consider establishing a new central office to oversee the creation of all the capabilities and information for such initiatives. Integrate quality data into care delivery.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 25, 2016
This conflict uncomfortably transcends traditional “centralization/decentralization” debates. The digitally networked enterprise — whether Slacked, Chattered, Skyped, Google Doc-ed — sharply exacerbates tensions and pain points: More stakeholders can instantly access, and share, actionable information.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 23, 2013
But the data, gathered in our new study " Stop Starving Scale " and compared against benchmarks from APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center), hint at a little-known story: most global NGOs today struggle to master the complexities of managing efficient, integrated operations in large part due to restrictions placed on them by funders.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 3, 2019
organizational structure (such decentralizing and aligning technology to business areas more effectively), and governance. Don’t rely on just centralized training — managers must be deeply involved in the development of their team members and hold them accountable to demonstrate ongoing mastery. About the Author.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2011
In India, loosened business regulations and restrictions on foreign investment and imports, along with reductions in bureaucracy spurred a boom in economic activity, including a major expansion of the telecommunications industry and space program and the birth of the software and information technology sector.
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