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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Mellisa Patrick CMgr MCMI, CMI’s programme development manager, attended the event to engage with potential new partners, including universities, colleges, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) providers. What skills should we pursue to suit our future needs?

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Social Progress = Economic Success: Social Innovation at Work

Harvard Business Review

about how our business, government and consumers will meet challenges around the environments, infrastructure, and of course, the economy. Companies realize there will be serious challenges to American competitiveness if major issues such as the environment are not addressed with new initiatives.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Gurus Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have tried to reframe the role of CSR by putting forth the concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) as an alternate model, with "innovation and growth" as one of three primary value propositions. Can you drive both new opportunities and new behavior within your organization while achieving social impact?

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Secure Your Flanks, Protect Your Business

Harvard Business Review

In Operation Desert Storm , more than 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwait, fixed themselves into strategic positions — in front lines — to combat U.S. When Netscape Navigator imagined the disruption of Microsoft Windows, it forgot that its web browser was an add-on on the operating system.

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Can Companies Both Do Well and Do Good?

Harvard Business Review

Many management thinkers argue that it is no longer enough to do well financially; companies also need to improve the well-being of (or at least not harm) the communities in which they operate, the environment, and their employees. Porter and Mark R. See, for example, " Creating Shared Value ," by Michael E.

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Six Ways to Grow Your Job

Harvard Business Review

In today’s resource-constrained environment, many of us are delivering 120% on the current demands of our job—but devoting little time to developing ourselves further or positioning ourselves for a future move. Stay alert and attuned to your environment. Those who want to develop themselves must create opportunities.

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Can the U.S. Become a Base for Serving the Global Economy?

Harvard Business Review

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. private-sector research and development. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based of all U.S.