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Five Jobs Made More Effective With Change Management

Change Starts Here

Human Resources. As the designated “people people” in most organizations, human resources professionals are often seen as responsible for organizational features like culture, employee satisfaction, and employee performance. To have any affect on results, the strategy must be executed. Process Improvement.

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Corporate Universities Should Reflect a Company’s Ideals

Harvard Business Review

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. For instance, we have a course for mid-level executives, called the Manager Development Course (MDC).

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Promoting the Non-Obvious Candidate

Harvard Business Review

A commercial leader in financial services moved over to a health care business, bringing with her the ability to structure deals and work closely with C-suite executives. Human resources Leadership Leadership development' We need leaders who can face different contexts and situations and handle different roles.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

Companies in industrial businesses had to drive costs down and execution up and create foolproof processes to ensure quality. Accordingly, Jack Welch’s drive to Six Sigma involved an intense focus on controlling costs, quality, and execution on both the infrastructure and behavioral sides (e.g.,

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