Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

First, senior management should decide on the business goal for an analytics initiative and the key performance indicators to track that will put them on the right path toward success. Once CoE is created, the pod teams should perform root cause analyses to support the performance management process. Make collaborative decisions.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Metrics Analysis Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. This problem is not limited to top management, however. The list goes on and on.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Today, as the power of data and analytics profoundly alters the business landscape, companies once again may need more top-management muscle. Mobilizing resources.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

million managers and analysts who understand big data and how to apply it to business operations. Human resources departments are also looking globally at traditionally analytically-intensive sectors ranging from meteorology to medicine and finance to find talented candidates. Information & technology'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology McKinsey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. As I show in my book, successful managers, like those engineering the turnarounds at IBM and Deere and Co., Ask Solyndra.

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Their life anchors are their identification with an institution of great power; influence over individuals, policies, finances, and the community; and constant affirmation of their importance as individuals and of their role as leaders. Managing people Managing yourself'

CEO 8

CEO Execution Policies Power 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." The Ministry of Industry and Information Technologys pavilion will demonstrate "industrial energy savings and the comprehensive use of resources." And on and on. And on and on.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Once they understood this point, they aimed to provoke change, but by working within the existing management system, not blowing it up. The data provocateurs I’ve worked with form a diverse lot: scientists, HR specialists, people at the lowest management levels, division presidents, relative newcomers, and seasoned veterans.

Quality 10

Quality Resistance Learning-by-Doing Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, and I talk to people about our current research, we hear broad support for its central thesis: that good judgment is not only something required of individuals in leadership positions; it is something that must be embedded in organizations as a whole. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. These executives also score highly in their social adeptness, bold leadership, and determination.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. Google, of course, is hardly the only digital juggernaut supersaturated in an embarrassment of informational riches.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

Throughout history, the spinners, hucksters, and fraudulent have been motivated to "manage the numbers." Management can't change the greed that empowers these individuals (and probably shouldn't). Management can and must take steps to ensure that data — certainly data that leave the company — are of high quality.

Quality 12

Quality Banking Crisis Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And yet few corporate managers are asking such questions, much less taking advantage. So there are some big potential savings out there to be gained, but for most companies the responsibility for capturing them is relegated to facilities and fleet managers. And of course, few such managers have a background in information technology.

Energy 8

Energy Resources Information Technology Cost Center 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And yet few corporate managers are asking such questions, much less taking advantage. So there are some big potential savings out there to be gained, but for most companies the responsibility for capturing them is relegated to facilities and fleet managers. And of course, few such managers have a background in information technology.

Energy 8

Energy Resources Cost Center Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Last year, American campuses produced fewer than 56,000 graduates with the sort of qualifications sought by information technology (IT) firms.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example, it can take five years or more to develop today’s high potentials into leadership roles. In finance, the “fox” strategy is similar to using real options , and it can help you make talent decisions just as it helps in your decisions about R&D, manufacturing and finance. Increasingly, you cannot.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Information Technology Uncertainty Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How will leadership teams and boards of directors orchestrate the strategic transformations of their currently successful businesses? The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. What new investments will be required? Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8