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It’s the Company’s Job to Help Employees Learn

Harvard Business Review

When Frederick Taylor published his pioneering principles of scientific management in 1912, the repetitive and mundane nature of most jobs required employees to think as little as possible. So how can managers do a better job of fostering learnability in the workplace? What is the last book you read that opened your mind?

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

Having taught at five business schools over several decades and served as Dean of two, I have come to a conclusion: The educational institutions where our future business leaders are being trained must be recalibrated and transformed dramatically. Many government-supported universities are already cutting budgets. Individualized.

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

Having taught at five business schools and served as Dean of two, I have come to hold one opinion very strongly: The educational institutions where our future business leaders are being trained must be transformed, and transformed dramatically. Many government-supported universities are already cutting budgets. Individualized.