HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2021

More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. The rise of SaaS and cost-effective HR tools and technologies has helped HR professionals properly measure KPIs and employee performance. and create a quantitative impact on organizations.

Trends 116

Trends Agility Bottom-up Attrition 116

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

As we automate more and more routine work, generating ever greater volumes of digital data, managers are focusing ever more on supporting knowledge workers — which these days is just about everybody. But most companies find it a cultural challenge to adopt these tools. 20% at Nationwide). 20% at Nationwide).

Tools 16

Tools Taylorism Taylor Bottom-up 16

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Taylor’s business process analysis gave birth to his theory of scientific management, which came to be known by modern-day businesses as, “business process management,” or BPM. In the early 20th century, Frederick Taylor promoted the profitable benefits of business efficiency, productivity, and increasing worker output.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2011

“Understanding and managing relevance can be the difference between winning by becoming isolated from competitors or being mired in a difficult market environment where differentiation is hard to achieve and often short-lived.” The brand preference model dictates the objectives and strategy of the firm.

Brand 56

Brand Aaker Six Sigma Short-term 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The buzz around using predictive tools to analyze big data in discrete areas of a business is loud and deserved. At the same time, powerful new tools are becoming increasingly available to enable real-time strategic decision making. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The buzz around using predictive tools to analyze big data in discrete areas of a business is loud and deserved. At the same time, powerful new tools are becoming increasingly available to enable real-time strategic decision making. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

While creating distinct goals and accountabilities has helped organizations divide work into specific, measurable, and predictable components, that form of scientific management has also made jobs more repetitive and boring. Perhaps in the future, technology will be a more effective management tool than human managers.

Motivation 8

Motivation Scientific Management Drucker Goal 8