The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Employment across the software sector grew from 16,600 in 2002 to 21,000 in 2006, with most of that growth coming not from the expansion of existing firms, but rather new firms emerging. A growing sector. ” As such, they believe their are advantages to locating close to rivals, as jobs appear to go where the workers already are.

Software 40

Software Skills Engineering Cost 40

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The L-word makes hard-nosed managers squirm. These are the same managers loudly pronouncing goals of higher employee engagement and increased customer loyalty. These managers use lots of “leader-speak” about vision, values, engagement, or caring but their rhetoric is heartless and empty. .”

Airlines 53

Airlines P&L Collins Leadership 53

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The CEO of Volkswagen from 1993 to 2002 was famous for his willingness to demote or fire employees who failed to meet expectations. The punishing, pressure-cooker work environment meant that Volkswagen engineers were apparently loath to say no or admit failure to superiors. What’s the tone from upper management?

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Shareholders in the UK have had advisory votes on pay since 2002 — but the British government has tightened the rules even more. And if this second resolution is passed, all directors (except the managing director) must stand for re-election within 90 days.

CEO 8

CEO Proposal Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Many large planes had to be landed at small airports that were equipped only with a few landing lights, controllers, and fire engines. In November 2002, the Chinese government found that a large number of people had been afflicted with atypical pneumonia in Guangdong Province. Not a single additional plane crashed in the US that day.

Guidelines 11

Guidelines Goal Follow-up Engineering 11

HR Digest

AUGUST 30, 2021

Founded in 2002, disABLEDperson is a charitable organization that was created to increase the disability employment rate. AbilityLinks lists jobs in fields such as architecture and engineering, food services, media, manufacturing, sales, and more. disABLEDperson. It has over 300,000 opportunities listed.

Human Resources 105

Human Resources Retail Finance Engineering 105

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

And, as reported in a recent New York Times article , women make up just 17% of Google’s engineering employees and 21% of its managers. One possible explanation for such drastic gender disparities is that they are caused by unconscious biases. diversity training and diversity evaluations) were not followed by increases in diversity.

Training 11

Training Diversity Human Resources Committee 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The 2002 movie Minority Report told the story of a future in which law enforcement could tell who would commit crimes in the future. It’s now done by economists, data engineers, IT operatives, and anyone who has access to the data. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' Learn from Your Analytics Failures.

Succession 11

Succession Human Resources Information Technology Software 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

While on the surface revenues remained strong, its rapport with customers and physicians was rapidly eroding, and its reputation was being bludgeoned by lawsuits and a national backlash against health maintenance organizations and managed care (which Aetna had championed). This time, however, they were in for a surprise.

Health Care 14

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2011

After 2002, the decline in U.S. Job growth has slowed significantly in the financial- and business-services sectors due to technology-driven service industrialization (automation, outsourcing, off-shoring, process re-engineering, and self-service). Almost no sector has been immune from China's manufacturing expansion, and U.S.

Retail 14

Retail Outsourcing Technology Education 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

These investments included Nordstrom.com and a perpetual inventory system that allowed Nordstrom to offer a consistent multi-channel experience by 2002. To fulfill this purpose, as far back as the late 1990s, Nordstrom started looking for opportunities to invest in technologies that would further empower their famously empowered employees.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

” But the only real wins are a victory for the hedge funds, and a Pyrrhic victory for GM in that it managed to keep Wilson off its board and reduced the size of the buyback from the $8 billion the investors had been demanding. billion worth of buybacks from 1986 through 2002. The investors’ leader, Harry J. GM did $20.4

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

has become a Mecca for international scientists, engineers and business students — particularly those undertaking graduate studies. It started 30 years ago with the progressive and unusual step (for that time) of shifting from local nationals as country managers to global leaders from other countries.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Nationally, from 2002 to 2012, just 4 percent of U.S. Dell recognizes that entrepreneurship in its many shapes and sizes is the engine driving global growth. The fastest-growing 1 percent of firms generate 40 percent of new jobs in the U.S. companies generated 10.7 million jobs – coming close to matching the 11.7

Company 8

Company Content White Paper Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

As that dramatic disintegration played out in early 2002, I had to present our office’s results and perspectives at the firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Switzerland. They can reverse-engineer your processes. Coaching Hiring Leadership Managing people Organizational culture' They can hire away some of your best people.

Emotional Intelligence 10

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. And the engineers and developers working on the product are too close to it or have a much higher tolerance for complexity than the customer will. Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need. Fix or kill? No innovation remains innovative for long.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The number of internet users in China stood at roughly 5 million in 1999 but grew to 40 million in 2002, by which time it was clear that Yahoo was not getting the traction that local Chinese internet companies were seeing. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Don’t have sufficient management skills or resources to do something well. Those We Bring Upon Ourselves.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

The preparations, produced by small teams or individual cooks, are progressively assembled, with sous-chefs (akin to middle managers) controlling the quality at every step. Before the final dishes are served, the head chef personally tastes a sample from each batch, maintaining control over every single aspect.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Likewise, where mechanical engineers once predominated, the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly looking for software engineers, energy management experts, and data scientists able to build electric and self-driving vehicles.

Industry 8

Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That model still exists, including in online publishing where companies like Automattic, maker of the open source content management system WordPress, sell hosting and related services to publishers. Vox is a digital publishing company known, in part, for its proprietary content management system. Why, then, did Apple prevail?

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8