Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2012

During our discussion, Wendy Powell, author of Management Experience Acquired : Necessary Skills for Successfully Managing Any Employee , shares with us her insights and illustrative examples regarding: the opportunities to ascend into management given today’s economic conditions. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

Management 50

Management Human Resources Open-book Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. But not at IBM. Fostered global teamwork.

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Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In fact, I see at least six ways in which your organization, whatever it is, is like the 2002 A's, who won 20 games in a row and made the playoffs—though not the 2002 World Series —despite a very low payroll. Getting an edge requires special skills—and sufficient attention. Analytics alone can't carry the day.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. An honest self-evaluation will tell you where you have to increase your emotional and interactive skills. Morey, Daryl; Maybury, Mark; Thuraisingham, Bhavani (2002).

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When I first read Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game (the book that inspired the movie that opened this past weekend), I was struck by the similarities of the challenges that General Manager Billy Beane faced in 2002 to those that business employers face as they try to achieve the best returns on their talent investments.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Budgeting Construction Open-book 11

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. Those issues slowed us down on the product side as well.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 25, 2012

Then came Enron, Worldcom in 2002, then the crash of 2008 exposed the depth of corruption. Even in the 80's and early '90's, they were good stewards and heroes--Lee Iacocca, Jack Welch, et. But things changed during the boom years and greed took over for many.

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Survey Open-book Welch Books 57