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How Digitalization Makes Every Organization a ‘Tech’ Company

HR Digest

As such, there is a high probability that tech jobs would soon take up the lion’s share of the job market in the United States. From the period of 2012 to 2017, and there has been an incredible rise in the technology sector of the US job market with a 17% increase. Automatic processes bring in more efficiency in an organization.

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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. by Chia Han Sheng on Sunday, August 19, 2012. It may seem obvious, but when I spend all day thinking what is most cost effective and what is the most efficient allocation of resources, it is easy to lose track of the human dimension of charitable giving.

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

Leading Blog

He simplified the design and construction of the automobile, narrowed the choices available (“any color you want, so long as it’s black”) and marketed it toward what we would today call the “down market.” More efficient! The efficiency that was the promise of the assembly line could not be sustained. Revolutionary!

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5 Pitfalls of Marketing Waterfalls

Strategy Driven

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

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When Good Employees Do Bad: Six Surprising Behaviors that May Precede a Scandal

Leading Blog

One would think that a company where employees are encouraged to meet deadlines and rewarded for doing so consistently would lead to super-productivity and efficiency. Before the explosion in April 2012 caused by a safety shortcut, BP's Macondo project was more than $40 million over budget. In fact, it can lead to disaster.

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Leadership Lessons On Listening, Questioning, And Moving Others To Act

Tanveer Naseer

Schein finds this especially characteristic of managers in the United States, who are immersed in a tradition of pragmatic problem solving that places a premium on efficiency and speed. To learn more about the Top Picks in business reading from strategy+business, check out their article Best Business Books 2012.

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Engaging Culture One Conversation At A Time

Tanveer Naseer

He traces this dynamic back to Frederick Taylor, who was both an efficiency engineer and a fierce advocate of workplace democracy. This is an abridged piece from strategy+business’s Best Business Books 2012 featuring selections on a number of topics including strategy, marketing, innovation, and organizational culture.

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