Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

The National Labor Relations Board ruling on Tuesday that McDonald’s could be held responsible for labor conditions in its franchisees’ operations has business groups and lawyers crying foul. A combination of internal staff and independent auditors ensures compliance and supports these efforts. It should do the same for franchisees.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Compliance Franchising How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What did we do?

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Scorecards measuring compliance with a new inventory system are used to punish and sometimes terminate workers. Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods.

Price 13

Price Decentralization Long-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management.

Execution 10

Execution Incentives How To Committee 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. Along with fixing the sales culture, the bank will have to address these critical management issues to prevent the next scandal.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally. The Opportunities.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Despite flouting straightforward, widely applicable law in most jurisdictions, Uber usually managed to slow or stop enforcement, in due course changing the law to allow its approach. At normal companies, managers look to their attorneys to advise them on how to keep their business within the law. A Race to the Bottom.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Predictions are that 2013 will be even more active as companies that have stockpiled cash look to invest in new growth opportunities. To reduce the risks however, there are two steps that managers can take to make sure their firms are ready for the challenges of integration before committing to an actual deal. And this was a slow year.

Compliance 8

Compliance Resources Consultative Document 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

That sounds easy, but the bigger you get, the harder that is to manage. operates in 13 countries, spanning a dozen languages. I''d need a standing army of translators to manage now, and my plan involves adding many more countries. Would you communicate with your compliance department that way? What do you do?

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. companies – which further suggests that the balance sheets has become an artifact of regulatory compliance, with little or no utility to investors. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

The problem is two-fold: first, hospital administrators and managers struggle to effectively implement these tools. To fix this, in 2012 hospital administrators and managers implemented TeamSTEPPS , a commonly used set of evidence-based strategies and tools (e.g., Second, they struggle to sustain change that’s made.

Long-term 8

Long-term Janis Quality Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% From 1993 to 2013 the cattle herd in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest — covering most of country’s northern region — expanded by nearly 200%, to more than 60 million head.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness.

Crisis Management 77

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 77

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2014

UPS responded that its policy did not provide light duty to pregnant employees (even though it provided light duty and alternate assignments to other, non-pregnant employees, including employees injured on the job and drivers who were no longer able to operate a motor vehicle following a DUI conviction).

Policies 9

Policies Parcell Absenteeism Follow-up 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

This last must be especially aggravating to managers of multinationals in Brazil who pay people to work only to have them arrive late, leave early, and ask for sick leave when they are not sick. What can large corporations operating in Brazil learn from all this? Mainly that building and maintaining community is crucial to success.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. You need to have senior management that really understands what value-based health care (VBHC) is all about. Develop a Project Management Plan for the Pilot. Get Institutional Commitment.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Compliance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. Our eight-person senior leadership committee, led by the department chair (me) and a hospital senior VP, outlined three core functions: quality, operations, and process improvement (PI).

Health Care 8

Health Care Diversity Proposal Document 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

ISO 27001 was created in 2013 to ensure that security risks and threats to the business are assessed and managed, that physical security processes such as restricted access are enforced consistently, and that audits are conducted regularly.).

CIO 8

CIO Technology Policies Compliance 8