Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Instead, they question the motives of a company for even offering a wellness program, which they slam as an “employee control tool” and “a marketing tool for health plans.” They attributed those losses both to absenteeism and to “presenteeism,” when employees come to work too unwell to do their jobs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Absenteeism Presenteeism Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives. This is especially true in emerging-market countries where the workforce has experienced great change and dislocation.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

HR analytics enables organizations to attract and retain top talent, optimize resource allocation, and adapt to changing market dynamics. This leads to increased employee satisfaction, motivation, and overall organizational success.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Its weaknesses, like short-termism, speculative trading, absentee ownership, profit- and shareholder-centric orientation, inability to account for non-monetary value, exploitation of labor, and extractive use of natural resources are creating too many disruptions across the globe for the model to survive. Educate and Motivate Others.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

While all of those certainly play a role, I'm guessing that what Elizabeth Scharpf stumbled across as a critical factor in absenteeism wasn't on your radar. Because the "unmentionable" subject of menstruation is taboo, the market failure — supplying cheaper pads — had never received the attention it deserved.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. 3%; a market capitalization loss of $378M per firm.”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.). self-motivation.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

Gallup has discovered links between employee engagement at the business-unit level and vital performance indicators, including customer metrics; higher profitability, productivity, and quality (fewer defects); lower turnover; less absenteeism and shrinkage (i.e., theft); and fewer safety incidents.

Management 13

Management Metrics Absenteeism Talent Management 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The reduced absenteeism associated with this improved community health so increased the productivity of assets that the direct returns more than covered the cost of the program. Cynics might well say that in educating people about the workings of small business loans or mortgages it is just expanding its market.

Development 12

Development Porter Banking Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

It’s hard to imagine the same thing happening in the market for soybeans. To this way of thinking, no single firm sets wages; the price of labor is set in a competitive market. If that’s true, firms can’t raise wages much above market rates without hurting their competitiveness.

CEO 8

CEO Power Price Merchandising 8