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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

Across Africa, many unemployed men have managed small businesses, at least once in their lives. Organizations that move into developing nations to help small technical businesses, must help those businesses manage their finances. Across Africa, many unemployed men have managed small businesses, at least once in their lives.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Its the managers responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. Yes, managers often interview job candidates or identify the most talented employees as part of a talent management program. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. This is how we conduct interviews.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

More on: Managing yourself , Morale , Work life balance Join the Discussion | More by This Author | Email/Share Previous The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement Next How to Turn Garbage into Gold Never miss a new post from your favorite blogger again with the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert email.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

Its far more complicated when too many unknowns, or the difficulty of balancing competing priorities, pushes a decision into the realm of judgment. If we hope for better management of large-scale endeavors, our models will have to look beyond what it takes to inform individual, or even organizational, moves.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

He wasnt a process manager. He wasnt a process manager. I argued against that — not because I disliked Sandy, but because I didnt think he was the right guy to run the combined entity. He did not, from my point of view, have the skills to run the big company that we had produced. He ran the place by people and personalities.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps people and societies are a tiny bit more adaptive, resilient, intelligent, and creative than yesterdays institutions assume. And perhaps failing to recognize that is whats really at the root of this great crisis.

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