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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

Our brick institutions have in no way caught up with what today’s technologies make possible in terms of virtual learning and individualized, customized instruction. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values. What can and should we do?

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How Collaboration Tools Can Improve Knowledge Work

Harvard Business Review

Frederick Winslow Taylor , regarded as the father of scientific management and one of the first management consultants in the early 1900s, believed workers were incapable of dissecting and improving their jobs. But most companies find it a cultural challenge to adopt these tools. 20% at Nationwide).

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