Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. We asked some big questions in our quest to bust bureaucracy: What does it mean to build an organization in which everyone is aligned and inspired by a deeply-felt sense of purpose?

Bureaucracy 12

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

To most people, bureaucracy is a bad word, synonymous with ‘red tape’ and wasted time. Yet, despite the negative connotations, most companies still operate bureaucratically – insisting employees work inside of increasingly complex structures with processes and procedures designed to standardize or control everything.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

In order to support corporate hackers like Atis and Windham and foster internal innovation, companies need to identify these individuals and understand what makes them tick. Windham and her colleagues proceeded on their own time and with a very limited budget. They are driven by passion. The prize?

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

As mayor of Rio de Janeiro, I brought this belief to the government and introduced many technological innovations to modernize public management, in spite of skepticism and an incorrect perception about spending on technology. All departments have specific software and innovative processes to make their task more efficient.

Software 14

Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 14

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The authors argue that the UK authorities that are designed to replace their EU counterparts are largely ill-equipped to do so, not least due to a lack of staffing and insufficient budget. They also lack the powers to effectively inspect and enforce, while also suffering from a loss of data in areas such as policing and border control.

Report 141

Report Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term 141

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Too often, purchasing departments manage the selection while operating managers—not involved in selection by fiat—are expected to make the relationship work. They feel unappreciated by management and powerless in dealing with the administrative bureaucracy of partner organizations. Adapted from. Agile Talent. Add to Cart.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

And we planned and budgeted to launch a new advertising and marketing campaign, which still awaits congressional approval, to employ predictive analytics and microtargeting, similar to those used in consumer marketing, to reach Americans who may not have previously considered military service.

Talent Management 9

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. Petersburg, Russia, last November, a confident entrepreneur publicly challenged a famous priest: "With such a large purchasing budget, what is the church doing to buy from entrepreneurs?"

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Resulting from inflexible conditions, obsolete policies-procedures, procrastination, attitude, resistance to innovation, failure to change. Doing Things as We Always Have. Those We Bring Upon Ourselves.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. By our reckoning, the cost of excess bureaucracy in the U.S. Operating decisions are almost entirely decentralized. Here’s the arithmetic. Doing so would free up 12.5

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Frustrated employees were complaining about the lack of amenities — such as child care facilities — on campus and the stifling bureaucracy which, for instance, made expense reimbursment a time-consuming process. In particular, Ferose empowered his 4,000 employees to experiment with bold new ideas during their work time.

Innovation 9

Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cluster hammers had never been used to such depths — and never in Chile at all — but in a striking display of openness, the managers of the rescue operation tried the suggestion, which proved to be a key decision in bringing all 33 miners to safety. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center. Missing the forest for the trees.

Engineering 8

Engineering Project Benchmarking Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Top 10 Operational Impacts of the GDPR (IAPP). Internet companies have had over a decade to integrate basic data collection and use safeguards into their operations, including limiting the data they collect and adopting international information security standards. Full Text of the Regulations. GDPR Explained (CNET).

Advertising 11

Advertising Cost Business Model Information 11

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

Some companies thrive on an innovative culture. The fact that giant companies don’t operate this way opens the door for the smaller competitor. Whining about the economy, budget constraints, and low-cost competition does nothing to improve a company’s well-being. Others pride themselves on getting things done. Creativity.

Bureaucracy 245

Bureaucracy Constraint Creativity Discount 245

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

One of the great innovations in business, which has held sway since 1976, is the idea that professional managers should have an owner’s mindset—that is, they should treat their company’s money as if it were their own. They loathe bureaucracy that traps resources and slows decision making.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Budgeting Long-term 8