HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) is a software solution that helps organizations manage and automate core HR processes like payroll, time tracking, and employee benefits administration. Payroll and Time Management Various types of HRIS systems automate payroll calculations and processing to reduce errors and time spent.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources System Information Resources 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement. Our experiences in both sectors have led us to this conclusion.

Conflict of Interest 9

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Would you hire a surgeon who wasn’t trained in medicine or delegate a major financial investment decision to someone who hadn’t studied finance? Over the past few months, I’ve had many small-group meetings with the nominating committee chairs of some of the largest companies in the world. Of course not.

Succession 8

Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Conventional thinking has suggested that leadership positions go to those who aggressively plan their careers with a keen eye for building the right skills to reach top jobs. Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. Near the end of his career, it also helped him decide to sell Frankel.

Open-book 8

Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

Yet, some of us still manage to muck it up. He serves on our Strata as Chair of the Building Committee, a pretty important role. My first experience was when I was a very young manager working in a finance department and the middle aged guy working for me told me he was using me as a role model.

Examples 48

Examples Bottom-up Long-term Influence 48

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. When functional boundaries prevail, there is no construct for managing capabilities.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

After a time, the selfless behavior that made them successful in their early careers ends up impairing their long-term productivity, effectiveness, and well-being. To manage your personal finances with care and attention, and with long-term objectives in mind. To spend time with your family and close friends.

Long-term 8

Long-term Stress Simon Commitment 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Inclusive Decision Making: Equitable Workplace Strategies for Fair Compensation Similar to how we prefer to have a say in what careers we choose or who governs us, most employees also appreciate having a voice in setting up an equitable compensation program guide that can be used company-wide.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

He led the finance team. They managed to keep the fledgling relationship secret for three weeks. He claimed he was busy with work, but it was the middle of the quarter, and no big management or board meetings were on the docket. But the main reason management wants Claudia there is so she can see what you do up on stage.

Case Study 8

Case Study Conference Hotels COO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

. “After board dinners, we inevitably sit around and talk about our kids and their careers,” Dave Calhoun recently told me. The truth is, it’s difficult to advise kids about how careers really work today and how to get any job, much less a great job. This the Career Triangle.

Career 8

Career Follow-up Advice Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In the “ Scientific Background ” essay on Tirole’s work provided by the Nobel committee, the focus is on Tirole’s work on industry structure, which has had a big impact on antitrust and other regulation, especially in Europe. Then, in 2006, came The Theory of Corporate Finance — not a field Tirole had really been known for. Since when?

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

I have found that the way we answer it has important implications for how men feel at work, and also influences organizational cultures in ways most managers might not consider. The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. This question is not as trivial as it may seem.

Fashion 11

Fashion Participative Class Creativity 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. He now had only one major—and very vocal—opponent: Vera Hoch, the head of the audit committee.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It’s not just that certain schools are known for excellence in a given field or offer coursework and training relevant to a specific career path. I saw this first hand while researching the hiring practices of top-tier investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. the hard work of being a leader 2.

Blog 333

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333