Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

centralized or decentralized), but no matter the structure having data science leaders in the room for product and business strategy discussions will accelerate data product development. The higher the data literacy of the product and business functions, the better able they’ll be to collaborate with the data science and tech teams.

Productivity 10

Productivity Products How To Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Management 14

Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

This means that cities and companies will attract better talent if they can demonstrate that the move will contribute to the professionals’ careers, including after they leave the company. Over time, California is experiencing a brain gain over regions that restrict workers’ ability to move more freely in their career paths.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Incubator Innovation Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Ida Russakoff Hoos, a renowned sociologist and a critic of systems analysis, noted in her 1960 HBR article (aptly titled “When the Computer Takes Over the Office”) that EDP’s sudden presence in the workplace provoked polar reactions that were “often wishful and sometimes biased.”

Technology 8

Technology Decentralization Short-term Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Heres how Antoin Murphy , one of the few scholars to have studied these strikes, which took place in the 1970s, describes it: "a highly personalized credit system without any definite time horizon for the eventual clearance of debits and credits substituted for the existing institutionalized banking system."

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the biggest challenges employers and HR faced in 2019 is helping people adjust to AI, robotics, and other forms of automation through retraining and career changes. However, wanting to be more diverse and inclusive is easier said than done and often requires a re-evaluation of hiring systems and practices.

Diversity 111

Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge. Firms can help close the loop.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

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. But the decentralization debate was different. The two men went way back.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Some maintained secret wait lists outside the system, officially adding patients 14 days before their scheduled appointments. Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. .”

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Shared Purpose as an Alignment System. But they will need an extremely clear purpose, and shared, decentralized power throughout. And, of course, this affects management's role and how we all manage our careers. These are not stories of less ; they are fundamentally stories of more. More on that in future posts.).

Participative 15

Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15