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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Best practice for them is to outsource to manufacturing partners who can do the job. But manufacturing?

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Why Sales Ops Is So Hard to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

They must hire, develop, manage, and lead a team of people with diverse and specialized competencies who do fundamentally different jobs and likely have dissimilar career aspirations. Companies can also use outsourced resources to deliver many sales ops capabilities.

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Why HR Really Does Add Value

Harvard Business Review

Throughout my career, I have consistently faced the question, "How does HR add value in a business?" Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR.

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Distinguish Yourself from the Market, Not Just Other Applicants

Harvard Business Review

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. As a result, many companies cut costs in those areas, just as they outsourced manufacturing decades ago. It's not easy, but you can still chart a career through this difficult this environment.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

innovation, in terms of jobs, income, revenue, and taxes, has gone offshore. The myth of the New Economy was that innovation would drive job growth, even as old industries and jobs were outsourced to India and China. One common definition of innovation is invention that generates value. But we never ask value for whom?