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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. And do that with over 99.999999 percent reliability. Recall how the U.S.

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Do Not Split HR – At Least Not Ram Charan’s Way

Harvard Business Review

Charan (intentionally or not) lambasts the entire HR profession (“It’s time to say good bye to the Department of Human Resources ” ). This approach offers the benefits of centralization (efficiency, economy of scale) and decentralization (effectiveness, local responsiveness). Human resources Strategy Talent management'

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How HR and Judges Made It Almost Impossible for Victims of Sexual Harassment to Win in Court

Harvard Business Review

In many ways, the current state of court decisions begins in a familiar place: human resources departments. Harassment is less likely when leaders make clear that they have a strong commitment to a culture of inclusion and respect for all employees, and when they hold managers and employees accountable for harassment in a fair manner.