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Why HR Really Does Add Value

Harvard Business Review

I've worked in human resources for over 25 years, the past six with Newell Rubbermaid, and this is not a new endeavor for me. 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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Merging Two Global Company Cultures

Harvard Business Review

“I’m pretty convinced that there are superficial differences in culture and communication and how people do things,” said the global human resources officer. In the 1990s, P&G, like other companies, sought to take advantage of global scale and technology platforms, rolling out their products worldwide.

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How the U.S. Army Personalized Its Mental Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Building a learning health system will require uniform data standards for health information technology and greater interoperability among electronic health record systems as a necessary foundation for delivering coordinated treatment and tracking of patient progress.

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The Future of Talent is In Clusters

Harvard Business Review

Technology trends and tools like the cloud, and collaboration suites, are evolving to make this more and more workable. The business or agency treats the cluster as an atomic unit of resource and it hires, fires and positions the cluster as a unit.

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5 Ways U.S. Hospitals Can Respond to Medicare’s Mounting Costs

Harvard Business Review

Lastly, hospitals are continuing to absorb newer technologies that make it possible to perform what historically have been inpatient surgeries in outpatient settings. Tighten the purchase and use of medical technology. Hospitals typically spend between 13% and 20% of their budgets on supplies and technology. The losses of U.S.

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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do

Harvard Business Review

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. Sam appeared keen, ambitious, and enthusiastic.

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