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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

The team also sought the input of various departments, including human resources, legal and compliance, and ethics consultants, and the approvals of key internal committees including clinical practice, location services, and information technology. Integrate the system into the workflow.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

To concentrate on customer solutions, Palmisano spun off personal computers and disk drives and acquired PriceWaterhouseCoopers' consulting business. He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. HP suffered from a progression of strategic missteps and failed leaders.

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What Health Care Leaders Need to Do to Improve Value for Patients

Harvard Business Review

Appoint a project leader to direct the team, define deadlines for key milestones, such as contracting with an external IT vendor or obtaining ethics approval (if necessary), and hold the team accountable for delivering on them. A sustainable outcomes measurement system must engage a broad range of functions within the organization.

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. For some researchers, that spreadsheet could have been an ethically questionable window into contemporary corporate practices.

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We Can’t Always Control What Makes Us Successful

Harvard Business Review

The field of psychology has long thought about the ethical issues and moral consequences of their tests. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' You name it, it’s being studied now. At least as of yet, the new big data studies and the vendors selling them have not. To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets.