HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The responsibility can range from just shopping for essentials to arranging doctor’s appointments, providing transportation, taking care of finances and medicines or even a full-fledged role of assisting in their daily tasks. There are very few people who have at some point in their lives not taken up a caregiver’s role. In the U.S.

Absenteeism 105

Absenteeism Policies Cost Human Resources 105

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The best paid jobs of 2019 are in healthcare, information technology, data analytics, finance, engineering, and law ( see infographic below ). Some human resource and hiring specialists do not agree with the findings of the Glassdoor report. They find the salary median for finance professionals lower than in actual fact.

Biotechnology 90

Biotechnology Finance Survey Software 90

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis. True, to the surprise of many analysts, the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, abandoned his earlier populist rhetoric and tried to sort out public finances. The fact is that Greece is monstrously inefficient as a manager of public services.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We have a crisis in health care delivery, and if we can fix that problem we’ll have more than enough resources to cover all the uninsured and underinsured. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. Finding the success stories out there, celebrating them, and spreading the practices behind them can be part of that.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. The company had enjoyed steady increases in sales and profits for the past 15 years, but it was now up against the harsh reality of an economic crisis, and it was going to miss its targets. In less than a minute, he'd joined them.

Case Study 11

Case Study Price Policies Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs? But this focus on a single element of the HR value proposition can perpetuate a crisis. This is a laudable response. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The second World War had left business slow and finances strained. Fast forward to the next global financial crisis. They asked 3,400 executives in more than 30 countries, including 90 senior human resources leaders, what their response to the looming recession would be and the frequent answer was “scale back recruiting.”

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8