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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart investments result in higher labor productivity. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

For more than 10 years now I have been helping people to develop their own Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). They are experts on something but they don’t care much about the structure of the company, they lack the knowledge about planning, accounting or even human resources. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank.

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Case Study: The Gentleman's 3

Harvard Business Review

Between the inner and outer doors of Circale Corporation's headquarters building, human resources VP Nils Ekdahl crossed paths with CFO Anita Fierst as he was leaving for lunch. "We You can correct this problem by holding training sessions, which should be easy to set up.". That's fantasyland. Performance reviews are critical.