Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 11

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. states with deregulated power markets) and technologies (e.g.,

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals? As globalization began to shift into high gear in the 1980s, corporations grew by opening international outposts to access new markets.

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use. In an increasingly global market both for consumers and entrepreneurial talent, even a slightly more efficient approach to regulating can make all the difference. Information & technology Innovation'

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Skills Team Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But they also have changed how they work with each part of the company, allowing them to learn and adapt faster as new opportunities arise and markets change. Her research found that another 26 percent have created the service level, but not the reusable components that make developing new offerings fast and efficient.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In the face of errors, most people’s natural reaction is to correct such errors in the data they need — after all, when you’re dealing with a mountain of day-in, day-out demands, that seems the fastest, most efficient way to complete the task at hand. For example, take Kim Russo, head of marketing at TeleTech Services.

Quality 10

Quality Resistance Learning-by-Doing Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

How many organizations would rely mainly on intuition when taking a new product to market? Most importantly, they do fewer headcount reductions because they have lean and efficient workforces to begin with. So early on, Finance and HR collaborated to simplify the process, reducing the number of data metrics.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

All the parts of the organization have to come together and build a common language to discuss their markets and their enterprise. A number of the conversations started with the assumption that social engagement, collaboration and analytics were not part of IT, but the responsibility of marketing. One is the concept of alignment.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. Pearson uses Kubernetes to develop, deploy and manage new kinds of online learning systems in developing markets like India and Mexico.

Management 11

Management Software BPM Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

bank adopted such a technology environment to more efficiently manage increasing data volumes for its customer analytics projects. They can also be industry-specific, flexible, and tailored to meet the needs of the individual users across organizations — from marketing to finance, and levels from C-suite to middle management.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Last year, American campuses produced fewer than 56,000 graduates with the sort of qualifications sought by information technology (IT) firms.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9