Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 18, 2021

With the passage of time and enhancements in the technology sector, employees get a lot of leverage because they can work anywhere that may not be their workplace if they are not compromising on quality, efficiency, and punctuality. Thanks to breakthroughs in virtual technology, businesses have benefitted as well.

Globalization 108

Globalization Tips Outsourcing Strategy 108

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Leaders like Ellyn Shook, the chief leadership and human resources officer at Accenture, actually carry around “dumb phones,” which don’t have any apps and can’t send or receive email.

Execution 14

Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. But consolidation does not ensure integration.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Then, as the labor market changed, automation was simply the most efficient way of dealing with a deluge of candidates. Hiring Human resources Information & technology' Why Japan’s Talent Wars Now Hinge on Women. Research: Recession Grads May Wind Up Happier in the Long Run.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Cost Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I was there for a gathering of Human Resources executives, the third conference I have attended this autumn in which a central theme was the “technological revolution” and its implications for employment, education, and lifestyles. Where will new technologies take us? What will they do to and for us?

Technology 8

Technology Drucker Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

To avoid this danger requires a discerning talent-management capacity in the human resources department. The fact that, hospitals have outsourced the staffing of the crucial resource-consuming units such as the ICU and ER makes this task more difficult. Pruning the portfolio of facilities and services.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Although that kind of redesign is still required periodically, leaders today are more typically confronted with the challenge of how to find cost efficiencies in certain parts of their organization to invest in other parts of the organization that drive growth. As a result, organization design is no longer just a big bang event.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

As we’ve argued elsewhere , once smart machines are built to solve problems in asset efficiency (or indeed any area of operations) they very rapidly spread and become pervasive across an industry. But optimizing asset utilization isn’t enough to sustain a competitive advantage.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Storytelling Airlines Human Resources 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

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Practice managers can more efficiently and effectively use their providers to meet the needs of their patient base. The benefits of such a system are many, whether in a military or civilian setting: Care providers and patients have a richer, more detailed means of seeing the effects of care.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Report Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Humorous because, as a Human Resources practitioner, I hear similar calls for change within my profession. The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. Every other function of the organization is as out of touch as IT.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

Most importantly, they do fewer headcount reductions because they have lean and efficient workforces to begin with. But if you work for an organization that can, the first step is to focus your time and resources on exploring these four, key areas: What is our organization's strategy?

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To address this issue, in our teaching in executive programs in Ireland, we ask participants — executives that come from a wide range of companies and government agencies, and departments such as customer service, product development, and human resources — to develop such evidence using the Friday Afternoon Measurement (FAM) method.

Quality 8

Quality Company Sample Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To address this issue, in our teaching in executive programs in Ireland, we ask participants — executives that come from a wide range of companies and government agencies, and departments such as customer service, product development, and human resources — to develop such evidence using the Friday Afternoon Measurement (FAM) method.

Quality 8

Quality Company Sample Cost 8