Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

More often the dilemmas were the result of competing interests, misaligned incentives, clashing cultures. Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions. Incentives and pressure to inflate achievement of targets.

Ethics 9

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

Every year, the Manpower Group, a human resources consultancy, conducts a worldwide “Talent Shortage Survey.” This illustrates one source of confusion in the debate over the existence of a skills gap: distinguishing between the short and long term. But those aren’t the skills in short supply. 39% of employers did.

Skills 8

Skills Short-term Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

For too long, employers have outsourced management of their employees’ health care benefits to those with little incentive to improve value. The selection of what to work on and the accompanying measures must be market relevant, standardized, and measured rapidly. That’s good.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

One reason is many bundled-payment contracts use artificially short time horizons, not a complete cycle of care, which cause the contract to be similar to a traditional fee-for-service model. Bundled payments (BP) have the potential to reward providers that deliver more value to their patients — better outcomes at lower costs.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

These solutions are new to market and some of them may not be included in the standard offerings of your health insurer or third-party administrator. Training programs, pilots, or short-term trials may be available. The best cost structure may vary with your firm’s goals and metrics. Ease of use. Regulatory and compliance.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Technology Peer Review 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Lean staffing with short-hours part-time staff who have unstable schedules can jeopardize customer service in many different ways, most obviously by leading to long check-out lines or situations where customers can’t find someone to help them get a size or style they need.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

First, they often outsource design and management of health care services to brokers, consultants, and health plans that have little means or incentive to improve quality or affordability. In short, employers disconnect from managing one of the most important and costly expenditures for their organizations. A superior approach.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But the CMO Council reports that “only 14 percent of marketers say that customer centricity is a hallmark of their companies, and only 11 percent believe their customers would agree with that characterization.” At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this.

Short-term 10

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

There’s urgency here because we believe the role of technology in the labor market will become more pronounced as artificial intelligence and machine learning affect white-collar jobs in much the same way that robotics has affected blue-collar jobs. trillion and $400 billion in capital and R&D expenditures, respectively.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Conversely, why market cigarettes? The revolution ran on equity capital, which was in short supply. Biologists use the term "runaway" to describe what happens when a single criterion dominates the mating choices of a species to the exclusion of other valuable traits. There is no more powerful question in a U.S.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12