Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There are clear signs of a potential shift in energy sourcing and consumption—and managers of IT and services operating in the cloud should start paying attention to how they can contribute. Here’s why now is the time right to invest in renewable energy sources for the internet: Renewable energy can help reduce a cost center.

Energy 8

Energy Globalization Hedge Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

It also has a huge impact on cost, productivity, and customer service. Why can’t managers — even at a very senior level — have open, honest and candid debates, work through their differences, and then reach agreement? Decision spin can be incredibly frustrating at all levels of the organization.

Construction 10

Construction Cost Center Committee Licensing 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Both sides must acknowledge the mistakes of the past, resolve not to repeat them, and develop the courage to speak up. The motivation for our second step is the simple observation that organizations develop trust when they know what to expect from each other. Information & technology IT management'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

High-value functions such as infrastructure development and database administration were retained; others, including PCs, networks, and mainframes, were outsourced. It's conceivable that IT's views could have saved the company, had the culture been different and had executive management been willing to listen.

CIO 11

CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The health care system in the United States, with its technological prowess and massive infrastructure, often serves as a reference point for rapidly developing economies around the world while they build their own medical systems. All of this requires a better understanding of how health transactions work and how much they cost.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

The original IT department was formed to centralize a unique expertise that could purchase, implement, and manage technology in the enterprise. Rather than serving as an adjunct to the core business, or merely a cost center, IT is becoming intrinsic to the very products and services that every company offers. Why is this?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2011

They outperform their industry because they've figured out how to enable the key asset of the new economy: scalably leverage many people's contributions, including the app developers eager to piggyback on the industry's most attractive devices. Yet most organizations still operate much as they did in the industrial age.

Hamel 17

Hamel Customer Loyalty Creativity Cost Center 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Those relationships are successful because they build on five realities in population health management. The overwhelming majority of health care costs involve managing patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. Insight Center. Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Healthcare.

System 8

System Health Care Retail Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In the past, marketing teams might have developed their own tools and databases or bought hardware and software without considering whether they had the know-how to maintain the systems — perhaps because IT was seen as a roadblock or didn’t move as fast as marketing thought they should. What do Marketing and IT have in common?

Marketing 8

Marketing Banking Technology System 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

Our understanding of how organizations think and act doesn’t always make this distinction between the interests of the enterprise and its managers. CSO, CFO, CIO, IT, Ops (Practice Leaders): Typically, these decision makers run cost centers as opposed to generating revenue.

P&L 8

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 5, 2022

Bosch firmly believes that research is not an end in itself – a never-ending race to develop new technologies – but rather something that makes a tangible contribution to improving the quality of people’s lives. Our BRGs are voluntary and are typically developed by associates who want to drive and influence our workplace culture.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Education Resources Innovation 52

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

HR is an enigmatic profession, as the authors write, “the sad reality is—even in today’s enlightened age of recognizing the value of people to the business—too many top executives still view HR as a non-strategic cost center instead of a core, profit-contributing function.” Measuring the people side of the business is tough.

Ulrich 137

Ulrich Metrics Report Storytelling 137

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". In reality, both views were right. In his November newsletter , he demonstrated exactly how much of a drag on the U.S.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Hispanic leaders want both government and business to invest in developing a relationship with the community that embraces their cultural relevancy. Lastly, corporations have been slow to build best practices around Hispanic talent and market development — two interconnected parts that are dependent on one another.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Hispanic leaders want both government and business to invest in developing a relationship with the community that embraces their cultural relevancy. Lastly, corporations have been slow to build best practices around Hispanic talent and market development — two interconnected parts that are dependent on one another.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 8