Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs? But this focus on a single element of the HR value proposition can perpetuate a crisis. This is a laudable response. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 16

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. 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.

CIO 10

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. Finding the success stories out there, celebrating them, and spreading the practices behind them can be part of that.

Microfinance 16

Microfinance Diversity Banking Entrepreneur 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 11

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The second World War had left business slow and finances strained. Fast forward to the next global financial crisis. They asked 3,400 executives in more than 30 countries, including 90 senior human resources leaders, what their response to the looming recession would be and the frequent answer was “scale back recruiting.”

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis. True, to the surprise of many analysts, the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, abandoned his earlier populist rhetoric and tried to sort out public finances. The fact is that Greece is monstrously inefficient as a manager of public services.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. The company had enjoyed steady increases in sales and profits for the past 15 years, but it was now up against the harsh reality of an economic crisis, and it was going to miss its targets. In less than a minute, he'd joined them.

Case Study 14

Case Study Price Policies Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We have a crisis in health care delivery, and if we can fix that problem we’ll have more than enough resources to cover all the uninsured and underinsured. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8