Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P.

Management 15

Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2010

What do you do if you're a middle manager who sees the big picture but you work for a boss who only focuses on the here and now? And therein lies the challenge for eager, upwardly mobile self-starting managers: you want to put your ideas into play and see their results, but your boss only wants you to do what you're told.

How To 16

How To Decentralization Proposal Middle Management 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

He argues that it’s the rare CHRO who can serve as a strategic leader for the CEO and also manage the internal concerns of the organization. Charan (intentionally or not) lambasts the entire HR profession (“It’s time to say good bye to the Department of Human Resources ” ). Human resources Strategy Talent management'

Charan 14

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our employees clearly told us that our organization had to shift its culture — that we had to become more decentralized and simpler to do business with, and had to delegate power to where the action is. Managing organizations Change management Human resource management Organizational culture'

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 24, 2022

The key appears to be the balance between the human resources available to the organization and the available opportunities. The authors explain that when companies grow, the human resources available to them often grows faster than the opportunities to exploit them. The right mix.

Organization 133

Organization Span of Control Decentralization Human Resources 133

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

Chief Financial Officer 14

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. Human Resources" have changed when most of the people who create value for your organization are neither hired nor paid by you. The Value Chain" has changed when the customer is no longer just the "buyer" but also a co-creator.

Christensen 19

Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 19

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

The few who do are often confronted with dismissive complaint handlers who treat their experiences as interpersonal problems or instances of poor management rather than sexual harassment. In many ways, the current state of court decisions begins in a familiar place: human resources departments.

Policies 8

Policies Human Resources Compliance Guidelines 8