HR Digest

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Joe Aiston, senior associate at law firm Taylor Wessing, said any move by Uber “would almost certainly involve passing those costs onto Uber’s customers in fare increases.” Mick Rix, GMB national officer, called the ruling a “historic win”. This might pass on the burden but will also make the company less competitive.

Taylorism 52

Taylorism Taylor Class Long-term 52

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Related: Cash Incentives Won’t Make Us Healthier by Alfie Kohn – Fundamental attribution error: attribute fault or defect to the individual without first considering the systemic effect. We [in the United States] don’t like to look at systemic explanations. If you take a systemic or structural explanation seriously, as he [Dr.

Education 28

Education System Deming Taylorism 28

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A roundtable conversation on Taylorism and how it shapes management still today.

Scientific Management 19

Scientific Management Taylor Taylorism Management 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

In researching Why Quitters Win , I came to recognize the three primary sources of decisiveness — nature, training, and incentive — and also how you can manipulate them to claim an advantage for yourself and your organization. Decisive By Incentive. Decisive By Nature. Decisive By Training.

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Incentives Metrics Taylorism Taylor 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

If you're serious about creating a customer-driven culture, then you will certainly tie incentive compensation to customer feedback. Everyone knows incentive compensation can really focus people's attention. But with incentive compensation, you get exactly — and only — what you pay for.

Incentives 15

Incentives Metrics Sample Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Most of us are, by nature, “cognitive misers,” a term coined by social psychologists Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor to describe how people have a tendency to preserve cognitive resources and allocate them only to high-priority matters. There’s a good reason why we’re inclined to jump to conclusions based on limited information.

Incentives 15

Incentives Human Resources Short-term Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2017

For managers, it’s a way to de-risk employees’ performance, ensuring they do what is expected as efficiently as possible, making Frederick Taylor — the father of management consulting and work efficiency — proud. This is also why finding a role that leverages only your strengths is unlikely to work in the longer term.

How To 15

How To Motivation Absenteeism Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

An immensely popular employee, Victoria Taylor, was dismissed; neither side is talking about why, although a common speculation was that Taylor objected to a rumored plan by Reddit’s management—what we’ll call “RedditCo”—to monetize the subreddit that Taylor facilitated.

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Taylorism Taylor Airlines CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Paul Taylor/Getty Images. Aetna would incent its clients to use CVS services by exempting these from the normal deductibles and copays that most insurers charge, thus incidentally, increasing CVS’s business more generally. health care system is begging for disruption. It costs way too much ($3.3

Health Care 8

Health Care System Insurance Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

It sometimes seems as if Frederick Winslow Taylor’s unfinished project is around right the corner: A time-and-motion utopia in which managers can track almost any aspect of employee behavior on a second-by-second basis. That said, a growing number of companies are offering incentives for using wearables, or are making them mandiatory.

Company 8

Company Long-term Bureaucracy Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Berwick’s talk began by deftly comparing Frederick Winslow Taylor and W. Berwick’s talk spanned a pantheon of management thinkers to show the audience just how far we have come from Taylor to Deming in the 20th century. The contrast was driven home by a full-blown reenactment of Deming’s famous red bead experiment.

Deming 15

Deming Management Senge Taylorism 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Charles had previously scheduled back-to-back meetings later that day with two young executives in GlobeBank's talent pipeline: Anthony Taylor and Trey Sugarman, African-American MBAs with Ivy League pedigrees whom Charles had been instrumental in recruiting. Charles told Bernie he wanted to talk to him about Taylor and Sugarman. "Oh,

Case Study 9

Case Study Diversity Taylorism Taylor 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

Bader points out that we all have a role to play in making things better: The general public must "recognize the real costs of safety and sustainability," and companies have to "bear witness to their impacts, improve internal communication, reduce incentives to lie, and reward prevention.” Hell Is a Start-Up No Exit Wired Guess what?

CAPEX 11

CAPEX Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

His resentment toward Fierst was obviously mellowing six months after CEO Hal Taylor, at her urging, had pressured Milanese to retire. But even the best-designed system can't force people to be honest without an incentive. Within 10 minutes, Ekdahl was recounting the exchange over soup and salad. It's your show now, Nils.

Case Study 15

Case Study Performance Review P&L Review 15