Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

More importantly, business education needs to evolve once again, revising its goals to educate leaders of the future who have a new set of skills: sustainable global thinking, entrepreneurial and innovative talents, and decision-making based on practical wisdom. Historically, business schools have so far been through two waves.

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Education Drucker Globalization Gordon 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

When Frederick Taylor published his pioneering principles of scientific management in 1912, the repetitive and mundane nature of most jobs required employees to think as little as possible. So how can managers do a better job of fostering learnability in the workplace? We suggest starting with three things: Select for it.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Open-book Scientific Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

Savor of Temple found that firms led by single CEOs engage in much more aggressive investment behavior, in terms of capex, innovation activity, R&D, and acquisitions, than companies led by married chief executives. The same kinds of dynamics probably play out among lower-level managers too, Roussanov says in this Wharton video.

CAPEX 8

CAPEX Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO CIO Franchising Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

The first revolution came around the turn of the twentieth century, when the brothers took management roles in the tea-store chain run by their father, George H. This was the era of scientific management, when experts like Frederick Winslow Taylor kept busy measuring factory workers' every motion with the aim of improving productivity.

P&L 15

P&L Retail Real Estate Discount 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Below are five pointers to frame and guide the conversation for technology geeks and practitioners to champion the use of auto-analytics in their businesses: Auto-analytics can be understood within the tradition of scientific management. Management science has its roots in experimentation and productivity improvement.

Organization 14

Organization Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 14