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- HR Performance Scoring Demonstrates Results
- The case study says in today's human resources-as-a-business climate, HR managers are working hard to figure out ways to prove that their department's goals and operations coalesce with larger organizational strategies. One tool that HR departments are using to guide and measure their activities is the Balanced Scorecard. Middle managers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Ignore at Your Peril the Plight of Your Company's Middle Managers
- According to a Accenture survey of 1,025 people, fewer than half (48 percent) of middle managers in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Australia are extremely or very satisfied with their current organizations. Furthermore, surprisingly large percentages of survey participants had negative opinions about various aspects of...
- White papers 2006-05-08
- B-School Buzz: Haas Bails Out Alumni, LBS Podcast Targets Middle Managers, Smith Prof's "Road Rules"
- Stacy Blackman's Weekly Roundup of B-School Intelligence Berkeley's Haas School of Business has expanded its career services offerings for alumni in response to the economic downturn, adding evening career advising, job search teams for alumni out of work, and new programs for alumni in New York, which...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Why You Should Take a Promotion You Don't Want
- Not everyone has to be ambitious, vying for the corner office or the powerful board position, right? Wrong. In today's corporate world it is no longer acceptable to sit comfortably at middle management and wait for pensionable age. I recently interviewed a ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Why Middle Managers Matter
- Whisper it quietly, but it is much easier being a top manager than it is being a middle manager. At the top, you have control over your own destiny, you have people doing things for you and you earn lots of money. Life in the middle is far harder: ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
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- IDC's Second Annual Human Resources Forum to Showcase How Top Organizations Will Address the Impending Talent Gap
- FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The war for talent is being waged on all fronts with notable shortages in key positions such as IT, finance, and middle management. Attracting superior talent, as well as retaining and developing their organization's current workforce, have become the top priorities for today's human resources executive.
- Research articles 2007-08-15
- PlugPower Appoints New GM for Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Plug Power Inc. recently announced the appointment of Jos van der Hyden as general manager of the company's European, Middle Eastern and African operations. According to PlugPower, van der Hyden will oversee the company's European office, located in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, where he will manage sales and marketing activities,...
- Research articles 2005-09-21
- The Truth About Middle Managers | HBR IdeaCast
- Middle managers may get ridiculed in pop culture â€" look at Dilbert, The Office, Office Space, but what is the truth about these people â€" are they victims, villains, or just plain essential to get work done? Bob Paul Osterman, Professor of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan...
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Luring Foreign Talent to China's Wall Street
- Brian Schwarz submits:The financial crisis has some Western experts looking toward Asia for employment opportunities. China's State Council recently declared that Shanghai will be built into a major international financial center by 2020, an indication of government's intention to place greater reliance on the city as it refines its strategy...
- External links 2009-07-26
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Career Break
- Career breaks have never been more popular, as overworked employees look for some time away from their same old, same old routine. Most often people have one of two motivations for taking time off: either other priorities demand attention, or there's a need to get away and gain some perspective...
- Articles 2008-01-03
- netGuru Inc. Signs Definitive Agreements to Merge With BPO Management Services and Divest Indian Operations, Pending Vote by netGuru Stockholders at Annual Meeting
- YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- netGuru, Inc. Company (Nasdaq:NGRU) entered into definitive agreements to merge with privately held BPO Management Services, Inc. BPOMS -- a provider of business process outsourcing services, including human resources, information technology, document management, and finance and accounting functions to middle-market companies -- and divest its Indian...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- Scott's Food Services to cut jobs, consolidate
- TORONTO -- Scott's Food Services, a subsidiary of Scott's Hospitality, will eliminate about 25 senior and middle management posts and consolidate the finance, human resources and M.I.S. functions. According to Ian Mackay, president of Scott's Food Services, the strategy is designed to move the decision-making process closer to the...
- Research articles 1994-05-09
- How to Use Web 2.0 Inside Your Company
- Today the business world is undergoing a significant transformation thanks to a set of technologies collectively known as "Web 2.0." Although it's tempting to dismiss Web 2.0 as Silicon Valley hype, that would be a mistake. Start Small and Simply Goal: Identify a Web...
- Articles 2007-05-15
- How to Start a Mentorship Program
- How do you hang onto your brightest young talent and prepare them to lead? Simple: Recruit your more experienced employees to help coach and guide them. Decide Why You Want a Mentor Program...
- Articles 2008-07-24
- My Boss Only Promotes Women
- Dear Stanley, I work for a successful life insurance company in Michigan, and I'm stuck with a department head who refuses to interview me for a management position even though I have a degree and excellent project management skills. The last five people she promoted were all...
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. Today’s question-and-answer will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. And we will go first to Paul Westra of Cowen And Company. Paul Westra - Cowen And Company Hi, thanks. Good afternoon Jack Hartung - Chief Finance and Development Officer...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Executing Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard
- Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardRE: Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardI consider adapting business to Balanced Scorecard itself is a strategy and the four quadrants for defining objectives is a sure way to paln and align organization using appropriate business systemRE: Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardQuite often a...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Strategy in a ‘Structural Break'
- During hard times, a structural break in the economy is an opportunity in disguise. To survive—and, eventually, to flourish—companies must learn to exploit it. There is nothing like a crisis to clarify the mind. In suddenly volatile and different times, you must have...
- Articles 2009-01-12
- Is My Job 'Offshorable'? You Might be Surprised
- Is My Job 'Offshorable'? You Might be SurprisedBut...they won't need American consumersProblem with that hypothesis: as all companies of any size globalize directly or indirectly...they no longer need American consumers to buy their products...we'll see what happens when this little tidbit finally sinks into the heads of most Americans...Offshoring is...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Need to know: Sinclair buys . . . Yell hires . . . Carillion sells
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Public finances: Britain must raise taxes by £26 billion a year or cut public spending by 17 per cent in the three years to 2013-14, over and above the measures proposed in this year's Budget, because of damage done to the...
- News items 2009-10-12
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