All articles tagged: training

A review of The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting It Wrong, by Matthew Stewart.

MIT’s theorist of productivity draws a link between innovation in management practice and ongoing prosperity.

For global companies, ignoring China is not an option. But they must adapt their strategies to the country’s changing markets, increased competition, and shifting government priorities.

The newest corporate stakeholders — government representatives — must learn to become effective agents for reform.

When the head of a division had an impossible target to meet, the only way forward was through a constructive battle between allies.

With industries contracting and jobless rates among manufacturing workers skyrocketing, community colleges have become the new home of retraining programs.

Walter Kiechel III, author of The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (forthcoming, March 2010), introduces an excerpt from Managing by Henry Mintzberg that proposes a more organic view of managers and their work.

Emotions can get in the way of rational decision making. Anger, in particular, can make employees increase their commitment to a failing plan.

Disruption 2.0

Having moved from political prisoner to cognitive scientist to Chilean senator, this uncompromising philosopher of communication is now educating business leaders for the world of social media.

The U.S. military’s elite training programs offer a model for the strategic deployment of human capital and for building effective teams.

Twelve strategies to shape a company’s destiny.

Blythe McGarvie, author of Shaking the Globe: Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World, introduces a lesson in raising the level of corporate discourse from Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask, by Ram Charan.

The Internet, technology, and globalization have changed this age-old game for good.

Any company that competes on the global stage must, in light of today’s changing workforce, rethink the way it manages people.

Amid layoffs and restructuring, many companies are rethinking, not discarding, their efforts to build worker capabilities.

By embracing the principles of lean manufacturing, Wipro Technologies learned how best to complete software projects.

Smart hiring strategies can contribute to higher sales.

Videoconferencing technology can affect the way employees interpret information and make judgments.

Slowly, companies are leaving the physical world behind to cut costs, improve communication, and find new ways to collaborate.

Hiring managers may place too much value on prior experience as a predictor of future success.

The legendary advertising innovator David Ogilvy created an enduring organization using culture, integrity, and charm.

To take advantage of market growth in developing countries, U.S. multinationals are turning to non-Americans to head their operations.