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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

HHI had delivered more than 2,150 ships to 320 shipowners in 51 countries as of 2017. Credit: HHI’s Integrated Report 2017 According to the HHI Integrated Report 2017 , the shipping industry was severely impacted by the global recession and confronted stagnation. billion in revenue by 2022.

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When Companies Should Invest in Training Their Employees — and When They Shouldn’t

Harvard Business

companies spent over $90 billion dollars on training and development activities in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 32.5 %. Training is useful at times but often fails, especially when it is used to address problems that it can’t actually solve. Photodisc/Getty Images. According to one industry report , U.S.

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Rebranding ADEI for the Culture Wars

UPD Consulting

And modern ADEI training was in its infancy, largely flying under the radar for most Americans. Is ADEI just the latest victim of America’s ever-expanding culture war? The post Rebranding ADEI for the Culture Wars appeared first on UPD Consulting. 2005 was an interesting year. A new site called YouTube had just been launched.

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How 4 Retailers Became “Best Places to Work”

Harvard Business

HEB, Costco, Trader Joe’s, and QuikTrip all made Glassdoor’s 2017 “Best Places to Work: Employees’ Choice” list , released in early December. But they also score higher on culture. What is it about their cultures that makes them such good places to work?

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Nearly Half of Companies Say They Don’t Have the Digital Skills They Need

Harvard Business

In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. The word “digital” used to mean your company’s investments in IT, and perhaps social media readiness, but now it’s bigger, touching on your company’s overall culture. Jump ahead to 2017, and that same metric is just 18%.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs?

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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

As of 2017, nearly 75% of those in computing and mathematical fields were men and fewer than 15% were black or Hispanic. Brinkworth worked with these employees to co-create a diversity training program called UNEION, which stands for UCAR|NCAR Equity and Inclusion.