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CC’ing the Boss on Email Makes Employees Feel Less Trusted

Harvard Business

My collaborators and I conducted a series of six studies (a combination of experiments and surveys) to see how cc’ing influences organizational trust. He found that increased transparency led workers to conceal information, even when that information was beneficial, such as process improvements they’d discovered.

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A Business Case in Project Management: Why Start a Project?

Epicflow

To sum up, preparing a business case before project initiation can increase efficiency of the business – an organization will intake only those initiatives that will bring real value. . A business case is somewhat similar to a feasibility study, which is why they sometimes get confused. A business case vs. a feasibility study.

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Hidden Heroes: Business Operations in Companies of All Sizes

Tom Spencer

While the specific responsibilities may vary based on the organization’s size, industry, and structure, these teams are generally responsible for various functions aimed at optimizing operations, driving efficiency, and supporting strategic goals.

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Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones

Harvard Business

Drawing on the concept of “efficiency wages,” some economists argue that higher pay can by itself improve performance by enabling companies to attract and retain better people and by motivating employees to work harder. But higher wages alone are not enough to break this vicious cycle. Career paths.

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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business

In other words, leadership development begins with a real business challenge that leaders need to solve, instead of with a hypothetical case study or simulation. product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.). .” product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.).

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Decreased productivity: Bad teamwork can lead to decreased productivity as team members may struggle to work together efficiently. This results in missed opportunities for new products, process improvements, or creative solutions to challenges.

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Why This Health System Offers Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients

Harvard Business

While the program does have marginal costs (more on this further on) we feel that the benefits in terms of learning, process improvement, and patient experience more than offset these. We agree that superficial and poorly formed efforts to improve patient experience will be neutral or at times detrimental to outcomes and costs.

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