Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.” They understand the power of reputation and relationships.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 5, 2013

After all, the way your client’s organization has been operating in the past is because one or more people felt strongly that their organization should be operating that way (even though that way they were operating may have caused their problems and is actually what needs to be changed). Social Enterprise. Leadership.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They operate from self-evaluated standards. I am sure we have all seen groups operate from these various stages, or plateaus. We can observe groups operating at various stages of moral development in their assumptions and behaviors. The conscious operate from a self-evaluated set of standards. Social Enterprise.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

All systems operate on a steady-state called homeostasis and they operate within norms and standards. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. There is a set performance level and gaining entry, as an outsider is tough because systems filter what’s plausible and realistic to them and who is not.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

For example, say I’m working with a team of people representing a bottling operation in a brewery, and the team has figured out how to redesign the bottling operation to reduce costs, simplify the process, and increase production. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. Librarys Blogs. Leadership.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

AUGUST 16, 2010

These systems operate within boundaries subjected to the whims of environmental changes such as: economic crises, increased competitive threats and industry shifts. The human system operates the technology. Second, the technological component plays a major role in the self-regulating properties of an enterprise. Librarys Blogs.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. An operation is charted to preserve the status quo, the current thinking and methods. Operations are based in control.

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Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

EY’s in-house support teams, cross cultural diversity, work ethic, global mindset, rewards and benefits, and community systems have created a place where people from all backgrounds are easily welcomed in their culture. EY Boston offers a plethora of services that clients can choose from. What does Oliver Wyman do in Boston?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Some people assert that these consultants focus mostly on “soft” skills regarding peoples’ beliefs, feelings and perceptions, and less on “hard” skills regarding organizational structures, processes and operations. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. This author follows the latter assertion.).

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

It helps the client know the true costs in successfully operating his or her organization. ” Is it decreased employee turnover, increased profit or successful operation of a technical system? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. There is no ongoing entitlement. Librarys Blogs. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Practically every organization today has a set of core values that ideally function as the “operating instructions” of the company. 90% of them reference ethical behavior or use the word “integrity,” 88% mention commitment to customers, and 76% cite teamwork and trust. CSA Images/Getty Images.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

The systems vantage point is the whole operation within its environment operating within a steady state, which keeps it viable. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. Input, transformation and output: this is basic process-task in the architecture of systems. Librarys Blogs. Boards of Directors.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

You would extend your physical and mental antennae to not miss a cue that might be a clue as to how to operate successfully as a stranger in a strange land. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. It would help you to get clear about who you are and who you are not. It would teach you a lot about yourself.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2023

Large companies now recognise that the environment and communities in which they operate can contribute significantly to their bottom line. This realisation has led to an increasing focus on CSR, which involves operating in a way that benefits society over the long term. Here are three examples of skill-based volunteering.

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Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

McKinsey consultancy suggests that the data-driven enterprise of 2025 will be characterized by certain processes [2]. Basic day-to-day operations will be automated, and people will be able to focus more on innovation, collaboration, and communication. . Data privacy, ethics, and security will be treated as areas of required competency.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

With recent emphasis on the importance of using a highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style when guiding change, leaders are beginning to operate more like internal consultants for change then ever before. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. However, that perception is changing. Leadership.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

There are certain types of general knowledge that would likely be the same, especially: a) General frameworks from which to develop and/or operate systems, for example, performance management systems, financial systems or marketing systems. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. Librarys Blogs. Leadership.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. It typically is a set of roles at the center and dedicated or aligned roles in the operating units. “Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 10, 2010

The design is similar to creating and operating a “marching organization.” Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. From Vertical to Horizontal By Jim Smith on May 10, 2010. We live in traditional organizations that are functional and vertically managed. Librarys Blogs. Boards of Directors. Business Planning.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leaders who express this complaint are often dominant personalities characterized by robust confidence, high intelligence, strategic brilliance, and a flawless work ethic. The leader needs to clearly show, for instance, how sales and operations fit together, how sales and finance interact, how sales and IT are dependent upon one another, etc.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leaders who express this complaint are often dominant personalities characterized by robust confidence, high intelligence, strategic brilliance, and a flawless work ethic. The leader needs to clearly show, for instance, how sales and operations fit together, how sales and finance interact, how sales and IT are dependent upon one another, etc.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Sometimes consulting is operating in a house of mirrors. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. What is me and what is not me are important to differentiate. Librarys Blogs. Boards of Directors. Building a Business. Business Communications. Business Planning. Free Management Library Blogs. Human Resources.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Carl Jung (1875-1971) postulated the power of archetypes operating in the human psyche and emphasized the role of the Shadow , those aspects of who we are that have not yet been integrated. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many practitioners might assert that they just operate by “gut feel” – they intuitively sense the situation, how to work with their clients, and what should occur as a result. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. Can you explain them? Are they associated with any theory(s)? What’s Wrong With That?

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, Starbucks sources all its European espresso beans from fair trade certified producers, and Dutch company Fairphone sells the world’s first entirely fair trade Android phone, with batteries made from ethically mined minerals. Nine years ago, I launched a social enterprise designed to facilitate this change.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. An obvious place is within an existing operational excellence or performance department. Whatever these may be, we strongly recommended two things: Have an ethics committee. Find the Right Home for the Team.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Social Enterprise. This is the first blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.). Introduction to this Blog Series. In our work as OD practitioners, whose shoulders are we standing on? Librarys Blogs.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Even in one of the most market-oriented societies in human history, it appears very difficult to make most people appreciate that ethical and profitable business practices do not fundamentally conflict. The failure to appreciate how profit-seeking enterprise creates value does not appear to be restricted to any particular political group.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

This makes corporate strategy an enormous and untapped prize for “robos” and “AI-enabled” expert advice across the entire enterprise; this market is ripe for disruption much the way the financial investing industry was in 2008. Companies are both operators and investors.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Organizations can now engage with customers and employees like never before, and the virtual environment holds the potential to drive operational efficiencies, save time and money, and open the exploration of new commercial avenues.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It should now be dawning on us that they also reflect a new reality when it comes to keeping legitimate business secrets, requiring a new mindset and strategies from those leading all kinds of enterprises, especially in knowledge-intensive industries. The primary driver of this new reality is not technical, but economic.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. A couple of stories will explain.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2013

Your employer operates with the express aim of benefiting members of the community and reinvests all profits to further its social aims. Rise of Social Enterprise. The growing trend towards social enterprise could be a game changer. A world based on social enterprise may be closer than you think.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It was founded in 1963 and was one of the first enterprises to focus on thought leadership. Bain stands out for its culture of ownership, allowing individuals to have a greater say than at most peer enterprises. A strong work ethic, multidisciplinary structure, andmeritocratic approach lead to fast development.

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