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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

A recent Navigant survey found that U.S. hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture.

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Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. Five years ago, compensation (i.e.,

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What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?

Harvard Business

For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” Collecting such information can be onerous, requiring separate efforts that are often challenging to integrate.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. These services focused on business management and information technology.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

Mining giant Rio Tinto is using drones to survey equipment and mining pits in Western Australia. Soon, it might be worthwhile for many companies to check whether drone-based data could add value – either to optimize current operations or offer new avenues for growth.

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Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

As digital technologies permeate all aspects of their operations, companies around the world anticipate the need for massive change over the next five years, according to a new global survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. But can these organizations adapt fast enough?

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More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk

Harvard Business

An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate computers, and yet the number of cybersecurity incidents continues to rise. Forty percent of respondents to a BAE Systems survey of senior managers in various sectors said they lack understanding of their own company’s cybersecurity protocols.

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