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A Players or "A Positions"? The Strategic Logic of Workforce Management (Spanish version)
Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.; Becker, Brian E.Article HBS-R0512GLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Companies simply can't afford to have "A players" in all positions. Rather, businesses need to adopt a portfolio approach to workforce management, systematically identifying their strategically important A positions, supporting B positions and surplus C positions, ...Starting at €8.20
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McCaw Cellular Communications. Inc (D) La competencia en las comunicaciones móviles estadounidenses
Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted; Shumway, Chris; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-708S40StrategyProporciona una actualización de la competencia en las comunicaciones móviles a través de 1992, tanto para los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido.Starting at €5.74
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McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (E)
Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-708S41StrategyDescribe la decisión de un competidor para instalar equipo de capital mediante la tecnología de conmutación incompatible con McCaw de.Starting at €5.74
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Put Strategy, Not People, First: An Introduction to Differentiated Workforce Strategy
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3237BC-ELeadership and People ManagementSenior managers and readers of popular business literature are probably familiar with the mantra that people are the new source of competitive advantage. But despite all the talk about a new strategic emphasis on the workforce, most companies haven't yet capitalized on the opportunity for strategic success that effective workforce management can provide. The authors believe that a fundamental change in the entire approach to workforce strategy is...Starting at €8.20
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Establish Leadership Accountability for Workforce Success: The Line Manager's HR Role
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3246BC-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do we ensure that firms clearly understand the unique strategic capabilities required to execute their business strategies and develop a differentiated workforce strategy? The first step is to recognize that the workforce is not just HR's problem, and that line managers and HR leaders have joint responsibility for developing talent throughout the organization. Management must ensure that top talent is allocated to the strategic roles that cre...Starting at €8.20
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Design an HR Architecture for the Differentiated Workforce
Becker, Brian E.; Huselid, Mark A.; Beatty, Richard W.Book Chapter HBS-3247BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is important that a firm's workforce strategy--and its workforce--is as differentiated as its business strategy. In this chapter, the authors discuss the importance of developing a culture of accountability and a workforce philosophy to help drive succStarting at €8.20
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Four Ways to Reinvent Service Delivery
Ramdas, Kamalini; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted; Tucker, Amy L.Article HBS-R1212H-EService and Operations ManagementInnovations that radically redefine how a service is delivered can create tremendous value for customers and for providers. But they require deep insight into clients' needs and the revising of basic assumptions. It's possible, for example, that a doctor can treat more than one patient at a time. Organizations can redefine service delivery along four dimensions. A change in one may unlock--or block--possibilities for innovation in the others. 1) ...Starting at €8.20
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The Joslin Diabetes Center
Porter, Michael E.; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted; Wallace, ScottCase HBS-710424-EStrategyThe Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a leading center for diabetes care, clinician training, and research. The incidence of diabetes is rising precipitously worldwide, challenging quality of life with its complications and rapidly accelerating health care expenditures for employers and governments. The Joslin's multispecialty, team-based care and patient education programs provide opportunities to examine integrated practice uni...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing Our Politics', One Vote at a Time: Public Policy Graduates Aim to Boost Turnout with TurboVote
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-KS1183-EThis case, about creating a startup with a social mission, is designed to help students think through the strategic alignment of public value, legitimacy/support, and operational capacity in a simple context. Together with an in-class video "reveal," the case package follows the thinking of two Masters of Public Policy graduates as they create TurboVote, a nonprofit service designed to increase voter turnout by sending subscribers reminders and h...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenge of Adapting to Climate Change: King County Brings Local Action to a Global Threat
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS107-EThis public leadership case puts students in the shoes of King County Executive Ron Sims, the top elected official in Washington State's largest and most diverse county. The year is 2005, and Sims wishes to take a high profile leadership role on the climate change issue-locally and on the national stage-by tackling the nearly uncharted realm of "adaptation," preparing at the local level for impacts of climate change considered inevitable. In addi...Starting at €8.20