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Combination slicing and wrapping machine - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Chapter Images The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Combination slicing and wrapping machine ca. 1934 Continental Baking... View Details

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity Forget management by walking around. Decreasing workplace transparency can increase worker productivity.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Saco-Lowell no. 2 condenser - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Saco-Lowell no. 2 condenser ca. 1926 Saco-Lowell Shops Photographer... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity, joy, trust, and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Instrument of Pictorial Publicity - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

further incentive for advertisers to use it for public relations as well as advertising purposes.” 6 Thus, readers of Fortune magazine would see William Rittase’s documentary images of workers and factories in its editorial pages, and his... View Details

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Electrical factory of Moscow - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Electrical factory of Moscow ca. 1931 Amtorg Company Photographer... View Details

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Competing with the mule - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production The Worker Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Competing with the mule ca. 1936 Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company Photographer unknown A newer... View Details

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Silver streak girl with Pontiac car - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Silver streak girl with Pontiac car ca. 1937 Pontiac Motors Division Photographer unknown What makes... View Details

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What goes on inside the pasteurizers - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next What goes on inside the pasteurizers ca.... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

researchers found that companies with a strong purpose came in two main forms: those with high camaraderie among its employees, and those with high clarity from management about worker expectations and future plans. This latter group saw... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

improve health in their communities. The business case for investing in community health is compelling, especially for companies that depend on communities for workers and customers. Sick and absent workers... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

Mar 2012
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A Jobs Compact for America's Future

What's good for individual U.S. companies is no longer automatically good for business nationwide, for U.S. workers, or for the economy. That, coupled with the failure of business, government, and other institutions to engage in View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Replicating Toyota's Success

Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal performance so that View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

27 Nov 2013
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No Bologna, Please

Panera Bread chain. "Before we opened the first Panera Cares in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010, we'd focused on food-insecurity issues and given away hundreds of millions of dollars in product and donations," says Panera CEO Ron Shaich (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

during the downturn, he kept the mills running full steam and persuaded workers to accept a 50 percent pay cut. Salesmen sold large quantities of watches cheaply, often at auction, to popularize the product... View Details

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

and innovation tend to be used interchangeably, but when it comes to novel ideas in business, they are not necessarily the same thing. "Creativity and innovation are different stages in the same process," says Professor Teresa M. Amabile. "Creativity is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

too often still result in decisions that take scant account of public health and whether the health of individual citizens is being advanced. When worker safety is jeopardized by unenforced building codes or exposure to harmful industrial... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

Gone Too Far When Ethan Bernstein used wearable technology to track workers around their open office, he discovered many were trying to avoid collaboration rather than engage in it. How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit Reshmaan... View Details