Worker Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
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Competencies and Credentials

positions—the supervisors, sales representatives, data analysts, and production managers, for example—tend to be less engaged in their work, have higher rates of turnover, and have lower levels of productivity, according to Fuller’s... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

Minister) Dr. Manmohan Singh. Up until that time, government controls on production (referred to as the “license raj” or “permit raj”) created a stagnant environment for competition and entrepreneurial activity. MBAs who came home during... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

09 Apr 2020
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“Raise the Line”

healthcare workers now. That’s why we launched raisetheline.org, where we are starting to train people for free online. We’ve also partnered with Coursera and Teachable to provide a COVID-19 course that healthcare View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

competitors. An exploration and production company founded in 1967, CMS employs 180 workers in the United States, South America, and Africa. "Some of these mergers facilitate the purchase of properties that... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2003
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Flex Time

sophisticated communication systems that include detailed weekly reports from UCC’s sales force and senior managers. As long as her days may be — talking on the phone with customers, following up on issues raised during a weekly conference call with senior management,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

services, or business initiatives in the chemicals, technology, and consumer products industries. Amabile is working on a book based on the data from the ten-year study, which includes questionnaires, interviews, independent creativity... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston

facing Houston, one of the biggest is our need for talent driven by the growth in the region,” says Gilbane. “Despite the excellent universities here, we can’t produce enough talented workers to fill all the opportunities we have at these... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession, View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. “In an increasingly global business environment, achieving minimum efficient scale in production requires massive capital investment,” Esty explains. In one case... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

successfully in global markets while also supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. America is not more competitive if businesses succeed by paying lower wages. Actually, the need to cut wages reflects a lack of View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

recommends alternatives that can result in stronger companies in the long run and reduce the damage layoffs do to workers and communities. “Typical layoffs harm employees, communities, and companies,” Sucher says. Mass layoffs were... View Details

Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information

10 Dec 2014
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Front-Row Seat

Twain, Henry James, and Ernest Hemingway, to name just a few, and was well known for fostering a productive national debate around the pressing issues of the time—the modest goal being nothing less than advancing the sum of human... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced manufacturing team,” she grimaces.... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

25 Aug 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested

industry. “The transportation industry is very transaction-intensive,” Gregg observes. “A driver might work for a different employer for each and every load—so there’s a lot of opportunity for friction.” The company’s products include... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; trucking; leadership; fintech; career

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

system of multinational megafarms won't be enough—the hope for the future lies not in mass production, but in production by the masses. And that's where Nigeria comes in. With only 40 percent of its arable land currently used by farmers,... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production

01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action

shoppers deliberating over a luxury goods purchase. “Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior,” she observes. “In that sense, consumers are investing in future memories.” —JH Tsedal... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo

is the Bakken formation, a 25,000-square-mile underground deposit that—thanks to a rise in fracking and new oil extraction technologies—has produced as much as 1 million barrels of oil and gas a day, or about the production equivalent of... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief

acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

susceptible to everything from intellectual property theft to uneven product quality. But the novel coronavirus created chasms. “One thing that COVID-19 revealed is the extent to which business systems were predicated on global supply... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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