MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) explores how leadership and management are transforming in a disruptive world. They help thoughtful leaders capture the exciting opportunities—and face down the challenges— created as technological, societal, and environmental forces reshape how organizations operate, compete, and create value.
MIT Sloan contends here that an important executive goal in most large companies is to improve efficiency and effectiveness. With top-line revenue growth elusive in most markets, a key way to increase returns to shareholders is to boost the bottom line — and that means stepping up productivity. These gains need to come from improving…
An important executive goal in most large companies is to improve efficiency and effectiveness. With top-line revenue growth elusive in most markets, a key way to increase returns to shareholders is to boost the bottom line — and that means stepping up productivity. These gains need to come from improving the processes that run the company as…
MIT Sloan means that a quiet revolution is in the making regarding how companies manage employees. At some companies, in fact, traditional annual review processes are being replaced by ongoing efforts to help employees improve their performance. The challenge according this inset? Many managers aren’t confident they can change employee behavior… Read more
