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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2002, they played a pivotal role in steering HealthSouth out of a $2.7B One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. accounting scandal. The firm also has a lot of notable public sector work under its belt.

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Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms.

Harvard Business

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms. So what’s going on here?

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile which announced last month that it had selected a vendor to operate and maintain its planned two-mile downtown streetcar line. will open its $135 million, 2.4-mile

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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business

physicians working as locum tenens has risen steadily from an estimated 26,000 physicians in 2002 to 48,000 physicians in 2016, or approximately 5% of the physician workforce. Alternatively, locum tenens could simply be less efficient clinicians. While surveys of administrators at U.S.

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Finding Surprising Success by Supporting Interesting Failure

Organizational Talent Consulting

Organizations desire certainty, success, and efficiency, and it is uncertainty, failure, and inefficiency that are sources of innovation. Training is an effective tool leaders can use to set expectations and reinforce desired behaviors by removing the negative consequences associated with taking risks. Practice patience. Farson, R., &

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What GM’S Layoffs Reveal About the Digitalization of the Auto Industry

Harvard Business

The mean digitalization score of workers in the advanced manufacturing sector, of which auto is a part, surged 60%, from 24 to 39 since 2002. Likewise, we should be increasing our investments in education and workforce training (and re-training), with a focus on digital skills.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

In May 2002, PwC announced PwC Consulting would branch off to be its own independent entity and would have their own CEO to run the global firm. Assists clients with critical tax issues by providing quality tax services and in-depth knowledge of the industries and markets in which clients operate. in cash and stock. Industries.