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Has the MBA become Redundant for a Career in Consulting?

Tom Spencer

The breadth of different types of problem solving and ideas that clients need mean there are more opportunities than ever before for new graduates with different educational backgrounds. Consultancy firms employ graduates from a wide range of educational backgrounds. This is an interesting time to embark on a consulting career.

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Why Peter Drucker’s Writing Still Feels So Relevant

Harvard Business

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. His consideration of information technology in light of the history of the printing trade leads to surprising conclusions. For one thing, he was a citizen of the world. Drucker himself lived in Austria, Germany, England, and eventually the United States.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Simplifying Prenatal Care for Low-Risk Patients

Harvard Business

In 2016 it was added as a standard care option at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Registered nurses in the obstetrics practice assisted with patient care and provided patient education during provider office visits. And it has freed up obstetricians so they can focus more attention on those women with higher-risk pregnancies.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

Modest reductions in the cost of borrowing and in supply costs achieved in mergers are often washed out by higher executive compensation, more layers of management, and information technology outlays, leading to higher, rather than lower, operating expenses.

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business

In 2015 over 113 million Americans health records were exposed, and in 2016 the number was over 16 million, according to reports submitted to the U.S. That reality was made painfully clear in mid-May, when a cyberattacker using WannaCry ransomware crippled health care institutions and many other kinds of organizations around the world.

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Research: Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete

Harvard Business

of firms had adopted it in 2010, whereas 7% had by 2016, which is an annualized growth rate of almost 50%. not just in one region — albeit with heaviest and earliest adoption in urban and educated areas. in 2010 to 7% in 2016, which is a more than doubling every other year. Less than 0.5%

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business.