Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Business schools must adapt their curricula in response to the increasing demand for professionals skilled in sustainability and climate change management. The curriculum should foster a common language between disciplines, such as sustainability and accounting, and include hands-on experiential learning.

Finance 101

Finance Government Change Management Financial 101

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. Of course, the journey isn’t over. There simply is no finish line for culture.

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Management Change Management Culture Leadership 53

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2017

physicians in eight specialties, 100 health system finance officers, as well as 100 health system procurement officers — the people in charge of buying supplies for hospitals. By sidelining doctors, the health care industry has overlooked a key principle in change management — and undercut its own efforts.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future?

Change Management 53

Change Management Management Software Productivity 53

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. Each had been employed for at least two years and had aspirations to move into executive management or senior leadership. This, of course, can be difficult or uncomfortable.

Management 53

Management Leadership Culture Development 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. Of course, traditional consultants and other providers of corporate advice are unlikely to disappear. It seems only logical that they would extend into corporate strategy and finance.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for measuring outcomes, and all providers must make specific tweaks in order to make it work for them. Engaging leadership in the finance domain – representing the denominator of the value equation – is helpful as it will ensure dedicated resources.

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