- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
There’s an ongoing story of fragmentation in the union movement in North America. Will the concept of cooperation and individual sacrifice for the common good work in a global labor market populated by large multinational employers? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
The response by public officials to the Hurricane Katrina disaster will be analyzed for years. Can lessons learned in the private sector instruct us in minimizing the suffering and damage from inevitable future calamities? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
There appears to be little or no relationship between the size of American CEO compensation awards and actual corporate performance. Will change come from the increased level of competition among global companies with significantly different approaches to the compensation of senior managers? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
Are business schools overemphasizing research at the expense of practical experience in the classroom? Are they preparing graduates in useful ways for careers in management? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
There is a lot of talk these days about a level playing field, sparked in part by Thomas L. Friedman's bestseller, The World is Flat. But what is a level playing field in the world today, and does everyone play by the same rules? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
There is a kind of "always on" communication system shaping up between the most committed of tech-minded users and those who supply them. Is the close monitoring of developing trends always in our best interests as marketers and customers? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
When employees leave, they take more than their coat and hat. How can companies better preserve the accumulated knowledge of individuals? Isn’t that what separates average companies from truly great ones? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
How would the business world—and society—be different if managers needed to be licensed the way doctors, lawyers, and the clergy are? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
Malcolm Gladwell's popular new book is about the power of snap judgements and the ways in which people develop the ability to make them. Can—and should—people make typical business decisions in the blink of an eye? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
Mexico may have found a formula for avoiding most of the misfortunes that could arise when individuals invest their own funds. What's the right way to support an aging workforce? And why is it that a concept—life-long security—that should bring comfort to all of us is so distasteful to address in public? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
Important trends are identified as part of nearly every strategic planning exercise. But the efforts to address them too often stop there. How come? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
New research suggests that large groups of people are better than a few experts at everything from estimating the true magnitude of things to diagnosing causes of problems to predicting outcomes. If this is correct, what does it say about the true nature of effective leadership? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
Speed can enhance product development and innovation, but speed can also be used effectively by fast imitators to both save design costs and preempt market share. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
How should the world (and firms, and countries) best adjust to an age of more expensive energy? Among the possible alternatives for tackling the problem, three seem to stand out. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that managers certify the integrity of their internal controls for financial reporting. In the end, are shareholders getting their money’s worth? Are more costly amendments to come? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
Many organizations regard work-life benefits as an investment designed, among other things, to attract and retain talent. How do such benefits affect productivity for the individuals, the company, and society? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
A couple new books, including most controversially Does IT Matter? focus on sources of competitive advantage. Are management concepts on their own the best way to compete? And, does it matter that new concepts—and their guru practitioners—seem to come from the U.S.? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
A new book by Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson, Just Enough, suggests four dimensions for looking at personal success: happiness, achievement, significance, and legacy. Is this a useful way for hardworking managers to gauge their sense of self-worth? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
It looks like more mergers and acquisitions are on the horizon. Time and again, why do so few mergers and acquisitions meet expectations? Is the information about human resources just too difficult to obtain during a sensitive acquisition process? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
Is Less Becoming More?
Americans these days have a lot more choices in products and services. But do consumers and suppliers suffer from choice overload? If so, what does this abundance mean for companies? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.