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Recursos Humanos en AES Corporation: el Caso del Departamento Ausente
Dee, T. D.; Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-HR3ESLeadership and People ManagementAES desarrolla y opera plantas de energía eléctrica en todo el mundo y, a fines de 1996, tiene aproximadamente 20,000 empleados. Pero, la corporación no tiene personal de recursos humanos, ya sea en la sede corporativa en Arlington, VA, o en cualquiera de sus instalaciones operativas. Además, la compañía tiene muy poco personal centralizado, poca o ninguna planificación estratégica, ningún departamento ambiental y casi ningún personal legal. La p...Starting at €8.20
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Evidence-Based Management (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Sutton, Robert I.Article HBS-R0601ELeadership and People ManagementFor the most part, managers looking to cure their organizational ills rely on obsolete knowledge they picked up in school, long-standing but never proven traditions, patterns gleaned from experience, methods they happen to be skilled in applying, and information from vendors. They could learn a thing or two from practitioners of evidence-based medicine, a movement that has taken the medical establishment by storm over the past decade. A growing n...Starting at €8.20
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Los accionistas primero No tan rápido
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R0907KLeadership and People Management¿Cuándo comenzamos a medir el éxito de una empresa sólo de acuerdo con el aumento de su precio de la acción? Stanford profesor Pfeffer sostiene que es hora de que los CEO a una vez equilibrar los intereses de los accionistas con los de los otros grupos de interés: empleados, proveedores y clientes.Starting at €8.20
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Shareholders First Not So Fast...
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R0907K-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen did we start measuring the success of a company only according to the increase in its share price? Stanford professor Pfeffer argues that it's time for CEOs to once again balance shareholders' interests with those of the other stakeholders: employees, suppliers, and customers.Starting at €8.20
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Amir Dan Rubin: Success from the Beginning (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-OB90 Spanish VersionLeadership and People ManagementIn November of 2010, the board of Stanford Hospital and Clinics announced that Amir Dan Rubin, at the time chief operating officer of the UCLA Hospital System, would become the next CEO at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Although by 2010 Stanford hospital had largely recovered from a failed merger with the hospital of the University of California, San Francisco, and was financially stable, Rubin would lead an organization that still faced signifi...Starting at €8.20
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Lucinda Stewart: Attracting Allies and Mentors
Pfeffer, JeffreyCase SGSB-OB107-ELeadership and People ManagementFor most of her career, Lucinda Stewart was a woman working in contexts-investment banking private equity, venture capital-largely dominated by men. Nonetheless, Stewart had been able, virtually from the beginning of her career, to obtain allies and mentors and, as a consequence, accelerate her career progress (e.g., she was a VC partner in her late 20s). The case describes Stewart’s life, upbringing, and career trajectory, with a focus on the ...Starting at €8.20
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Power Play (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R1007GLeadership and People Managementhow to organize for innovation, motivate workers at all levels, sponsor creativity, and wield power effectively.Starting at €8.20
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Power Play
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R1007G-ELeadership and People ManagementIf you want to get anything done in a large corporation, you need power. And it won't just fall into your lap: You have to go after it and learn how to use it. Many highly competent people get stuck because they're uncomfortable with that reality. Stanford University professor Pfeffer offers a primer on why power matters, how to get it, and how to use it to advance your organization's agenda-thus, not incidentally, furthering your career. When pu...Starting at €8.20
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Could We Manage Not to Damage People's Health
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-F1111E-ELeadership and People ManagementEmployers and employees alike benefit from choices that promote good health. But too often, companies refresh the cafeteria menu, offer discounted gym memberships, and leave it up to the individual to go from there. Research shows, however, that management's decisions contribute to morbidity and mortality at least as much as employees' own actions. Layoffs, long hours, failure to provide health insurance, lack of autonomy on the job, and general ...Starting at €8.20