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Today’s Smart Talent Management

In the Winter 2012 issue, authors Günter K. Stahl, Ingmar Björkman et al. lay out the "Six Principles of Effective Global Talent Management." From internal consistency to cultural embeddedness, these principles help companies recruit and select talented people, develop them, manage their performance, and compensate and reward them — all while trying to retain the strongest performers. Read more »
ALSO IN THE NEW ISSUE: How managers can leverage employee social networks to uncover hidden talent and build a well-networked organization.

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What Does “Product Quality” Really Mean?

Product quality is rapidly becoming an important competitive issue. The superior reliability of many Japanese products has sparked considerable soul-searching among American managers.1 In addition, several surveys have voiced consumers’ dissatisfaction with the existing levels of quality and service of the products they buy.2 In a recent study of the business units of major North [...] Free to premium subscribers
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The Leadership Challenge — A Call for the Transformational Leader

Some optimists are heralding in the age of higher productivity, a transition to a service economy, and a brighter competitive picture for U.S. corporations in world markets. We certainly would like to believe that the future will be brighter, but our temperament is more cautious. We feel that the years it took for most U.S. [...] Free to premium subscribers
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Winter 2012: Cover Story

Winning the Race with Ever-Smarter Machines

 

Recent progress in information technology has been both rapid and dramatic. Is your company ready?