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" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Entries Tagged as 'growth'

Moving toward business models of a new kind : the example of “Danone Supporting Life”

May 7th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, society

One thing is sure : the “after the crisis world” will be very different from what it was before. It may seem obvious, but if we have a closer look at what happened in the past, we have to admit many upturns consisted of the rebuilding of what used to exist as it was. This [...]

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Even in downturns, human capital has to be protected

February 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, strategy

Because they didn’t have the time (or the will) to make the structural decisions that would help to face a downturn, companies often react by acting on the easiest adjustment variables :
• Cuts in bugets
• investments putt offs
• employees lay offs.
It makes it possible to attend to the most urgent things first even if I [...]

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CE0 concerns : network driven business models

December 16th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Communities, Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, strategy

What are CxOs real concerns ? How do they undertsand current issues ? Lots of people are talking about the need for companies to change in order to evolve in the context that is theirs now but it supposes the “information” has reached the highest decision makers and that they really understand what it’s about [...]

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