Human Capital: Page 46
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Will “Chinese HR” Hamper U.S. Companies?
The February issue of Foreign Affairs predicts that China’s economy will surpass that of the United States by 2030, and that China may then be the dominant global superpower. The likely rate and level of Chinese “dominance” can be debated, but as the Chinese management and education systems evolv...
By John Boudreau • Feb. 1, 2013 -
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Private Exchange Market Gets New Power Player
The emerging field of private health-insurance exchanges through which companies can provide employee health benefits grew by one potentially significant player on Thursday.Extend Health, which consulting firm Towers Watson purchased in 2012 and is the largest competitor in a crowded field of exc...
By David McCann • Feb. 1, 2013 -
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The Economics of Sports Insurance: Claim Game
When Alex Rodríguez, baseball’s highest-paid player, announced last month that he needed hip surgery, it wasn’t just the New York Yankees that groaned. The biggest share of the resulting financial pain may well be felt by Team Scotti, the lead insurer on his ten-year, $275m contract. If Mr Rodríg...
By Economist Staff • Jan. 25, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 25
Jason Cagle has been promoted to the top finance spot at United Surgical Partners International, effective after the company files its 2012 annual report. He will take over from Mark Kopser, who was appointed CEO of the firm’s European business when it was spun off in April. Cagle is now general ...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 25, 2013 -
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Health Care: Making the Macro Decisions
First, let’s make one thing clear: consultants are almost always angling. In their public comments, anyway, they tend to heavily emphasize stuff that behooves their business interests and downplay or ignore everything else.But that’s not the same as lying. And there are certain consultants I’ve i...
By David McCann • Jan. 24, 2013 -
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Why You Should Mentor Young Recruits
Early into my first job, I believed people followed the money and stayed with a company for that reason alone. I was wrong. Many things influence the decision to stay or leave, but I believe the strongest reason is relationships with people there. It was the time and effort my mentors spent shari...
By Steven Sterin • Jan. 24, 2013 -
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Can Collaboration Deliver Success?
LONDON — If the old way of doing business was two-sided rivalry, us-versus-them, win-lose, debit-credit, then about 90% of global decision-makers in business, government, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) now say the future depends more on collaboration if we are to see significant global ...
By Andrew Sawers • Jan. 23, 2013 -
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Four Tips for Managing the CIO-CMO Relationship
Years ago, when marketing was filled with creative types who spent money but could not point to how that money produced an ROI, the chief information officer, with the CFO’s tacit agreement, could put marketing projects on the back burner. Why prioritize an IT investment that would not yield tang...
By Martha Heller • Jan. 22, 2013 -
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Board Takeaways for 2013
As a CFO, you’re probably not a member of the company’s board. But you might as well be. You attend the greater portion of most board meetings and are asked for a lot of input.But are you always fully prepared? After all, a new hot item may pique the board’s interest at any time. “If you’re caugh...
By David McCann • Jan. 22, 2013 -
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How to Stop Wasting Your Human Capital
At most organizations, human capital is woefully underutilized. In the aggregate, that mismanagement leaves billions of dollars on the table in expenses that could have been saved and lost profits that could have been reinvested. In short, our return on people (ROP) is second rate. There are thre...
By Jac Fitz-enz • Jan. 18, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 18
Carpenter Technology Corp. has named Tony Thene to lead the finance function, effective January 31. He succeeds K. Douglas Ralph, who announced last September that he would leave the firm. Thene now heads finance for the engineered products and solutions business at Alcoa Inc.Rex Jackson has been...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 17, 2013 -
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The Bright Side of Bank Robbery
Morgan Stanley’s reported move to defer 100% of 2012 bonuses for high-earning employees is the crescendo of a trend of big banks deferring more pay in recent years.It’s the second straight year of big deferrals at Morgan Stanley, which a year ago held back 75% of bonuses for traders, investment b...
By David McCann • Jan. 16, 2013 -
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Damn the Profits, Full Speed Ahead
Among young and youngish software companies, the march toward profitability can stretch out like Lewis & Clark’s stroll to the West Coast. The incubation period can actually last a decade or more, even as the “start-up” continues to score new venture funding.Such is the case at Adaptive Plann...
By David McCann • Jan. 14, 2013 -
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Apple Plucks Xerox CFO
Xerox CFO Luca Maestri told the office-copier company Monday that he was resigning as of February 28 to become Apple’s corporate controller, Xerox reported in an 8-K filing today.As corporate controller, Maestri will work under Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer. In assuming a role left vacant when Bets...
By CFO Editorial Staff • Jan. 11, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 11
Alcoa Inc. has promoted William Oplinger to the top finance spot, effective April 1. He takes over from Charles McLane Jr., who is retiring after 40 years at the company. Currently, Oplinger is chief operating officer of Alcoa’s global primary products division, a post he has held since December ...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 10, 2013 -
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Worker Delusion Hikes Health-care Costs
For all the discussion about the ROI of wellness programs, there’s no debate that a healthier workforce is more productive and less costly than a less-healthy one. Many factors may hinder employers’ efforts to nudge workers toward healthy behaviors, one being that the workers seem to be delusiona...
By David McCann • Jan. 10, 2013 -
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Fixing a Small-Biz 401(k) Plan
A while back, I came to the realization that our small company’s 401(k) plan was silently robbing our employees of their retirement funds. Our plan, administered via our payroll company and a big-name Wall Street entity, had been selected a few years earlier by our former CFO. I believe she large...
By Will Akerlof • Jan. 8, 2013 -
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Nine Reasons Why Wellness Works
[Editor’s note: This article was edited from the original published version after CFO discovered inadvertent editing errors were made in the article’s “Reason #6.” CFO regrets the errors.][Editor’s note: This article outlines the reasons why wellness programs are thought to more than justify an o...
By Larry S. Chapman • Jan. 4, 2013 -
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Do the Wellness Math Yourselves, CFOs
[Editor’s note: This article exposes some potential flaws in the traditional view of the value provided by wellness programs. Click here for an opposing viewpoint.]Healthy workers are more productive than unhealthy workers, just like workers in some countries are demonstrably more productive than...
By Al Lewis • Jan. 4, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 4
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has named Devinder Kumar to lead the finance function. He had been interim CFO since September, following the resignation of Thomas Seifert.Robert Christensen has been promoted to the top finance spot at truck designer and manufacturer Paccar Inc. Christensen, who star...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 3, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending December 28
Ross Kari, who holds the top finance spot at Freddie Mac, has said he plans to retire in the latter half of next year. He will stay on through a transition period once a replacement has been named.Harmit Singh will become finance chief of Levi Strauss & Co. on January 16. Formerly, he was CFO...
By Joan Urdang • Dec. 28, 2012 -
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How to Curb Pension Risks
Managing the financial risk associated with pension obligations has become a high priority for many organizations in the current economic environment. The good news is that the recently enacted funding stabilization law, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), is helping t...
By Jeff Mamorsky • Dec. 26, 2012 -
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Who Should Manage Contract Risks?
CFOs know the importance of planning and taking the long view, so it’s natural they should have a special interest in preventing and managing risk within the organization, rather than just “mopping up” after a disaster. But before something can be managed, it must be identified and defined, with ...
By Craig Reilly • Dec. 20, 2012 -
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Three Resolutions CFOs Must Make for 2013
Like every year, 2013 will present new challenges. Are you ready? If it turns out the Mayans were wrong, you’ll have to be. Yes, it’s almost that time again: the time for New Year’s resolutions. The idea of making resolutions might bore you, or you might think you don’t have enough time for it. B...
By John Calia • Dec. 17, 2012 -
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Are These Benefits Hokum, or Helpful?
To stay healthy, people should eat fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly, drink alcohol only in moderation, and smoke not at all. And they definitely should avoid saturating their systems with mercury.Back in 2004, Don Washkewicz, CEO of $13 billion manufacturer Parker Hannifin, had no idea t...
By David McCann • Dec. 15, 2012
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