February 19, 2011 - by Phaedra Brotherton
Although the percentage of those considered "long-term unemployed" (27 or more weeks) is at its highest level since 1948, job seekers 55 and older are having the toughest time of all. According to a new study, possible culprits include not having the right skills and jo... More »
July 06, 2010 - by Frank Weil, John Donahue, Richard Zeckhauser
New Yorks Central Park hit bottom in the late 1970s. Graffiti marred nearly every man-made surface. Litter blew across desiccated lawns. The city government, burdened by burgeoning costs and dwindling resources, had no plausible... More »
April 21, 2010 - by John Marshall
The shared services revolution began in the late 1980s with the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software packages by leading commercial enterprises. These highly standardized and sc... More »
April 18, 2010 - by Thad Juszczak
Government agencies often provide essential services that no one else provides. Therefore, the managers who run those agencies need a tool to manage for results, and citizen consumers of those services need one to gauge their ... More »
November 23, 2009 - by Pat Galagan
"How do I know you're who you say you are?" That's a question many investors are asking their money managers in the wake of the unraveling of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. But it's also a question many employees are asking about their bosses. Misdeeds by lea... More »
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