Companies keep slashing jobs, but new technologies won't replace good management
- Written by Mary Barrett, Professor of Management, University of Wollongong
As technology improves, it’s tempting for company executives to slash jobs that are “standard” and “routine”, making them easy to automate. But research shows focusing on improving management practices will do more to improve companies’ bottom lines.
In a study of 32,000 manufacturing firms, American researchers...
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