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Peter and Dilbert’s Principles

Author: Future Manager Research Center Laurence Peter, a Canadian psychologist active in the 1960s, has the merit of having formulated the so-called “Peter principle”, also known as the “incompetence principle”. Peter had set out to give his own interpretation of the mechanisms that regulate the corporate careers of workers, all embroidered with a good dose…

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GEC #14 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Today, November 25, the “International day for the elimination of violence against women” is celebrated. It is an opportunity to remind the world how important it is not to remain indifferent to a phenomenon that is still prevalent on a global scale. As reported by the World Health Organization, violence against women is a serious…

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GEC #13 Gender Equality in China

Author: Future Manager Research Center The status of Chinese women, in ancient times and even in early modern times, can be summed up in one sentence: “Women don’t even have a place to put their feet”. Following the founding of the People’s Republic of China and according to the precepts advocated by Chairman Mao Zedong:…

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For Each Problem a Solution: How Not To Wreck the Temporary Management Activity

Author: Future Manager Research Center In the previous weeks, the figure of the Temporary Manager was extensively illustrated along with various positive aspects that the adoption of this figure can ensure for a company (including speed, flexibility, operativity, effectiveness and optimization). The survey proposed in this article instead aims to highlight a different and often…

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Chatbot to Improve the HR Offer

Author: Future Manager Research Center Nobody likes to carry out the most boring and repetitive tasks in the workplace, in fact everyone hopes to be able to cleverly avoid them or to be able to delegate to some other colleague. A chatbot can prove to be a trusted helper for carrying out tedious tasks. Also…

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GEC #12 The Japanese Case

Author: Future Manager Research Center It is my great privilege to be asked to share my thoughts here for the FMA Gender Equality Committee on behalf of en world Japan, FMA’s partner here in Tokyo. I would like to take a slightly different approach to my colleagues who have shared thus far and start with…

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GEC #11 Inequality of Compensation and Employment in USA

Author: Future Manager Research Center Gender Inequality concerning both compensation and employment is a genuine issue around the world, with the US being no exception. Covid has magnified the problem concerning women even further. Unemployment among women has increased due to Covid based on several factors: Concerning compensation, while it has been an issue traditionally,…

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Trial of the Anti-Covid Vaccine: The Experience of an Italian Engineer

Author: Future Manager Research Center November 2020 – Over the past few days, news have come that have made the whole world breathe a sigh of relief: the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German BioNtech, have announced that they have completed the testing of their coronavirus vaccine on humans, effective in 90% of cases…

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GEC #10 Gender Equality in Senior Management: the South African Model

Author: Future Manager Research Center Soon after apartheid was abolished in 1994, South Africa adopted a Constitution that is one of the most progressive in the world.  Apart from for it’s Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (a policy that attempts to redress the wrongs of apartheid), the SA Constitution specifically forbids the discrimination based on…

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GEC #9 #YoMeOcupo

Author: Future Manager Research Center Desde la iniciativa Spotlight, una alianza de la UE y las Naciones Unidas, lanzaron un spot que visibiliza la carga mental que implica para las mujeres planificar y gestionar los quehaceres cotidianos. Este audiovisual pone luz sobre mujeres saturadas de trabajo doméstico y presenta a un grupo de hombres que…

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