November 2013
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
5h 39m
English
book
The Talent Equation: Big Data Lessons for Navigating the Skills Gap and Building a Competitive Workforce
by Matt Ferguson, Lorin Hitt, Prasanna Tambe
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Notes
INTRODUCTION
1. IBM, What is Big Data? http://www–01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata/
2. Josh Bersin, Big Data in HR: Why it’s Here and What it Means. 2012. https://www.bersin.com/blog/post.aspx?id=574b5527-ce55–4ec6–8c45-c8f05f85162e
3. James Manyika, Michael Chui, Brad Brown, Jacques Bughin, Richard Dobbs, Charles Roxburgh, Angela Hung Byers, Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity, McKinsey & Company, 2011. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/big_data_the_next_frontier_for_innovation
CHAPTER 1
1. Joe Weisenthal, Labor Force Participation Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since September 1981. Business Insider, 2012. http://www.businessinsider.com/labor-force-shrinks-by–367000--participation-rate-falls-to-its-lowest-level-in–31-years–2012–9 ...
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