| |
MAJOR
BASE |
MAJOR
TREND |
NOT
A
TREND |
DON'T
KNOW |
| Globalization
-- becoming truly global companies |
308 |
94% |
5% |
2% |
| Improving
knowledge management and the use of new information technology |
308 |
88% |
7% |
5% |
| Cost
and cycle time reduction |
308 |
79% |
11% |
9% |
| Improving
supply chains globally |
308 |
78% |
11% |
11% |
| Manufacturing
at multiple locations in many countries |
308 |
76% |
14%
|
10% |
| Managing
the use of more part-time, temporary and contract workers |
308 |
71% |
22% |
7% |
| Developing
new employee relationships based on performance and personal growth,
not tenure and long-term commitment |
308 |
69% |
28% |
3% |
| Improving
human resources and the hiring, training, retention &motivation of
the talent companies will need |
308 |
68% |
28%
|
4%
|
| Improving
execution of company strategic plans |
308 |
68% |
24%
|
8%
|
| Developing
more appropriate strategic plans |
308
|
64%
|
29%
|
7%
|
| Ongoing
measurement/analysis of organizational processes |
308 |
60%
|
32%
|
8%
|
| Developing
a consistent global corporate culture |
308
|
56%
|
36%
|
7% |
| Outsourcing
of manufacturing |
308
|
55%
|
31%
|
15%
|
| Creating
learning organizations |
308 |
52%
|
39%
|
9%
|
| Outsourcing
of white collar services |
308
|
41%
|
47%
|
12%
|
| Managing
employee turnover |
308
|
41%
|
52%
|
7%
|
| Hiring
the best talent in developing countries such as Russia, India, China
|
308
|
23%
|
42%
|
35%
|
| Giving
more weight to long term goals and relatively less to quarterly earnings
|
308
|
19%
|
75%
|
6%
|
| Appointing
CEOs and top managers who are not U.S. citizens |
308
|
9%
|
66%
|
25%
|
