Natalie Hanson Archives
SAP Town Hall
Posted on February 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
SAP launched a new release of the Business Suite this week, and as a result there were a number of SAP executives in the US. After the launch in NYC, they made their way down to the Newtown Square offices, where they held a Town Hall meeting. It has been many years (in the opening […]
Your time is coming!
Posted on January 22, 2009 1 Comment
This morning when I woke up, I checked my Blackberry (as I often do) before beginning to pack my son’s lunch. Imagine the excitement when I came across this in my inbox! ______________________________________________ From: John B Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:45 PM To: Natalie H Subject: Fw: Support for the COO programs and Projects Your time is coming! […]
Meeting Ernie, learning Lean
Posted on January 10, 2009 1 Comment
One of the funny things about SAP is that we refer to our highest-ranking executives by their first names – Leo, Bill, Henning, Marty, Ernie, Hasso, Shai … Not that there aren’t other Germans at SAP named Henning! But when you just say ‘Henning’, everyone knows who you’re talking about. In my case, I’m really excited […]
Talent Management
Posted on January 10, 2009 2 Comments
In my dissertation research, I explored the different mechanisms of control at work within the corporate context. I took advantage of my insider access as a corporate employee to describe and analyze varied of business practices and deconstruct them from an anthropological point of view. I looked at everything from employee communications, to budgeting, to […]
Wild & wooly
Posted on January 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
SAP, it seems, is in a constant state of re-organization. I wrote a whole chapter on the topic in my dissertation, which I completed in 2004. For reasons that I’ll get to in a minute, I re-read the chapter today and I feel that much of it still holds true, in spite of the fact […]
