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Creating a Productive Corporate Culture: Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz, founder and principal of the Boswell Group, shares his insight about the different personalities of corporations. Boswell Group is a consulting firm that specializes in the psychology of business.; Tags: Video, Corporate Culture, Boswell Group, Leadership, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Videos 2008-01-24
Diary of A Change Agent: You don't have to be a CEO to create an environment that supports action. You just need a flair for imaginative networking. Article explains how changes effect the working environment that leads to some small epiphany or innovation, often with implications for the future of the entire company. It...; Tags: Innovation, Corporate Culture, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Agent, Leadership, Real Estate, Strategy, Management, Business Operations; White papers 2002-07-01
The Bucks Starts Here: The working environment of a company goes a long way in reflecting its reputation. Corporate culture can make or break a company. It is the onus of the management to induce effective and good corporate culture, which reflects in the work done by employees. Most management experts and board members...; Tags: Corporate Culture, Board, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Raytheon Six Sigma: Building a Corporate Culture: After Raytheon Co. completed a series of mergers, they had to quickly implement a new corporate culture and eliminate duplicate processes while maintaining a focus on the customer. Raytheon produced a customized solution, Raytheon Six Sigma, which integrated knowledge management, cultural development, and successfully included customers and suppliers. Raytheon Six...; Tags: Raytheon Co., Corporate Culture, Six Sigma, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process Improvement, Knowledge Management, Quality, Business Operations, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers
Product Management and Project Management - Two Functions, Two Vital Roles: For the past few years, the business world has suffered from "Growing pains" and the corporate community is certainly enduring its share of turbulence and disorder. Among the many causative issues, mergers and downsizing are creating conflicts over strategies, roles and responsibilities, and corporate culture clashes. The current shift to...; Tags: Corporate Culture, Business Function, Sequent Computer Systems, Project Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Product Development, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2004-05-25

Cross-Cultural Risk Factors In Offshore Outsourcing: When companies decide on an offshore outsourcing strategy, select service providers and plan their onshore-offshore integration, due diligence and risk assessment is normal part of the process. Until recently however, systematic attention to the cross-cultural dimensions of risk assessment has been rare. With mergers and acquisitions, corporate culture compatibility and...; Tags: Risk Assessment, Corporate Culture, Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Leadership, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management; White papers 2006-12-11
Blowing Up Business As Usual: At some companies, employees skip meetings, set their own schedules, and take unlimited vacation time. Surprise: They also get more done.There's no shortage of approaches to organizational and performance management — from balanced scorecard and total quality management to management by walking around and rightsizing, just for starters. One of...; Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Balanced Scorecard, Performance Management, Quality, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Business Intelligence, Team Management, Marketing, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Results-Only Work Environment, Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson, Productivity, Organizational Management, Best Buy, Google, General Electric, Semco, Corporate Culture, BNET Feature Package; Articles 2008-09-26

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Emerging Markets - Relocation Issues For Multinational Enterprises: By definition, all multinational companies are now familiar with the globalisation phenomenon, and few organisations have yet to consider the benefits of internationalising their production and sales operations. Now this interest has spread to the emerging markets of Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. In these regions deregulated or...; Tags: Emerging Market, GDS Publishing, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Marketing Research, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Investment, Finance, Marketing; White papers 2008-01-01
LDSI Consulting Announces Appointment of Chris Stevenson as President and CEO: ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 6, 1999-- J.D. Edwards Alliance Partner, LDSI Consulting, today announced the appointment of Chris Stevenson as President and CEO, effective July 1, 1999. Mr. Stevenson replaces Steve Moore, who has been appointed Chairman of the Board. As President of LDSI Consulting, Stevenson will be...; Tags: board, chairman, Colorado, consultant, consulting, J.D. Edwards & Co., Outsourcing, Strategy; Research articles 1999-07-07
Ignore Operations At Your Peril: "Need to boost performance? Just innovate the way your organization handles operations. That's right, operations. Companies that create new ways of doing work--think Dell with its direct business model--can trounce competitors and even change their whole industry. That's because time, cost, and customer satisfaction all get major boosts from operational...; Tags: Operation, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Strategy, Product Marketing, Channel Management, Management, Marketing; Case studies 2004-05-01
Evaluating the CEO: When CEOs stumble, they pull their companies down with them. As chief executive, how can you stay steady on your feet and keep delivering the high-quality leadership your firm needs? When Kaufman was the...; Tags: Compensation Committee, Compensation, Board, Leader, Director, CEO, Drucker, Effectiveness, Leadership, Benefits, Corporate Governance, Management, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Stephen P. Kaufman, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2008-10-02
Here we go again: how a family's cross-cultural and repatriation adjustment: relates to the employee's receptivity to future international assignments: Expatriates play an important role in the global strategies of many organizations by filling a skill gap in a foreign business operation, transferring management expertise or corporate culture, starting up new operations, and coordinating global activities (Black, and Gregersen, 1999; Harzing, 2001; Hocking, Brown, and Harzing, 2004). The need for...; Tags: Journal of Commerce Inc.; Research articles 2006-03-22
How to Execute a Merger: Planning and brokering an M&A deal is the easy part. It's after the ink is dry that the real work begins. Here's how to navigate this critical period in five key steps. Set Expectations GOAL: Ensure...; Tags: Merger, Employee, Firm, Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organization, Crash Course, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Geoffrey James, Business Operations, Finance, Investment, Corporate Law; Articles 2008-05-06
Global Dreaming | BTalk Australia: (17min 28) We like to think of our major capital cities as having a lot to offer multinational companies. Are we dreaming? In â€œGlobal Connections: a study of multinational companies in Sydneyâ€ Michael Enright concludes that our role is little more than a branch office providing...; Tags: Operation, Multinational, R&D, Australia, Activity, Market, Term, Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Sales, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2009-03-02
How to Innovate Like Apple: Apple's formula for success can be distilled into principles of sound management that could in the right culture flourish elsewhere too. Clear Your Mind GOAL: Understand what it takes to create truly remarkable products. The word “zen”...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Americans, Leadership, Smart Phones, Productivity, Corporate Governance, Investment, Digital Music, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Apple, Innovation, Design, iPod, iPhone, Strategy, Crash Course, Chris Morrison; Articles 2009-08-10
Expanding Overseas: The Best Mid-Size Markets: Relatively stable and foreigner-friendly, these growing mid-size markets offer expansion opportunities in regions less vulnerable to the current global economic slowdown. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p...; Tags: United Arab Emirates, BNET Feature, Software, Enterprise Software, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Free Trade, Taxes, Government, Tax Rate, Singapore, Latin America, Business, Chile, Dubai, Gross Domestic Product, U.S., GDP, Banking, Internet, Jennifer Alsever, International, Business Expansion, Financial Services; Articles 2008-04-21
Localizing Marketing Programs for Diverse Markets: Since conditions vary from market to market, particularly when a company is selling internationally, it is important to adapt or "localize" marketing programs. This could mean shifting to an entirely new strategy, or just making tactical changes to promotions, copy, language, photos, or other elements. What You Need to...; Tags: Program, Advertisement, Outlet, Marketing Research, Marketing, Database, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-11-20
When to Ally and When to Acquire: The Idea in Brief Many companies view acquisitions and alliances as interchangeable strategies for spurring growth. But each strategy has unique advantages and disadvantages. Firms that ignore those differences risk acquiring companies they should have collaborated with...; Tags: Acquisition, Acquisitions, Alliance, Alliances, Finance, Harbir Singh, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Investment, Jeffrey H. Dyer, M&A, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Merges, Prashant Kale, Strategy; Articles 2007-12-14
Change Management Is The Problem, Not The Solution: "As the title of this article boldly states, change management is not the solution. Creating a deep and sustainable change in business strategy, or is operations that result in improved competitiveness is not just about management — it's first about leadership. Lasting business change involves shifting day-to-day work...; Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Office Design: How to Build a Better Office: A well-designed office is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to retain workers and make them more productive. Size Up Your Current Space Goal: Understand how well — or...; Tags: Office Design, Adjustment, Jane Hodges, Charlotte Wiederholt, Office Layout, Office, Worker, Space, Workplace, Employee, Microsoft Office, Conference, Office Architecture, Design, Crash Course; Articles 2008-02-29