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Core Competence: a key ability or strength that an organization has acquired that differentiates it from others, gives it competitive advantage, and contributes to its long-term success....; Core Competence definition on BNET »

Strategy, core competence And HR Involvement As Determinants Of HR Effectiveness And Refinery Performance: TThis study examines the impact strategy, core competence, and involvement of HR executives in strategic decision making on the refinery managers' evaluation of the effectiveness of HR and refinery performance among 86 U.S. petro-chemical refineries. Survey results indicated that higher involvement of HR in organizational strategy is strongly related to...; Tags: Cornell University, refinery, competence, Human Resources, strategy, decision-making, performance, survey; White papers 2003-01-01
Core Competencies: Core competencies lead to the development of core products. Core products are not directly sold to end-users; rather, they are used to build a larger number of end-user products. The business units of the corporation each tap into the relatively few core products to develop a larger number of end...; Tags: Strategy, core competency, core product, competence, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
The Dark Side Of Outsourcing: Outsourcing is considered as an effective strategy to cut costs and achieve economies of scale. By following the outsourcing strategy, an organization can focus on its core competence and leave the non-core work to the outsourced vendor. The paper discusses the negative areas in the outsourcing strategies. Some solutions for...; Tags: International Data Group, outsourcing, outsource, strategy; White papers 2001-11-15
What Makes Silicon Valley Succeed?: When you think of Silicon Valley, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely it's something having to do with computers and the internet. But an intriguing article from today's NY Times reports that managers in the region have a more expansive idea of what they're all about:...; Tags: Strategy, Semiconductors, Andrew Hines, core competence, competence, industry; Blog posts 2007-03-14
Whether Nearby Or Offshore: the relative importance of a process and the risk associated with it. With cheaper and more efficient connectivity, companies are knitting together people, processes, and platforms in ways that are having deep strategic impact. It is also causing a re-evaluation of the idea of the core competence. The article offers...; Tags: Outsourcing, CMP Media; White papers 2003-01-01

Ignoring the Obvious: This financial services company wanted to dramatically improve the quantity and quality of collaboration within its enterprise. Top management had decided that collaboration was to be their new core competence. The author was to recommend the best software, systems and apps for achieving this. This paper is about managing the...; Tags: Groupware, Financial Planning, International Data Group, collaboration, financial service, financial, software; White papers 2005-04-15
Cultivating Innovation: We are living in a period of transition from the industrial to the knowledge era. Old ways of competing and winning don't work anymore. Success is no longer based on what you do or what you own. In the knowledge era, success is based on what you know. Innovation must...; Tags: Trek Consulting, knowledge; White papers 2006-06-01
Four Steps to Making Talent Management a core competence: Not only should line managers be adept at managing people but the corporation needs to have a robust people management capability that is clear, coherent, and applied company wide. Many companies are only beginning to appreciate the importance of enterprise wide talent management. This paper identifies four steps that companies...; Tags: Workforce management, talent management, talent; White papers 2005-06-08
Information as a Competitive Advantage - Part 6, Innovation: The ability to innovate represents a very important success factor in the modern Business environment. Factors which influence the development of an innovative environment are: the business infrastructures supporting core competence development, the supply of skills and knowledge in respect with the ability to conduct research and development, the demand...; Tags: Strategy, EzineArticles.com, environment, competitive advantage, R&D, knowledge, performance; White papers 2006-10-15
E-Knowledge: From the executive summary ‘To derive the greatest value from knowledge channeling, organizations must understand the nature of the knowledge-based assets. The manner in which the organization links to other mission critical assets and goals also helps in understanding the concept of knowledge channeling. Increased realization of knowledge as the...; Tags: Strategy, knowledge, asset, WWW, Intranet, portal, information technology; White papers 2002-03-01
You're Thinking About Outsourcing ... Now What?: HR functions are looking to reduce time spent on recordkeeping and increase time dedicated to strategic partnering with the business. An organization's sourcing strategy - essentially, the "make versus buy" equivalent for the HR function - provides the opportunity to meet this goal. When done correctly, a sound outsourcing strategy...; Tags: Strategy, Mercer, strategic partnering, Human Resources, outsourcing, sourcing, supplier; White papers 2004-10-15
Citibank Taiwan: Citibank Taiwan wants to focus on core competence, to reduce the costs of Applications Management in Technology Service Group, and to leverage external professional resources on application management. Capgemini provided applications management services for Citibank GCB Taiwan in ATM, AVR & Internet Banking Authorization Front-End Systems, PC LAN application systems,...; Tags: Network technology, Capgemini, Citigroup Inc., application management, Internet banking, data mining, ATM, application development, LAN, PC, Internet; Case studies
Managing Your Spend: New strategies, reengineering, and powerful technology have enabled companies to revamp sourcing and procurement. With significant benefits such as these within reach, it is no wonder that companies increasingly try to build core competence around spend management, aggressively pursuing savings that can be realized by more effectively managing their spend....; Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, Inbound Logistics, procurement, sourcing, re-engineering, payment, analysis, benefit; White papers 2002-12-01
Automotive Software Foundry (ASF) Solutions: The increase in the amount and importance of software and electronics in the vehicle presents several critical issues the automotive industry must address. IBM's Automotive Software Foundry (ASF) solution is an integrated set of processes, tools and services that maps the software development and management experience, and core competence of...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, IBM Corp., electronics, industry, software development, software, supplier, tool, computer; White papers 2003-01-01
Project Management From The Top: An Approach For Managing Multiple Complex Projects: As more and more work in organizations is performed within the context of special projects, leaders need a systematic and comprehensive approach for launching, managing, and assessing projects to increase the chances for project success. By establishing a solid governance infrastructure and process, and by following a systematic means for...; Tags: project management, leader; White papers 2003-08-01
The Call Center Becomes a Revenue Generator: The article is a business analysis which tells how companies can enhance customer service, develop customer loyalty, and drive additional revenue through the call center channel. The customer interaction center forward-looking companies are envisioning is enabled by a host of new technologies. As the call center evolves into a customer...; Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), call-center, outsourcing, data mining, customer service, agent; White papers 2003-01-01
Managing Spend for Significant Bottom-Line Results: An enterprise spend management solution enables businesses to automate key steps of the spend-management process in a single closed-loop system and provide enterprise-wide visibility and operational control. Though businesses cannot control the economic circumstances in which they operate, they can control the money they spend. One hundred percent of the...; Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., strategy; White papers 2003-01-01
Establishing a Strategic Partnering Relationship: Strategic partnership agreements—whether short- or long-term—allow organizations to take advantage of market opportunities and respond to customer needs in collaboration, doing it more efficiently and effectively than they could alone.“Collaboration is the process by which partners adopt a high level of purposeful cooperation to maintain a trading relationship over time....; Tags: Strategy, BNET Editorial, strategic partnering, market opportunity, leadership style, SWOT analysis, collaboration, New Product Development, vision, volatility, partnership, investment, barrier, decision-making, supplier, leadership, manufacturing, agreement, benefit; Articles 2007-11-19
How the Internet Changed Sales.: The Internet made the business world go all weird, in ways that nobody expected. Probably the weirdest thing that happened was the transformation of product selling into consultative selling. It totally blindsided the conventional wisdom of the business pundits and made all of them look like fools. ...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Internet, Geoffrey James, sales representative, sales; Blog posts 2007-10-22
Big Hurdles Remain in ConocoPhillips-Tyson Biodiesel Venture: Tyson Foods and ConocoPhillips continue to move forward with plans to profitably convert animal fats into renewable diesel fuel, with a rollout planned for Spring 2009. Although demand for renewable fuels is high, it is doubtful the diesel will be shipped and distributed through existing pipelines from ConocoPhillips refineries, by...; Tags: Tyson Foods Inc., Biodiesel, ConocoPhillips Co., David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-06