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		<title><![CDATA[EIU Report: Operational Excellence: Enabling Sustained Growth - Spotlight on the Americas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=362361]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a survey completed in January 2008, the Economist Intelligence Unit EIU surveyed operational, financial, IT, and sales and marketing executives around the world on the role of operational excellence in their business strategies. The survey yielded 946 responses from mid-sized companies with annual revenues of $20m-$500m. This paper is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Six Secrets to Business Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=203]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ChangeThis has posted John Spence's essay  Achieving Business Excellence . In it, Spence argues that there are six things all excellent businesses have in common I have summed and in some cases paraphrased:    1. Vivid vision, well articulated.    2. The best people, who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:09:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Operational excellence: Enabling sustained growth Spotlight on the Americas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1200467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Americas should be a hotbed operational excellence activity. The scientists and businessmen who first applied statistics to process improvement—Deming, Taylor and others—hailed from the United States. In the 1980s, Royal Bank of Canada pioneered the use of customer relationship  management CRM software, while Procter & Gamble  rolled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Complementing Company]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=372459]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This letter praises a company that you feel shows overall excellence, from its community image to its care for its workers. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Calculated Risk: Fear Of Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=374315]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you strive for perfection? Do you spend countless hours doing and redoing just to get something just right? Are the "Benefits" of technology like word processors and networked printers driving you to make version after version of documents when a little dab of white out would do you just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Excellence Through Social Media]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=320583]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This presentation explains the corporate excellence through social media. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Achieving Operational Excellence In Government]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316931]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Operational excellence is a term usually associated with private-sector enterprises that are focusing on business processes and technologies that drive improvements in the ways in which they deliver products and services to customers. Operational excellence, however, takes more than technological know-how. It must be founded on a commitment to continuous...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Talent Management: This is the Way to Create Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=134569]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies must attract, retain, and develop top performers to attain and maintain competitive advantage. Optimizing human capital can be achieved through a pro-active talent-management process. This paper identifies the factors that contribute most to the creation and sustenance of organizational excellence, as measured by continuous stakeholder satisfaction, perpetual competitive advantage,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Is Process Excellence?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=56650]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Organizations are typically designed along functional lines. Functions, such as engineering, marketing, accounting, manufacturing, and so on are assigned responsibility for certain tasks. The functions tend to correspond closely to university degree programs. Persons with higher education in a functional area specialize in the work assigned to the function. Process...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Excellence the Journey Starts Here]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=57381]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article tells us about correlation of excellence concepts and quality management principles. The EFQM defines excellence as ‘outstanding practice in managing the organisation and achieving results' - not only by hitting the end-of-term numbers, but also by managing well. This view is reflected in the structure of the model,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulating The Outsource Provider]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93544]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘Excellence is never cheap, because it stems from a sound approach, experience, and time-intensive work. The cost to a product development program for truly outstanding consultation is worth avoiding the risk of failed clinical trial, major regulatory errors or even the loss of a small amount...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Achieve Operational Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120820]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘To achieve the goals of operational excellence cycle, organizations and management must be committed to quality, continuous improvement, and total compliance. They have to be willing to invest in the training and development of their requirement writers, trainers, and auditors to ensure requirements are always clearly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[bizlife Column One]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176717]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If a company is going to stay in business, it has to change, and that can be scary. Many people see change as threatening. To them, it is the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting. Unfortunately, comfort can be...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Certificate Of Excellence]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Excellence Award (With Mountains)]]></title>
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