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Why Marketing Wastes Money.: Whenever I take Marketing to task for wasting money, marketing folk try to explain how fundamentally wrongheaded I am. For example, the blogger Jacqueline Barnett, in a comment to my post "Market Requirements = Garbage," complains: "[Marketing] is a strategic, complex function which defines performance and tactics for...; Tags: Geoffrey James, Marketing, Sales, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Conversation, Function; Blog posts 2008-01-03
How To Make A Decision: When you ask a question about how to make a decision, there are two things you need to consider, you and your decision-making process. If you need to do a particular job, typically, you would use a particular tool that forms a certain function. If the tool is not in...; Tags: Function, Decision, Tool, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2007-12-01
Let's Make a Deal: Talk to My Computer: High level deal-making can be an arduous task, so negotiators often bring in a mediator. But there are problems with human mediators: you never know for sure whether they're unbiased, whether they might reveal confidential information by accident, or whether they're fully competent to mediate the negotiation. But there's hope:...; Tags: Andrew Hines, Negotiator, Function, Commercial Version, Productivity, Computer; Blog posts 2007-03-16
Better, Cheaper, Faster. Now Repeat: The Transformational Offshore Imperative In The Age Of Payment Electronification: Offshoring as a game-changer is still in its infancy - still proving over and over, function by function, the value of accessing global resources for their lower labor costs. But building a business case purely on first-wave costs is an almost certain road to disappointment in future years. Transformational offshorers...; Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Operations, It Operations, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Payment, Function, Offshore; White papers 2005-11-14
Is Sarbanes-Oxley Compromising Internal Audit?: It's a brave new world for internal audit, one that presents new opportunities and new risks. The function has risen to the challenges that the new regulatory environment poses. Now finance and internal audit executives must find ways to balance internal audit's independence with its ongoing compliance contributions while keeping...; Tags: Financial Accounting, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Audit, Function, Finance; White papers 2005-08-01

Creating Product Management At A Startup: A startup faces many daunting challenges as it moves along the path from an idea on paper to a full-fledged company that can stand on its own. It has to be built out piece by piece, function by function, and there is probably no function where the author have seen...; Tags: Function, Start-up; White papers 2005-01-01
The Continuing Quest for Sustainable Compliance: The push to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 deadlines is just the first ripple in a sea change taking place in finance departments nationwide. The function is shifting from a view of compliance as a one-time challenge to a mind-set in which reporting requirements are a prominent area of continuous focus....; Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, Compliance, Function; White papers 2004-11-01
The Utility Function and the Emotional Well-Being Function: Behind the utility function, which is the basis for economic and finance theory, is a philosophical and ethical approach based essentially on the Utilitarian and Hedonistic schools. Once qualitative, the utility function?s approach shifted to a quantitative one based on the work of the mathematician, D. Bernoulli. This quantitative approach...; Tags: Real Estate, Financial Accounting, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Utility Function, Function, Business Ethics; White papers 2004-10-22
Metafrontier Functions For The Study Of Inter-Regional Productivity Differences: This paper uses the concept of the metafrontier function to study regional differences in production technologies. The paper has three components. The first deals with the analytical framework necessary for the definition of a metafrontier function. The second component studies the properties of a metafrontier function estimated using non-parametric Data...; Tags: Function; White papers 2004-08-01
The Strategic Benefits of Learning Outsourcing: Outsourcing key business functions is a common strategy for information technology and human resources departments. Having other companies do the administrative work or host the technology allows these departments to free up their resources to devote more time to mission-critical functions and special projects. The best functions to outsource are...; Tags: Hiring, Function, Benefit, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-07-14
Construction Project Scheduling Problem With Uncertain Resource Constraints: This paper discusses that major problem is the construction project scheduling mathematical model and a simple algorithm in the uncertain resource environments. The project scheduling problem with uncertain resource constraints comprised mainly three parties: one of which its maximal limited capacity is fixed throughout the project duration; second maximal limited...; Tags: Programming, Wuhan University, Function, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development; White papers 2004-06-01
Product Management As A Counterbalance: The ideal company grows in such a way that it contains a balance of all the various strengths it needs: marketing, sales, technical knowledge, customer service, and management. Each function, such as Marketing, has its inherent strengths and weaknesses. One function's weaknesses are balanced out by strengths from other functions....; Tags: Function, Strength, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales; White papers 2004-01-01
Managing Milk Composition: Maximizing Rumen Function: This fact sheet discusses several strategies that producers can use to enhance rumen function and the resulting milk components. Various feeding management practices impact the levels of milk fat and protein concentration in raw milk. Feeding strategies that optimize rumen function also maximize milk production and milk component percentages and...; Tags: Function, Management, Strategy; White papers 2003-08-01
Outsourcing IT And Business Functions Not Risk-Free: From the executive summary: ‘Most outsource providers are retained by organizations to perform functions such as information technology, call center, help desk, claims processing, finance and accounting, and human resources functions. The arrangement may call for the outsourcer to assume responsibility for managing services at the customer's own site, or...; Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Company, Information Technology, American City Business Journals Inc., Function; White papers 2003-02-28
How To Turn Buying Into A Money-Making Function Of Your Business: "The most important step to success is to establish the policy that will convert and treat the purchasing function as a profit asset center. The profit profile analysis is a proven calculation process that hundreds of companies have used to predict and then verify profit contributions. To simplify the explanations...; Tags: Function, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2003-01-01
What Is Process Excellence?: 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...; Tags: Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Six Sigma, PE, Excellence, Leadership, Process Improvement, Manufacturing, Function, Quality, Business Operations, It Operations, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Purchasing: Purchasing is not a service function, but a profit making activity. Materials are a large part of total cost; procurement is best handled as a separate distinct function reporting directly to the top level operating executives. Real purchasing job starts long before the specifications or requisitions are written. The...; Tags: Channel Management, Business Operations, Marketing, Purchasing & Procurement, Article, Function; White papers 2003-01-01
Planning And Control: Planning function lays down the guidelines towards attainment of long term goals of an organization. Control function ensures that desired results accrue by following the guidelines and sets directives for error negation. Together these two functions form the fulcrum of the organization. The paper explains these functions and examines the...; Tags: Function; Presentations 2003-01-01
New Options for the Finance Function: Companies are searching for any advantage to remain competitive, but cost cutting alone can leave them vulnerable regardless of where it takes place within an organization. As executives turn their attention to the finance function, they should consider outsourcing—not only as a means to cut costs but also to fundamentally...; Tags: Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Function, Financial Accounting; White papers 2002-11-19
Creating Real Value for Customers: Three Proven Value Models: For many years, sales forces have existed to communicate the value of their companies' offerings. But while the sales function has been busy fulfilling this role, a great change has swept over the business world. Other functions - manufacturing, engineering, product development, and even human resources - have been restructuring...; Tags: Function, Value, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Product Development, Sales, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2002-03-22