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Category Archives: Business structure
Why Should You Develop a Business Plan for Going Concern, How to Do It, and How Do You Convert the Plan Into Action?
Why Should You Develop a Business Plan? For every startup the development of a business plan is a required first step. It is so obvious – business schools have course on writing the business plan and it is impossible to … Continue reading
The 6 New Management Imperatives by Bruce Temkin – comments
Bruce Temkin has published a free book on his blog[[1]], The 6 New Management Imperatives – Leadership Skills for a Radically Changed Business Environment. Mr. Temkin sets out to define a “new set of skills” for managers. These are the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Business structure, Functional Skills, Operations, People, Strategy/Planning
Tagged bruce temkin, business processes, customers, Deming, Drucker, EFQM, empowerment, high performance, high performance organization, leadership skills, management, management principles, Marketing/Sales, Productivity, senior managers, strategic plan, Toyota Production System, TPS
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Proven Checklist for Business Success – How Do You Put Them Into Action?
I receive a regular email titled, “Management Intelligence…… from Edward de Bono and Robert Heller”[[1]] . Their most recent email was “Management Intelligence: A proven checklist for business success”. Here is the checklist they provided: “DO YOU… IMPROVE basic, measured … Continue reading
Posted in Business structure, Change Management, Functional Skills, Operations, People, Productivity, Quality System
Tagged baldrige national quality program, business processes, customers, edward de bono, Fact-based, high performance management, high performance organization, management, overlap, performance, results, Robert Heller
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Book Review – 12 The Elements of Great Managing and Making These Actionable
The Gallup Organization has been publishing books on management and high performance organizations regularly for quite some time. The encouraging elements in all of them are that they are based on real data from real people about real work. I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Business structure, Functional Skills, People, Quality System
Tagged 12 The Elements of Great Managing, baldrige national quality program, EFQM, high performance organization, human resources, iso 9000 standards, James K. harter, Lean, lean principles and practices, People, Rodd Wagner, strength
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Podcast: Outsourcing – not a strategy that is as simple as a make or buy decision
Outsourcing is sometimes seen as a panacea, especially for startups. However, a sound knowledge of business practices is required to make outsourcing really work.
Outsourcing – not a strategy that is as simple as a make or buy decision
Outsourcing functions is a key element of every business’s strategy. Richard Mammone, Rutgers University BEST Institute, has written a brief article, “Humility and the Successful Startup: Every skill required to form a business should be judged on make-or-buy grounds. If … Continue reading
Podcast – What If Agreements – get them in place now, before a what if occurs
Put your Founders’ Agreement in place before the inevitable business conflicts arise.
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