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What Are The Shared Values In Your Organization?

The Idolbuster

McKinsey 7S Model. I find the McKinsey 7S framework particularly relevant model for organizational behavior. The company had become large enough that the ad-hoc decision making was no longer effective, and product development was impeded by political infighting. It categorizes 7 elements that together categorize a company. (See

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These 6 Sectors of Africa’s Economy Are Poised for Growth

Harvard Business Review

a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010. New research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute makes it clear that Africa faces real economic headwinds including declining investment and savings, and rising government indebtedness. from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1%

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Get the Strategy You Need — Now

Harvard Business Review

Though both statements may sound extreme, they are the clear implication of new McKinsey research on how companies create value and allocate resources. A second new McKinsey study delves into the question of what executives are doing about their strategic shortfall, and concludes that most are not doing enough. Execute decisively.

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Women on Boards: America Is Falling Behind

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

This has certainly been the picture painted by Syriza, the left-wing political party of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and by many friends of Greece and progressive economists. What’s more, the recent McKinsey study on Greek competitiveness shows that the country’s biggest challenge has been a lack of investment.

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The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

Such government safety net programs kept some 25 million people out of poverty in 2010. We have been analyzing cash usage behavior in emerging markets on different continents and experiencing different socio-political and economic challenges through our research in Egypt, India, and Mexico.

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What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020

Harvard Business Review

In a matter of decades, society altogether rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its arts, its key institutions. A 2014 McKinsey & Co. In his HBR piece, Drucker suggested that our great transformation would be completed by 2010 or 2020. Fifty years later a new world exists.

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