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Our Dell Dance to the ‘Bureaucratic Boogie’ Highlights a Common Service Breakdown

The Practical Leader

I just got off the phone from a painful hour of experiencing Dell’s inward focused bureaucracy as Gary, our IT support guy, and I purchased a notebook computer for Heather. Toyota Under Fire: Leadership Lessons on Turning Crisis Into Opportunity. That may change. It was a lot of work to get someone to take our money.

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The 4 Types of Organizational Politics

Harvard Business Review

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. So what is it?

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The Industries That Are Being Disrupted the Most by Digital

Harvard Business Review

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. These executives also score highly in their social adeptness, bold leadership, and determination.