Remove Case Study Remove Committee Remove Ethics Remove Operations
article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

Quality 50
article thumbnail

Dennis Kozlowski Was Not a Thief

Harvard Business Review

During the decade he headed the company (1992 – 2002), Tyco grew from a small New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant operating in more than 100 countries with 250,000 employees and $40 billion in annual revenue. The board’s audit committee did not keep minutes at all until the problems began at Tyco in 2002.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Just because you once spoke to their business club, attended a workshop with them or served on a volunteer committee, they keep coming back to you for free work. There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. Social Networkers.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Several committees competed with each other for the spotlight.