Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “Farb, you’re proposing a pretty radical change and it’s a lot for us to digest,” she said quickly. We want you to buy from us.”

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Case Study Retail Price Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

Two years later the company was the poster child for reengineering success — the subject of speeches, a Harvard Business School case study, articles, and book references. Engage the finance organization. Finance was on board at the company in our story. The system must be reviewed and validated by finance.

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Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point.

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Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14