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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

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. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

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. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. On with the interview. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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MBAs Should Take Competency Tests

Harvard Business Review

It's great to see students get their shoes dusty with real-world forays, but I fear they are losing the ability to read a balance sheet or parse the kind of complex data they'd get in case-study coursework. And teaching methods have changed. Too many students are distracted and disengaged. Other fields do this.

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Avoiding Catastrophic Failures in Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

A large division of this company had recognized the need to dramatically change its business model to survive and succeed in a changing market. 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.

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Shadow IT Is Out of the Closet

Harvard Business Review

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. Case studies on companies that have failed to invest in IT innovations, and the resulting business impacts--usually disastrous--abound.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

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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