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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. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Premium pricing for preferred goods/services. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments. Research shows they can be cut in half.

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Walmart Won’t Stay on Top If Its Strategy Is “Copy Amazon”

Harvard Business Review

” In Amazon’s growing brick-and-mortar bookstores, Prime members can buy books for discounted prices, while others have to pay the cover price. In comparison, Walmart.com sells “only” 15 million items — and just 2 million of them are available for the free two-day shipping.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 Human resources management. Don’t base the business on ‘apples to oranges’ comparisons. 17 percent). Entrepreneurial, small business management.

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

Strategy Driven

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Human Resources Oversees Training. Don't base the training decisions on 'apples to oranges' comparisons. By their nature, HR departments are designed to uphold processes and systems.