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What Government Should Relearn from Business (And It's Not Efficiency)

Harvard Business Review

drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand. Benchmarking was a key feature of President Clinton's effort at Reinventing Government. Public variants of outsourcing were pushed as part of George W. After all, the best-run companies might have a thing or two to teach this D.C.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one never really succeeds…he-she merely averts-survives the latest crisis. Training is vital.