Remove Bureaucracy Remove Ethics Remove Marketing Remove Objective
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The Big Picture of Business – How Business Advice Turns Into Company Strategy

Strategy Driven

Culture and Mission : values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Self Appointed.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Doing the things necessary to assure revenue (billings, sales, add-on’s, marketing). Running a bureaucracy. Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Supply chain management should be implemented.

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How Managers Should Respond When Bribes Are Business as Usual

Harvard Business Review

Studies show that it’s also counterproductive resulting in lower profit margins, return on equity , and employee morale ; costly delays as players haggle over the size of the kickback; and poverty and poor governance in the markets where they’re paid. ” Identify “moon markets” and walk away.