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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business Review

One large nonprofit system that has been struggling with its costs had a “president of strategy,” prima facie evidence of a serious culture problem! In larger facilities, there is often an astonishing proliferation of special care units, ICUs, and quasi-ICUs that are expensive to staff and have high fixed cost profiles.

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Aligning Your Organization with an Agile Workforce

Harvard Business Review

This arrangement is often complicated by inconsistent decision criteria: purchasing wants the lowest price and a fixed cost, whereas the business or operation wants the best resource, a good cultural fit, and enough flexibility in the contract to allow for changes in scope or strategy. Adapted from. Agile Talent. Add to Cart.

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The New Psychology of Business Models

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The old school methods of long-term planning and development created a false sense of security or pseudo-stability that has long been valued by stifling corporate bureaucracy. 4) Costs – what is your cost per sale/customer? Pro-rated fixed costs. Variable costs. Turnover (i.e.