Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The nations on Europe's periphery can grow sustainably only if they significantly increase the ability of their economies — and ultimately their firms — to innovate, reduce the distorting role of the public sector through incumbent protection and needless bureaucracy, and improve the way their public sectors use their resources.

Long-term 8

Long-term Crisis Politics Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

” The company had layers of bureaucracy and management, siloed functions, and a culture of friction and defensiveness. Besides enhancing and maintaining alignment, these steps help mitigate other important problems associated with conventional product management.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Organization Attrition 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness?

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. Don’t have sufficient management skills or resources to do something well. Crisis management and preparedness can minimize negative impacts of any emergency.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Energy vampires are often smart, well-intentioned managers who inadvertently slow the company down with too many questions, too much analysis, too much process—and not enough action. One tactic: Make sure the next 10 hero stories you tell are about doers, about the front line, about those who execute.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy 360-Degree Feedback How To Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

To succeed in India, an American company either needs to have robust electronic communication processes at the top management level or must be willing to set its leaders in India free of the bureaucracy at corporate headquarters, so that they can address local issues and opportunities. Local autonomy makes important decisions possible.

CEO 10

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

As Google Ventures’ five-day method has shown, sprints help bypass bureaucracy, “analysis paralysis,” and endless debate cycles. Improvisation suggests a fundamental openness and flexibility at the tactical level — the willingness to explore, experiment, and iterate.

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. Many managers have poor people skills, as well as poor verbal-written communications skills. by Hank Moore.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

Digital processes, applied to the same old tactics, simply exacerbate the same old problems. The pie is smaller, or at best staying the same, but these digital businesses have managed to get bigger pieces of it, making it harder for every other corporation around — including themselves, in the long term.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

A high level of trust between managers and employees defines the best workplaces and drives overall company performance and revenue. Over my many years of helping organizations create high-performance workplaces, I’ve seen firsthand how untrustworthy managers damage morale and productivity. As Stephen M.

Policies 14

Policies Micromanagement Reference Covey 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

But over time the automakers evolved into change-averse business bureaucracies. That''s partly because they''re older cities with smaller land areas to manage. That''s got to be at least partly a negotiating tactic, but it''s a dangerous game Orr is playing. But it''s also because they remained central to regional economic life.

Gilbert 8

Gilbert Venture Capitalist Class Entrepreneur 8