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What they don’t teach in business school, but should…

Strategy Driven

1) The centralization of functional leadership in a matrix has meant that local managers no longer benefit from broad multi-functional responsibilities or true bottom-line accountability in early careers. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. This is due to two phenomena. Consider leaving a comment!

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The Big Picture of Business – How and When to Collaborate, for Best Business Advantage.

Strategy Driven

In today's downsized business environment, outsourcing, privatization and consortiums are fulfilling the work. Where cost considerations preclude all partners from being utilized. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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What Multinationals Miss in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

In Brazil, many multinationals outsource the preliminary screening of trainees, with the requirement that candidates must speak English. By limiting hiring to those that show proficiency in English, multinationals are severely restricting career opportunities for the poor and thus ratifying a history of exclusion.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Kevin responded to that comment by saying he doesn’t read for gender, he reads for content. I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Thanks for having this discussion Tanveer.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

With a wealth of expertise available via outsourcing, one can quickly become a ‘kid in a candy shop,’ wanting whatever is readily available or craftily packaged. That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 The company which makes the small investment on the front end (consulting) saves higher costs.

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Social Means Freedom, for Better or for Worse

Harvard Business Review

While the core maintains the mission and continuity, the curators act as talent recruiters for the next layer: the extended outer circle of specialized talent that adds topical expertise and content delivery. Typically an in-house cost center, service is usually viewed as a necessary evil and constantly targeted for "efficiency."

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The Future of Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

All of the content is written by business school professors and deans and much of it deals with MBA programs, so my practitioner readers may find it….well, Lots of people are planning to work beyond the traditional retirement age, and many of them are looking to make a career change (moving into a not-for-profit, etc…). well, academic.