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Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health?

Chartered Management Institute

Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. "I And we are here to meet three of them.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success

Strategy Driven

Starting Over – Without being hampered by systems/processes that haven’t worked, you can create as you go. By studying swings of the pendulum (likelihoods of failures), one better understands their progress. Immediate Feedback – It is far better to succeed or fail.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Employee suggestion systems. Statistical management methods. Customer retention. Communication.

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How to Lead During a Data Breach

Harvard Business Review

In 2007, I wrote a case study for Harvard Business Review , “ Boss, I Think Someone Stole our Customer Data.” Now six years later, an actual event has occurred that is eerily similar to that fictional scenario: a trusted retailer’s point-of-sale system security was breached and a large amount of customer data may be compromised.

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