Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

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. It's an everyday story from the NHS playbook.

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Chief Operating Officer Management Leadership Crisis Management 98

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

This involves aligning the TNA with the company’s strategic priorities, such as improving financial performance, enhancing operational efficiency, or expanding into new markets.

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Analysis Training Compliance Objective 132

Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

The blog ForEntrepreneurs.com reports that 5-30 percent of a business’ revenue comes from the initial sale. Companies that cater to startups and small operations often lose clients either because those businesses grow out of their services or go out of business. Renewals and upsells account for the other 70-95 percent.

Ryan 154

Ryan Incentives Long-term Price 154

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2016

The first step in raising revenue for an entrepreneurial start-up is to outline a detailed marketing strategy. Complete the following exercise carefully before you launch your marketing campaign. What marketing message will attract them? It is important for start-up entrepreneurs to test their assumptions as soon as they can.

How To 50

How To Entrepreneur Document Case Study 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports. ” he asked, pointing to the report. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. Of course I have.

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Bank of America convenes a local committee of bank leaders in each of its 45 Neighborhood Builders markets then uses a short application and lots of on-the-ground research to select two awardees per community per year. And, as a result, we are now able to identify three key reasons why it has been so effective. It is both local and national.

Case Study 14

Case Study Banking Participative Training 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. According to news reports, the building had been constructed quickly and cheaply with substandard materials on a filled-in pond. Surveying the wreckage, Laura felt queasy. .

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Case Study Merchandising Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Natalia Georgio knocked on the door of her new marketing director's office. Still, Natalia thought the company needed better marketing to support its expansion strategy. "I'm

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Case Study Audience Survey Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Erica Jackson, chief marketing officer of the Mendoza Marathon Corporation, had risen early to watch people line up to register for next year’s event and expected an enthusiastic crowd. Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her.

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Case Study Brand Proposal Chief Operating Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

Augusto was officially the head of operations, but his real job was as the right-hand man of the company''s diretor presidente, who had informally dubbed him "head of customer satisfaction." In fact, they''d heard a news report about just such an incident earlier that day and Augusto seized upon the metaphor to persuade Cora.

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Case Study Discount Price Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

It is the only Chinese company that receives more sales revenue from markets outside China (67%) than from inside it. isn’t one of those markets. of the company’s total share capital, with 82,471 employees holding the rest (as stated in Huawei’s 2014 Annual report, as of December 31, 2014).

Case Study 8

Case Study ESOP Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Lotta Tindal, the chief marketing officer for the Dutch hospitality group Ervaring Hotels & Resorts, hadn’t wanted to come to the presentation, but Gerard Bakker, Ervaring’s CFO, had twisted her arm. But Lotta wasn’t yet ready to gamble a significant portion of her marketing budget on it.

Case Study 8

Case Study Travel Hotels NPV 8

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Understanding HR Analytics The Evolution of HR Management Over the past century, HR management has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from an operational discipline to a strategic function. Optimized HR Operations: HR analytics streamlines HR processes by automating data collection, analysis, and reporting.

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Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets offers dozens of examples to clarify precisely how buying decisions can be facilitated through the right kind of questions, including an in-depth case study of a marketing manager who recognizes the need for a better website and wants to bring in an external design team. The result?

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Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

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Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

LDRLB

APRIL 28, 2014

I really harvested a lot of case studies and examined what highly effective leaders see, say, and do and that’s actually the subtitle. You’ve got to make sure you’re alive to enjoy the rewards so you have to protect yourself but you don’t want to be operating in this defensive mode.

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Positioning Learning-by-Doing Books Follow-up 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. No two organizations are the same, and neither are the cultures and contexts in which they operate.

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Health Care Forrester Policies Tactics 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

Case Study #1: Develop an understanding of your customer’s needs, and show empathic concern. “I needed to get a sense of the broader macroeconomic environment George was operating in,” he says. Case Study #2: Learn from mistakes and be willing to collaborate with your customers on a solution.

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Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

If I asked you to picture the consumer luxury market, you might imagine jewels, sports cars, watches, premium drinks, high-end shoes and apparel, and so on. But according to a new report, 2016 Predictions for the Luxury Industry: Sustainability and Innovation , that sustainability gap is closing fast.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Over 80% of millennials report that making a positive difference in the world is more important to them than professional recognition. On the investor side, more and more shareholders demand tracking and reporting of both positive and negative externalities, compelling some of the largest corporations on earth into action.

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Sesame Street , in fact, is a great case study of a brand that has managed to remain powerful over decades and across cultures. I was curious to see how Sesame Workshop had continued to grow its operations over the years while remaining true to its mission to improve the lives of kids. Being Willing To Try New Operating Models.

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Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., offers an interesting case study in what happens when only about a third of all transactions are conducted using cash payments. If even half of this under-reporting is directly enabled by a cash economy, the U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

You have a new boss, new direct reports, and, importantly, a new set of peers — people who had been above you on the org chart but are now on the same level. Understand how the team operates, how communication flows, how decisions get made, and where people’s hot buttons lie.” str/stringer/Getty Images.

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How To Long-term Project Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

She suggests asking reports about the challenges they face, how you can help them allocate their time more effectively, and whether they need more resources. If you have a direct report who still isn’t making progress on his work despite ostensible effort, do “some digging” to uncover the root of the problem, suggests Cohen.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products How To Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. What made their ascent possible?

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Derek couldn’t stop thinking about Vera’s admonition, but he tried his best to focus on the earnings report he needed to finish. Now Vera was getting worked up.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

” As a team, your collective goal is to come up with “agreed-upon norms that you’ll all operate within,” says Burkus. For instance, you might say to your manager, “When I write these reports I need to be focused. Case Study #1: Be positive, and distance yourself from distractions when necessary.

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Open-book Conference Brainstorming Public Relations 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2018

Developing a positive dynamic within the team will benefit everyone — and especially your less secure reports. Ultimately, though, the goal is for your employee to operate more autonomously, says Burris. Case Study #1: Help your employee feel comfortable and emphasize the importance of learning. Be a martyr.

Management 10

Management How To McCombs Project 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

That founder himself booted from the CEO role later on by VCs, only to watch the company’s initial CEO return to the day-to-day operations alongside yet another chief executive, who joined well after the founding. His work suggests that Twitter didn’t just succeed in spite of all the drama Bilton reports, but to some extent because of it.

Succession 8

Succession Leadership CEO COO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

” To get a handle on what your direct reports really think and whether it lines up with your intentions, she recommends “undertaking a cross-evaluation assessment.” “Be explicit with your direct reports about the level of detail you will engage in,” adds Wilkins. Case Study #1: Clarify your priorities.

Micromanagement 8

Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But he could not shake his newfound awareness of the amount of money Egan was losing with Westmid — the account's ratio of operating income to sales was a negative 28%.

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Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14