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Understanding the Role of Technology in Growing Your Business

Strategy Driven

The world of business is becoming ever more competitive, resulting in business owners scrambling to find ways in which to stand out, streamline operations, and hold onto the best talent. Financial management is arguably the most vital operational aspect of any establishment. Inventory management. Read on for the details.

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Why the Health of Your Doctor Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

In addition to caring for patients in the exam room or operating suite, physicians face challenges of navigating the reporting requirements of new payment models. We are also encouraged to see that education of rising professionals in healthcare is beginning to include the importance of human connection and connection culture.

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Want to Improve Customer Service – Treat Your Employees Better

The Practical Leader

Part of the article reports on “a recent study conducted by Marshall Fisher, a professor of operations and information management at Wharton, and other colleagues.” ” He goes on to show how one of the keys to improving customer service is: “‘the power of management by common sense.’

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 50 – An Interview with.

Strategy Driven

About the Author Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing , is the UPS Professor of Operations and Information Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and co-director of the Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. They don’t tell you how well the business is positioned for future growth and ROIC improvement.

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Your Team Doesn’t Need a Data Scientist for Simple Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Having founded a data management company and worked with hundreds of organizations over the past 20 years to execute their information management and analytics initiatives, I’ve found the groups that are able to successfully utilize their company’s analytics technologies often take the following approaches: Build a team.

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Breaking the Command-and-Control Reflex

Harvard Business Review

But Brennan opened the door on some current management difficulties at the $3 billion information management company he runs. But he believes that too many of his managers still operate in a " command-and-control reflex."