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The Value of Value Chain Analysis in Transforming Your Business

N2Growth Blog

For example, Budgeting and establishing operating procedures could be core activities here; Staff – which contains a collection of core work activities that support staffing activities within a business area. Once fully documented, the value chain represents the transformation team’s recommended work environment.

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For Successful Collaboration, Think Outside the Box

Harvard Business Review

He explained that his organization was highly functionalized with separate units for sales, trading, investing, portfolio management, credit, risk, and operations; some of which reported to him and some to the corporate center. She and her customers were basically told to get used to the delays.