Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

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. We advocate that companies choose their own set of metrics tailored to their industries and strategies.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

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.

Team 8

Team Compliance Supply Chain Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Businesses are being impacted by a global skills shortage that is hampering manufacturing output and service delivery. In addition, the costs of producing materials, manufacturing goods, and providing services is rising due to labor costs.

Supply Chain 23

Supply Chain Crisis How To Globalization 23

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

These are independent operators. But do their methods of idea-spreading apply to the office-dweller, the organizational citizen, the manager or executive? To illustrate, let me introduce Samantha Joseph, who works for Iron Mountain Incorporated , a leader in records storage and information management services.

Organization 11

Organization Tips Metrics Entrepreneur 11

Rapid BI

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Therefore internal communications is a critical HR strategy for both retention and increased performance. Before starting to develop any form of strategy for improvement it is important to know ‘where you are now’ or your starting point. The following table, shows how a company may plan and manage its internal communications.

Planning 60

Planning Strategy How To KPI 60

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0]. Fundamentals of managing an organization : (Forecast & Plan) – Examining the future and drawing up a plan of action. The elements of strategy.). Informed Management [Experienced User or Management 2.0]. Capital raising strategies.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? How do we simultaneously implement different strategies across different business units?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Internal operational issues including execution, budgets, and deadlines are paramount in a company’s deliberation, but what other players will do is hardly ever in focus. This “island mentality” is surprisingly prevalent among talented, seasoned managers. That is, until a crisis forced them to wake up.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company Drucker Review 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

In such cultures, employees often have tacit, if not explicit, approval to deploy the most expedient information management solution to the exclusion of more secure but less convenient alternatives. This can result in disjointed security solutions that are difficult to manage, thereby increasing risk.

Policies 8

Policies Risk Management Conflict of Interest Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

While HP was once the technology leader that could do no wrong, market watchers are now concerned that the company does not have a clear strategy to overcome its problems. It's a strategy the company has used before, when it spun off its test and measurement business into a publicly traded company called Agilent.

Software 12

Software Technology Intellectual Capital Marketing 12