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8 Advantages of Managed IT Services for Healthcare Clinics

Strategy Driven

Operating Cost Savings Through managed IT services, healthcare clinics can reduce long-term IT operating costs. They will provide you with regular security assessments and training. This reduces downtime and helps to maximize the operational performance of the healthcare clinic. This allows for any issues to be addressed.

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Your Company’s Networks Might Matter More than Its Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Therefore, the ability to manage operation and the capacity to inspire employees is no longer enough. Starting his career as a trainee at 7-11, he worked his way quickly through the ranks, gaining a reputation for operational excellence. He was also innovative. Today, we must learn how to shape networks around a shared purpose.

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Harvard Business Review

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) So a constant reengineering of our business portfolio, operating model, and culture has been a key to our evolution. For an organization to endeavor to change its culture, it needs to take its cue from what changes in its strategy. The context demanded operational excellence.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely.

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Define Your Organization's Habits to Work More Efficiently

Harvard Business Review

We don''t often think about the way we usually operate at work, whether we''re performing an informal five-step process for evaluating a new proposal, or setting priorities for managing our time. So the organization started documenting standard operating procedures to capture employee know-how and wisdom. Must Do" Procedures.

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Leaders Can No Longer Afford to Downplay Procurement

Harvard Business Review

Many lack the training and skills to thoughtfully analyze a sourcing request and their aforementioned isolation makes it nearly impossible to truly understand business priorities. Or does it focus on customer service and helping the business achieve its strategy? Instead, requests are taken at face value without second thought.