Strategy Driven

JUNE 14, 2011

Beginning with the end in mind, it is important for those developing business cases for the organization’s various ongoing operations and proposed initiative alternatives to do so in such a way that leaders can compare the cost and benefits of the proposed activities. That's only a small sample of this article.

Cost 50

Cost Development Proposal Comparison 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2011

Leaders face the difficult challenge of selecting those few operational activities their organization will pursue from the multitude that are proposed every planning cycle. That's only a small sample of this article. Selecting those activities the organization engages in requires a degree of both art and science.

Content 50

Content Sample Proposal Document 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2011

Business planning documents not only seek to communicate the organizational value of a particular ongoing operation, in-progress project, or proposed initiative, they also provide a comparative basis which decision-makers use to determine those activities the organization will pursue. That's only a small sample of this article.

Comparison 50

Comparison Development Sample Proposal 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

But design thinking can also be applied to other business-related challenges such as devising entrepreneurial practice models, expanding professional services, operations, and even setting fees or pricing plans. The sample vignettes below, however, show how individuals apply design thinking to a very broad range of problems at varying scales.

Creativity 58

Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As companies like this one grow from start-ups into larger enterprises, they're often compelled to analyze numerical data to reduce risk, maintain operations, and model predictable outcomes. Here are three strategies larger companies use to bring scrappy, entrepreneurial know-how into their established businesses.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Strategy Telecommunications Software 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For example, it might be critical that a company wins a new order (which will be awarded on a given date) from a major customer, or gets a factory fully operational by a certain day. ” The organization, if it is operating rationally, should be willing to accept however much improvement it can get from that fixed investment.

Objective 10

Objective Sample Constraint Project 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

In such a system, employers protect workers from many of the vagaries of market forces; they take a longer-term perspective on firm performance, and favor corporate strategies that necessitate a stable, well-trained, and loyal workforce. There was also variation in whether these capital investments led to workforce reductions.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8