BUSINESS planning
BUSINESS planning
In this unpredictable economy, where corporate crises have virtually become a way of life, Pate and Platt have found that shareholders, employees, and creditors constantly ask, “What went wrong, and what could we have...
Despite business management’s best efforts, quality improvement cannot be achieved through piecemeal changes or the efforts of a single, specialized department alone. According to quality expert Subir Chowdhury, true...
The Profit Zone is the arena of a company's economic activity where sustained high profit happens. Although every company pursues profit, few understand that going after market share and growth is not...
In his now-classic study, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, Henry Mintzberg traces the origins of strategic planning, describes its demise, diagnoses why it failed, identifies important...
Starting a business, keeping it going through the inevitable ups and downs of the business cycle, and making it wildly successful are all part of the American Dream. However, being a small business owner is also a...
In the past, marketing was viewed as a function that simply provided sales support. However, marketing has now become a strategic growth driver and is essential in communicating customer insights throughout the company...
Business leaders of today face tremendous challenges. Global data capabilities allow work production across distributed networks, requiring that companies manage the flow of raw material, work-in-process, money, and...
The notion of the supply chain as a strategic driver is not a new one, but the ability to implement that ideal is rare. Today’s supply chain and supplier management is more than an opportunity to save money and...
In The Triple Bottom Line, authors Andrew Savitz and Karl Weber look at how businesses can prosper financially while protecting and renewing the social, environmental, and economic resources they need—...
According to Adrian Slywotzky, any company that remains in business long enough is certain to be struck by one or more risk events that have the potential to destroy business design. His premise is that the familiar...
