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Lecturer at Harvard, academic director of the Managing Innovation program at Stanford University and a visiting professor at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

author guru of organizational learning and former employee of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management

During his long and fruitful career, Warren Bennis has been a student, soldier, scholar, university provost, university president, student of leadership and group dynamics and distinguished professor.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

visiting professor at the London Business School, co-author of “Competing for the Future” with C.K. Prahalad

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Systemic thinking is seen as a way of improving products, services and processes, for example value analysis and process re-engineering. Out of this have come mechanisms like supply chain management and organizational learning. These efforts have taken place mainly with individual firms or between companies and their supplier. Today firms increasingly see the need and benefit of applying systemic thinking and co-management at a higher … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Michael Braun, Tom Summerlatte | Source: ManagementFirst | Subject: Management

The idea that new businesses prosper best when separated from their corporate parents has now become conventional wisdom. Although new ventures do need space to develop, strict separation can prevent them from obtaining invaluable resources and rob their parents of the vitality they can generate. The solution? A balance of partitioning and integration.

Content: Article | Authors: Ansgar Richter, John Roberts, Jonathan D. Day, Paul Y. Mang | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Strategy

The conversion rate captures the crucial aspects of a Website. A small increase in it can have powerful effects.

Content: Article | Author: Bill Gurley | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management

Strategy gets you on the playing field, but execution pays the bills.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Execution, Strategy

Article takes a look at the new mini-trend of companies adding chief customer officers and offers some pros and cons as well as some thoughts on whether a CCO makes sense for your company.

Content: Article | Author: Steve Ulfelder | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Customer Related, Management

inventor of Palm Pilot and co-founder of Handspring

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Consumer Electronics

Business negotiations are filled with dangers and risks. Who are the deal maker’s allies? Who are the enemies? What is the chance that a particular outcome will stick? This article describes readily understood tools to help decision makers in complex multiparty negotiations. Don’t approach the bargaining table without it.

Content: Article | Authors: Nikos Georgiades, Tera Allas | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Consulting / Analytical Tools, Management

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MIT-educated Joe Alsop cofounded (in 1981) Progress Software (then called Data Language) to make tools for software developers.

Stewart, a former journalist, is now a VC with New Enterprise Associates and columnist for Fortune magazine.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Software

From the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Best Management Practices offers sensible advice, informative articles, and helpful links to management resources. The site presents several resources from the DTI, including “Competitiveness – How the best UK Companies are Winning,” an article that identifies the key elements of 100 successful companies in the UK, and the Benchmarking Index, a site that allows users … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: DTI | Subject: Management

Content: Book | Authors: Philip R. Harris, Robert T. Moran | Subjects: International, Management

Founder, CEO of Federal Express (FedEx)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Other

Founder and CEO of MicroStrategy Inc.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Software

In the corporate environment, “teamwork” is the buzzword of management. But, while management’s heart may be in the right place, their methods often miss the mark. Here are a few secrets to team building.

Content: Article | Authors: Dan Carrison, Rod Walsh | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

One of the great efficiencies of the Internet Age is being able to connect with business partners online. But while integrating extranet partners can substantially enhance E-commerce, it also carries significant risk. Essentially, you will be exposed to the hiring practices, values, code of conduct, and administrative practices of a partner that could be very different from those of your company.

Content: Article | Author: Robert K. Weiler | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management

Accenture put together the CRM Project, essential reading for business executives who are making decisions about CRM or those just interested in learning more about this latest business trend. Get the basics with CRM 101 or read new research (like the study “Divide and Conquer” that states “the most profitable companies are those that make the smartest decisions about allocating resources among marketing, sales … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Various | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Customer Related, Management