What Are Words For?
Presume/assume. Complement/compliment. All right, already. If you hesitate before choosing the correct word to use in this list, you’re not alone. And judging by most websites and instruction manuals, you have lots and lots of company.
Content: Article | Author: Crawford Kilian | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development
Put It All in the Contract
How to avoid 10 potential issues in your outsourcing relationship.
Content: Article | Author: John A. Gliedman | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Legal, Outsourcing / BPO
Why Is Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO) Important?
If you want to know where your money goes, get ready to master the concept of TCO.
Content: Article | Authors: John Taylor Bailey, Stephen R. Heidt | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Software Application Initiatives – A Dismal Failure
Five Rules for a Great BPO Agreement
Successful outsourcing of your business processes begins close to home.
Content: Article | Author: Peter Ackerson | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Outsourcing / BPO
Who Are You?
You can only be sure the partners accessing your systems are who they say they are with digital identity management.
See related article, “Identity Crisis”
Content: Article | Author: Thomas J. Parenty | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
In Whom Do You Trust?
Is a Centralized or Decentralized IT Organization Better?
Centralize your IT department or decentralize? Which gives your company the biggest boost? Depends.
Content: Article | Authors: David R. Laube, Raymond F. Zammuto | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Organizational Behavior
Applying Process to the Art of the Deal
When it comes to negotiating, salespeople still have something to learn.
Content: Article | Authors: Brian J. Dietmeyer, Samuel R. Tepper | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Management, Marketing / Sales
Dancing in the Dark
Was your company prepared for the Blackout of 2003? Would you be
prepared for another? Maybe it’s time to dust off your
disaster recovery plan.
Content: Article | Author: Mark Hoffman | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Operations
Security and The Secret Sauce
Should data security and privacy require an ROI? It did at this retailer, who ended up paying the full price.
Content: Article | Author: Larry Ponemon | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Customer Related, IT / Technology / E-Business
Helping the Group to Think Straight
U.S. businesses hold 15 million meetings per day. No wonder it’s hard to reach a decision. But there are software tools that can help – group decision support systems (GDSS).
Content: Article | Author: Rod Chapman | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Organizational Behavior
How to Find – and Take Advantage of – Your Profitable Customers
Start with obvious direct costs. Then look in all the unexpected places, too.
Content: Article | Author: Marc Shingles | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Customer Related, Management
B Is for Bribery
In some countries, greasing palms is part of doing business. Does that mean you should?
Content: Article | Author: Janet L. Evans | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Death to Panels
The crimes? Hubris, self-promotion, topic hijacking and being boring.
Content: Article | Author: David Weinberger | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Miscellaneous
How to Get the Business Value You Need
Simple: Don’t take consultants’ words as gospel and follow these seven golden rules.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Hugos | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management
Closing Gaps in Corporate Privacy Programs
Are you vulnerable to a privacy breach? Mind the gaps and learn from the best practices of leading organizations.
Content: Article | Author: Larry Ponemon | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Best Practices, IT / Technology / E-Business
Finding the Strategy Gaps
To get from where your business is to where it wants to go, you have to pay attention to the missing steps or “strategy gap.”
Content: Article | Authors: Brian Hartlen, Dave King, Dennis Ganster, Michael Coveney | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Management, Strategy
Hot Spots Getting Hotter
Balancing the Risks
What do you outsource and where? Or do you outsource at all?
The answers depend on how you determine your risk.
Content: Article | Authors: AJ Warner, Rod Kleinhammer, Todd Nelsen | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Operations, Risk Management