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2000 Percent Solutions from the Real World (1) - The Japanese Pharmaceutical (Popularity:  )
ACSEA, the forty year old 2bn USD South East Asian subsidiary of a Japanese pharmaceutical group suffered a blow to its pride in 2003. A competitor which started operations just ten years back now surpassed it in the volume of Pharmaceutical-A produced, and its cost was now 13% lower than ACSEA's. The only hopes of responding effectively lay in the company's South East Asian Technical Centre whose role is to ...
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21st Century Leadership - How to keep work flowing to achieve business goals (Popularity: )
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A common question asked by leaders is "How can I overcome blockages that reduce the likelihood that my goals will be achieved?" In most cases, these blockages are caused by people who don't know they need to do something or don't understand the importance of something they need to do.
The irony of these blockages is that the people causing them want to do a good job and don't want to ...
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21st Century Leadership - Making it easy for followers (Popularity: )
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The best leaders make it easy for people to follow them. People follow leaders who provide clear direction by making it easy to know what is happening, and what they need to do, when and with whom.
Leaders need people to work together to achieve business goals. In the past, web and mobile technology was not a significant tool for leaders.
However advances in web and mobile technology can now make it ...
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21st Century Management - Where everyone manages (Popularity: )
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In the 20th century, management was largely handled by managers and supervisors who communicated with the people doing the work. In most cases, workers were responsible for managing their own time to get work done.
Near the end of the 20th century, globalization, developments in technology and outsourcing caused managers to start looking for management solutions that can operate both within and beyond their organization. At lot of solutions were proposed, ...
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3 Billion Euros - The Value of a New CEO (Popularity: )
It happened today. Unilever announced that they have found a new CEO, in anticipation to the foreseen retirement of the current CEO at the end of this year.
In a financial market that was in decline, Unilever was one of the few stocks that climbed 1,23 euros more than 6%. When we multiply this with the number of outstanding shares of the company, we get the value of (about) 3 billion ...
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Acquisition Binge can Cause Indigestion (Popularity: )
Over-eating or bingeing is detrimental to one’s health. Similarly, over-acquisition can cause corporate indigestion such as over-leveraging, integration difficulties, cultural misfits etc. You are what you eat.
While fast growth through acquisition is a thrilling experience in running businesses, it also holds much more risks than meets the eye. When the company is in trouble, some CEOs also go on a shopping spree – acquisition. It is more glamorous and exciting ...
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An Organizational Change Pattern (Popularity: )
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The following companies have very little in common at first sight: DSM, ING, Wolters. They are all multinational corporations but operating in a diverse number of sectors: (Bio) Chemical industry (DSM), Finance (ING) and Business Publishing / Information providing (Wolters).
Yet there is something interesting about their CEO...
A closer look will reveal that they share an interesting feature in the area of change management. All current CEO's come from a company ...
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Are You A Parrot Head (Popularity: )
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By the title of this Wisdom I'm sure you already know where I'm heading with this topic. I just returned from a wonderful cruise vacation. I love cruising. It's the best vacation in the world. You get to visit many fun ports and the entertainment on board at night is great. The only draw back is leaving a port you fall in love with. That port for me was Key ...
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Become an Actor When Playing a New Role (Popularity: )
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As we go through our business life we play many parts. Sometimes we are the student or apprentice, learning a new technique. Sometimes we are the negotiator, working to resolve a sticky issue between parties. Other times we are the confident, decisive decisionmaker or the brilliant, creative innovator. And other times we are the self-doubting coward saying, "Oh, I couldn't do that." It is the coward in us that I ...
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Change - It Is Like Riding a Bicycle (Popularity: )
Successful companies know change is a necessity. The challenge is continually encouraging, creating, and implementing worthwhile changes to make a difference for the business. Helping your team learn to accept and even embrace change is similar to learning to ride a bicycle.
Start with Excitement
Young children can hardly wait for their first Hot Wheels or tricycle. Their expectation is palpable. They want to ride, ride, and ride some more.
A business should ...
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