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Enterprise Performance
Breaking Free From the Shackles of the Annual Budgeting Process
It is a fact that no one can predict the future with certainty. But does this mean that the management teams need to steer their organizations with a rear view perspective? The answer is a big NO. Management need to at least anticipate different future scenarios that the organization is exposed to and formulate effective read more
Enterprise Performance
Getting Started On The Lean Journey
Lean management has been with us for so many years and organizations that have successfully embraced it have achieved superior business performance and competitive edge over their rivals. Predominantly used in manufacturing, today, Lean is being adopted across all industries such as healthcare, financial services, construction, tourism, government, customer service, software and insurance. Performance focused read more
Enterprise Performance
Cascading the Balanced Scorecard to Build Alignment
Initially developed as a performance measurement system, the Balanced Scorecard has now become one of the most popular management tools used to align and focus the entire organization on implementing and improving its strategy. It doesn’t matter how good your company’s strategy is. As long as the employees across the organization do not broadly understand read more
Achieve Transformational Performance Measurement
This post is an extract from Dr Dean Spitzer’s book, Transforming Performance Measurement:
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ABC/M vs. Conventional Cost-Cutting
Business leaders always spend a lot of time thinking about costs and how
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Identifying, Assessing and Managing Risks From an ERM Perspective
In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim
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Unlocking Opportunities in Big Data
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in joint collaboration with the American
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The Strategic CFO: Taking Finance Beyond Reporting
Once regarded as stewards of organizational assets, financial executives in today’s information-driven market
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Achieving Product and Service Strategic Fit
The most visible aspects of a company to its customers, employees and the
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