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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Balanced Scorecards And Useful SWOT Worksheets

Six Disciplines

The balanced scorecard, one of the most significant management philosophies of the last quarter-century, confronts that stratagem head-on with a simple core concept: Stop trying to manage your organization by financial measures alone. SWOT--Financial. SWOT--Human Resources. SWOT--Internal. Their premise?

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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. For example ‘Communication between sales and production’ or ‘More knowledge of how to use our internal knowledge management system’. NOISE Analysis.

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

Six Disciplines

Managing or eliminating threats. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. Leveraging strengths. Minimizing weaknesses.

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

Six Disciplines

Managing or eliminating threats. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. Leveraging strengths. Minimizing weaknesses.

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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

Second, there are some of the most influential tools from the field of strategy and management. In his own words: “First, there are the most popular tools—those that are used most often in the workplace. Third, there are tools that I have found valuable in my work with some of the most successful organisations in the world."

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The Essential Guide to SWOT Analysis

CO2

The Essential Guide to SWOT Analysis is a comprehensive and interactive guide that introduces and then details the fundamental aspects of SWOT analysis. This was a guest post by Jackson Hille and Justin Gomer The post The Essential Guide to SWOT Analysis appeared first on CO2 Coaching.

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