The McKinsey Quarterly is good for saying the obvious:
Why do many companies competing in supposedly high-growth sectors fare so poorly? Bad execution is one obvious possibility, but McKinsey research into the recent growth histories of more than 200 large corporations around the world shows that while the ability to execute is essential, it isn’t the […]
Microsoft’s CFO Chirs Liddell’s CFO magazine interview hit on some background items of interest:
CFO: Can you think of another CFO who has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in philosophy?
Mr. Liddell: I have to be honest, I can’t! But it’s been very useful for me, a combination of the mainstream analytical […]
The Czech Republic is one of the top reading groups on my blog. I’m very curious as to why- is it my name, Turek? or the topics ringing true? More importantly, I want to learn and be influenced by what is going on in your country.
My personal heritage is Czechoslovakian with great grandparents and one […]
I noticed a marked uptick in my Australian readers. I admittedly am not tuned into the business climate there and would appreciate any and all suggestions as to sources of information about innovation and executing business strategies in your country. In particular, how do the United States economic forces and expectations affect your economy? Is […]
What frustrates me about most surveys and studies is the lack of definition of the terms. The result is a survey that means virtually nothing. CIO Insight uses the phrase “strategic mindset” when discussing responses to one of it’s survey statements to CIOs:
“There are some companies where the head of the information technology department is […]
CIO magazine seems to think that comparing TCO (total cost of ownership) and ROI measures reflects on the maturity of a company:
“When you think TCO you don’t see IT as a business driver or an asset that can increase revenue, profit or customer value,” says Anthony Giannino, a consultant at Cornerstone Solutions , a value-added […]
I attended a user conference put on by my employer last week. Fascinating stories from clients using our enterprise software. One CFO, who also plays the IT role in his company, made an excellent comment about using technology as a differentiator. The key is to determine which business processes are going to give you an […]
Jim Lee’s APICS e-news article on being creative in hard times (sorry no direct link- go to www.apics.org for subscription) deals with the “innovation” of investing in hard times:
When an economy weakens, inflation and interest rates also tend to decline. Lower interest rates reduce the costs of capital expansion. However, because of increased uncertainty over […]
Time to thank the latest top links to my blog. These are sites that are obviously very popular whose readers somehow find their way to projectmanagement411.com. I appreciate that they exist, remain popular, and increase the quality of the blogosphere. So- check ‘em out:
- http://www.copyblogger.com
- http://www.b5media.com
- http://www.stumbleupon.com
- http://slackermanager.com
- http://lifedev.net
- http://myhealthcare.com
Project management applies to […]
Strategy+Business does a good job of covering viability of cost-benefit analyses. The bottom line appears to be that pure cost-benefit analysis may only apply in the simplest of situations:
It is inadequate for evaluations of interventions that will affect many different dimensions, such as markets, economies, health, the environment, and endangered species. Cost-benefit analysis is also […]
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