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Project Management Warning Flag 2 – Breaking-up a Project to Avoid Approval Thresholds

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Most organizations increase expenditure authority with each successively higher organizational level. Such budgetary constraints necessitate higher levels of approval for increasingly resource intensive projects; adding to the work required of lower level managers who need to ‘sell’ senior executives on their larger initiatives. Subsequently, circumvention of these often difficult to get authorizations may be sought.

Five Easy Principles?

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It’s not enough to know what to do. Understanding why is important, too, so the Ethics Guy explores the deceptively simple guidelines that govern behavior Over the past four weeks, this column has looked at some ethical questions that arise in professional and personal life, such as the ethics of New Year’s resolutions, whether it’s […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Begins the Year with Top Honors

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The StrategyDriven Team would like to thank you, our listeners, for helping us achieve the third place ranking for the StrategyDriven Podcast from among the over 2700 business podcasts listed on Podcast Alley in January! In each episode, our co-hosts present a richer and deeper exploration of the principle, best practice, and warning flag articles […]

Decision-Making Best Practice 5 – Ongoing Decision Evaluation

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Decision-making involves a degree of risk that increases with the complexity of the decision to be made. Good decisions not only yield desired results but also minimize the risk exposure of the individual or organization making and executing the decision. While there are many ways to minimize decision risk, one that is often overlooked is the ongoing evaluation of the execution of the decision-making process itself.