Watching media coverage of ‘business’ in the United States, one might imagine he is living in a socialist country where capitalism is almost a crime. From certain sectors of the media and within the circles of certain political campaigns we hear cries of anger at the ‘wealthy’ and the need for business owners to pay […]
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Turbulent economic times typically require budgetary constraint and even cutbacks. As business slows and revenues decline, executives demand managers reduce spending and increase production efficiency. Waste cannot be tolerated and must be rooted out.
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The Leader Initiated, Rules and Standards Controlled Environment represents a moderate leader led work environment that gives lower level mangers and supervisors somewhat more autonomy to direct day-to-day activities without relinquishing centralized control. This culture set realizes the benefits of centalized direction setting and improved, if not rigid, consistency. The reliance on rules and standards provides some degree of local flexibility that heightens situational responsiveness but diminishes consistency in actions and results between workgroups and locations.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, named Time’s Man of the Century in 1999, and best known for his conception of the theories of special and general relativity
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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen About the Reference Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well. In the analytical tradition […]
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Budgets are the financial representation of an organization’s business plan. As such, they convey a great deal of information regarding the organization’s direction - its ongoing operations, market pursuits, future investments, and staffing levels.
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Evolution of Corporate Communications Activity In many professions, the idea of full-scope, sophisticated positioning has been foreign up until now. Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. Because of economic realities and the increased numbers of firms providing comparable services, the notion of business development is now a necessity, rather than […]
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/in Corporate Cultures, Premium/by StrategyDrivenThe Leader Initiated, Rules and Standards Controlled Environment represents a moderate leader led work environment that gives lower level mangers and supervisors somewhat more autonomy to direct day-to-day activities without relinquishing centralized control. This culture set realizes the benefits of centalized direction setting and improved, if not rigid, consistency. The reliance on rules and standards provides some degree of local flexibility that heightens situational responsiveness but diminishes consistency in actions and results between workgroups and locations.
Leadership Inspirations – Live for Today
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, named Time’s Man of the Century in 1999, and best known for his conception of the theories of special and general relativity
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/in Business Communications/by Hank MooreEvolution of Corporate Communications Activity In many professions, the idea of full-scope, sophisticated positioning has been foreign up until now. Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. Because of economic realities and the increased numbers of firms providing comparable services, the notion of business development is now a necessity, rather than […]
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Corporate Cultures – Supervisor Initiated, Rules and Standards Controlled Environment
/in Corporate Cultures, Premium/by StrategyDrivenThe Supervisor Initiated, Rules and Standards Controlled Environment is the centerpoint of StrategyDriven Culture-base Work Performance Model. This culture set represents a moderation of most benefits and risks. Subsequently, organizations can more easily flex in the cultural direction needed to implement a change. Conversely, these moderated cultural characteristics may lack the significant intensity necessary to rapidly drive change.