April 5, 2008
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Blue Ocean Strategy – Or: Latest News?
I know, the headline of this post doesn’t sound very topical. Don’t worry, this will not become a review of a not-so-new management book. However, exactly that is what I found on the website of Financial Times Deutschland last Friday. … Continue reading
January 30, 2008
by Dagmar
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So far I have resisted the wish to comment about the ongoing sub-prime and financial crisis on this blog. I surely have an opinion about all this. However, so much has been written in this matter – analyses, comments, reports, … Continue reading
January 22, 2008
by Dagmar
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There are bad news from the financial sector wherever you look these days. Here are just two headlines from the last couple of days: Worldwide financial job losses triple in 2007 – Almost 200,000 staff are laid off (FT, 18 … Continue reading
January 10, 2008
by Dagmar
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My morning reading of the German newspaper FAZ really gave me a happy start into the day. I read an article about the weak stock quotes of the large investment firms like Blackstone or Fortress. There I found this sentence … Continue reading
December 2, 2007
by Dagmar
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Now that we have discussed the strategies of a downsized workforce to cope with the resulting higher workload, it is time to address business leaders and their consultants. Your company is threatened by falling profits or even losses. Your shareholders, … Continue reading
November 27, 2007
by Dagmar
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Part One: What to do when your department was over-downsized This question might be back on your agenda soon. Latest turmoil at the financial markets made the profits of banks and other investors drop sharply. Nobody knows how many more … Continue reading
November 17, 2007
by Dagmar
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I had an Auris experience yesterday which made me revisit my old post about the Auris advertising campaign in Germany in February. My little experience is definitely not representative for what is going on on Germany’s roads, since I haven’t … Continue reading
November 14, 2007
by Dagmar
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Early indicators are very popular in the business world. People normally like them because they see a lot of advantages, such as Early indicators are perceived to provide some objectivity to otherwise fuzzy planning and forecasting processes. They are most … Continue reading
October 22, 2007
by Dagmar
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I just came across an interesting new project, called “European Smart Cities”. It is a ranking of European Cities with populations under 500,000, developed by Scientists from the Technical University (TU) of Vienna in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana … Continue reading
October 11, 2007
by Dagmar
Comments Off on After the strategic planning meeting
Last week I had written about some of my experiences with strategic planning meetings – the pro’s and con’s, what can go wrong and how to avoid some of the problems. However, the process is not over the moment the … Continue reading