Gaming the system

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose of this paper Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings One of the features of modern business is the increased involvement of customers in product and service development. Managers are consistently being told to engage with customers more and create a feedback loop so that what they develop can be enhanced. Articles in glossy executive magazines recommend this approach; product managers recommend this approach; it seems that any firm that did not include its users in enhancing its latest offering is doomed to failure. And yet, what evidence are there that such approaches actually benefit the bottom line? Like many developments in corporate culture previously, does the inclusion of customers in product development make sense, or is it simply another corporate fad? Practical implications Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. What is original/value of paper? The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Learning from failure

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning From Failure ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Is it possible that change for good can lead to changes for the bad? In the context of any organization, there are any number of change programs that are being implemented at a given time. These will tend to be for product or service development, enabling efficiencies or supporting expansion strategies. Programs can also be about changing organizational culture, and such people-centric change programs can be some of the very hardest to embed. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

How Yakult helps reduce poverty

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Base Of The Pyramid ◽  
Crowd Sourcing ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsBusiness has a knack of coming up with clever idioms and jargon – triple bottom line, crowd sourcing, greenewal, glocal, guerrilla marketing and so forth. Customers referred to by the label base of the pyramid (BOP) are not to be envied, for that descriptive tag tells it like it is – they're impoverished people at the bottom of the pile. So, if they are too poor to be customers why would hard‐headed businesses seek out a market there?Practical implicationsThe piece provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to digest format.

Facebook, Twitter and the future of HR

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Simon Linacre
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Mention the use of social media to some human resource management professionals, and from many you will hear dark mutterings of “distractions” and “waste of time”. Many people believe that while social media – or Web 2.0 as some describe it – offers opportunities for free advertising, promotion and customer engagement, it also allows employees to enter into non-productive activities online that contribute little to nothing to the bottom line. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

“There’s only one Man United?”

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business School ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Harvard Business School ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – It has become something of a cliché to borrow cues from successful sporting managers and coaches and apply them to a modern business context. Indeed, many former managers are getting in on the act – see the success of some former coaches on the speaking circuit and even the increasing amount of work ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been doing with Harvard Business School. It seems that there is a lucrative life after all when it is time to hang up the whistle and clipboard. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Getting the right blend between culture and strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Organizational Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings There are associations between corporate culture and organizational strategy. Greater awareness of this will help firms ensure the best fit between the two elements. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

The paradox of business

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Service Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the paperes in context. Findings Business has borne witness to an evolution in how it brings products and services to market since the 1980s – and hardly anyone has noticed. This is not an obvious change such as the exploitation of the internet or the effects of globalization. It is a more subtle, more varied, and has had an impact on how most businesses now operate in the modern environment. Put simply, it is the way the firms now create value through product and service development using project management techniques. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

When change is not as good as a rest

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Simon Linacre
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Could the following proposition be true: the net effect of change programs is often miscalculated because they come from the point of view of managers, rather than the employees implementing the change. After all, the effect will be judged on increases in productivity, efficiency, outputs and ultimately the bottom line. These may well be positive, but could they be even better if the effect on employees has been taken into account and acted on? Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Not just the bottom line

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategy Maps ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Combining a balanced scorecard strategy with strategy maps can provide a better method for an organization to both communicate strategies as well as identify areas where performance is subpar. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Disrupting market strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Business World ◽  
Market Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Technology and digital reinvention are upending markets across the globe. Startups are now challenging established companies and winning, so new methods of strategizing for the future are needed by those companies that are feeling the pressure of the modern business world. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

How Phillips saw the light

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Freak Show ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The One ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The problem with developing a reputation of being something of an oracle in the business world is that all of a sudden, everyone expects you to pull off the trick of interpreting the future on a daily basis. Like a freak show circus act or one-hit wonder pop singer, people expect you to perform when they see you, and they expect you to perform the thing that made you famous, even if it is the one thing in the world you don’t want to do. And when you fail to deliver on these heightened expectations, you are dismissed as a one trick pony, however good that trick is in the first place. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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