Enterprise of the Future: Genuine, not just Generous
No commentsCEO s generally agree that customer expectations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are increasing. While customers have always cared about societal issues, their concerns are now more frequently turning into action and influencing purchasing decisions according to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future”. “Genuine, not just Generous” is the last […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Disruptive by Nature
No commentsCEO s can no longer afford to invest money and scarce management resources in activities that are not differentiating: they intend to specialize. While 38 percent of CEO s plan to keep work within their organizations, 71 percent — nearly twice as many — plan to focus on collaboration and partnerships. Pursuing more collaborative models […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Globally Integrated
No commentsLabor arbitrage and riding the wave of economic growth in China and India — are being replaced by a new focus: global integration, according to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future“. “Globally Integrated” is the third of the five characteristics that define the Enterprise of the Future (Read the summary […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Hungry for Change
No commentsAccording to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future […]
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The Enterprise of the Future
1 comment so farThe Third biennial IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future” is now available (You will have to register to download this 79 page study). This research based on surveys of 1130 top executives from 32 different industries and from 40 nations with the sole purpose of ferreting out what the Enterprise […]
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Negotiation Skill for IT Managers
No commentsWall Street Journal Article titled Art of Persuasion Becomes Key talks about recent changes due to globalization that has elevated the need for managers to improve their influencing skill. Today, managers work more often with peers where lines of authority that aren’t clear or doesn’t exist. Large problems need help from personnel from […]
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Creative Destruction at the Speed of Thought
No commentsJoseph Schumpeter, the noted economist popularized the term Creative Destruction
This is how the process of Creative Destruction works: Initially, entrepreneurs innovate to create product/service with an unknown growth prospect. In order to generate profit they take huge risks and devote a huge amount of time to create an entirely new market for their product/service. To […]
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McKinsey’s 7-S Strategy Framework
No commentsMcKinsey introduced the 7-S framework for strategy in the late 1970s, The framework maps seven interrelated factors that influence an organization’s ability to change—shared values, skills, staff, strategy, structure, style, and systems—and shows how these forces interact. Unlike Porter’s Framework, 7-S Framework emphasizes coordination more strongly; 7-S suggests that they can make significant progress […]
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Is IT Strategic in the New Age of Innovation?
No commentsWith their new book New Age of Innovation – Driving Cocreated Value through Global Network, C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan suggest a major shift in organizational structure-one where IT and the respective management structure form the fundamental foundation of a corporation. I have not read the book yet, but I have been checking out […]
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Explaining Success of Social Media
No commentsJimmy Wales and “a band of volunteers,” created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished encyclopedia of the future. In TED conference he explains how the collaborative approach works, and why it succeeds. ‘Wikinomics’ also tries to explain the rise in social media and reason for the success. Altruism, Anti Establishment and Super Ego gratification are […]
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