Business : Decision-Making & Problem Solving

Do you need some big ideas? Does your company need a creative boost? There is no room for complacency in today’s fast-moving business world - innovation and creativity are the lifeblood of any organization. Yet few ever realize their full creative potential. They focus on day-to-day practicalities instead of developing innovative strategies for the future. more...

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''The customer relationships that a company is able to cultivate represent the most important asset that will never appear on its balance sheet.''. —From Chapter 1 of Build Your Customer Strategy. Build Your Customer Strategy: A Guide to Creating Profitable Customer Relationships spells out how to create profitable and lasting customer relationships. more...

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Praise for Business Continuity Management. Building an Effective Incident Management Plan. "In Business Continuity Management, Blyth has once again produced a comprehensive guide to the subject. Whether a multinational organization looking to counter the threat of global terrorism or a local business planning against loss of sensitive data, this book provides a well structured and useful guide to construction and implementation of Incident Management Plans. Blyth provides not only the theory and background to his subject but also invaluable template guidelines for many of the incidents which we all should prepare for.". -Joe PughHead of European Project Management, Panasonic. "Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Management Plan very effectively details how and what a company should include in composing and executing a crisis management plan. This book is a must read for both laymen and experts alike because it itemizes the most relevant facts within silos that are comprehensive enough for the expert to find value in, yet written in a manner that a layman can derive tangible value. The incident response guidelines, broken down by the event type, provide an extremely useful tool that bring immediate value to the reader.". -Robert G. Molina Jr.Global Security ManagerLyondellBasell. "For a business of any consequence to not have a business continuity plan is like a Boy Scout not having a first aid kit. Advanced preparation and planning enable a business to deal with a crisis and sooner or later every business will face a crisis of some nature. Author Michael Blyth hits the nail on the head with his well organized book that weaves together business continuity planning, incident management, and dealing with risks.". -John P. ChamberlainExecutive DirectorESC. "Mike Blyth has produced another book, which is thought-provoking and a clear example of the multilayered guidelines that companies should be encouraged to incorpor more...

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A revolutionary way to describe business, xBML (extended Business Modelling Language) is an intuitive graphical language that unlocks the DNA of a corporation using a system of diagrams based on five Ws (Who; What; Which; Where; When). xBML gives companies an complete and accurate map of their enterprise, that can then be re-used repeatedly to describe, plan and create improvement. more...

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Why BI-intensive companies fail to thrive during economic volatility and how they can become more adaptable and resilient. Written by an expert in data mining and business intelligence, this timely book discusses the latest practices emerging in organizational development that support business intelligence-intensive companies. Thoroughly exploring components of quantum physics, chaos theory, complexity science, and evolutionary biology to provide a scientific framework for a new corporate model, Business Intelligence Success Factors explains why these practices and competencies are critical given the speed of change, globalization, and advancements in technology and business intelligence. Olivia Parr Rud (Philadelphia, PA) is the principal of OliviaGroup, a consulting firm that provides facilitation and training in the areas of organizational adaptabilty, leadership development, team-building, and skill development in the areas of collaboration, communication, and innovation. more...

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