Download or read book Enabling World Class Decisions The Executive s Guide to Understanding Deploying Modern Corporate Performance Management Solutions written by Corey Barak and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is speeding up, and changes are rippling across the globe with blazing speed. If your organization is slow to respond, you can quickly fall behind. One of the best investments you can make in this technology-driven marketplace is to empower employees to make fast, smart decisions. To do that, you need to arm them with modern, integrated corporate performance tools to maximize their ability to set goals, adjust plans and budgets, and monitor performance. In Enabling World-Class Decisions, four technology executives with more than 100 years of combined experience in corporate performance management and business intelligence software answer questions such as: - Why is it important to consider business intelligence solutions to enable better decision making? - How can you better prepare for the decision-making process? - What should you consider when deploying a business intelligence platform?

Download or read book Drive Business Performance written by Bruno Aziza and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2008-07-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking guide provides a deep understanding of how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, backed up by first-hand accounts from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA. Drive Business Performance explains the competitive advantage experienced by organizations that create and manage a "Culture of Performance."

Download or read book Innovative Corporate Performance Management written by Bob Paladino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning strategies to drive game changing meaningful results during the most challenging economy in decades Drawing from executive and thought leader Bob Paladino's research and advisory experiences and collaboration with award-winning and high-performing organizations, this sequel his global best seller Innovative Corporate Performance Management: Five Key Principles to Accelerate Results provides a clear road map for executing enterprise strategy. Reveals a proven implementation model that has accelerated breakthrough results Shares over 40 new, innovative best practices common to Malcolm Baldrige, Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame, Sterling quality, Fortune 100 Best, APQC, and Forbes award winners Provides a CPM Process Blueprint and diagnostic to score your organization and establish a plan for your award winning performance Offers a fresh approach to integrating proven methodologies proven by case companies that have been awarded over 100 awards Includes key process maps, strategic planning frameworks, strategy maps, customer and competitor intelligence methods, balanced scorecards, comparative tables, project plans, testimonials, charts, graphs, and screen shots of CPM, CRM, BSC and KM systems All-new case studies and best practice research are included from world-renowned enterprises as well as insights from executives who have won the most globally recognized awards in business.

Download or read book Managing Performance in Turbulent Times written by Ed Barrows and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straightforward playbook for executing world-class strategy for tangible results Designed with three key ideas: leverage the tools that are working, simplify the model, and make the content readable for managers, Managing Performance in Turbulent Times is a road map for the modern strategy manager. Through their simplified execution process the authors—performance management experts—show executives how to get results and execute even in the most difficult conditions. Addresses importance of adaptability to change within today's business environment Explores the environmental turbulence that constantly confounds virtually all organizational systems, with workable solutions Provides a streamlined execution process any organization can use to improve business results Managers need tools to do their jobs better. Filled with proven solutions, this book reveals how to get results through successful strategy execution, presenting a process that will help your organization execute strategy in a simplified, efficient manner.

Download or read book Executive Performance written by Norah Njuba Bwaya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three words describe the treatise in your hands: passion, experience, and depth. It is one thing to write a theory and quite another to adduce gems of wisdom from a calling that was lived in numerous settings, explored over decades, and then studied; such is the case for Dr. Norahs Executive Performance. The book includes lessons from a doctoral study on executive performance in Uganda. It presents a framework of eight critical pillars of executive performance and a model for generating intrinsic motivation to perform. It confirms that performance is mostly about leadership, sociocultural beliefs, and performers attitudes. More importantly, it presents practical ideas about leadership that appropriately addresses sociocultural and mind-set challenges to unlock performance among Ugandan executives. In here are invaluable thoughts, nuggets, and incredible wisdom for business owners, organization leaders, and executives who are looking for ideas to enhance organizational performance in an African setting. Indeed, Executive Performance is a collectors piece.

Download or read book The Performance Power Grid written by David F. Giannetto and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-01-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance Power Grid uses the metaphor of an actual electrical grid to explain how business leaders can maximize the way their people interact and work together. It offers a framework that helps managers channel the energy of employees into the proper tasks, processes, and projects, leading to higher productivity and more team focus on the jobs that truly matter.

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Banking written by Introbooks and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these highly competitive times and with so many technological advancements, it is impossible for any industry to remain isolated and untouched by innovations. In this era of digital economy, the banking sector cannot exist and operate without the various digital tools offered by the ever new innovations happening in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its sub-set technologies. New technologies have enabled incredible progression in the finance industry. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have provided the investors and customers with more innovative tools, new types of financial products and a new potential for growth.According to Cathy Bessant (the Chief Operations and Technology Officer, Bank of America), AI is not just a technology discussion. It is also a discussion about data and how it is used and protected. She says, "In a world focused on using AI in new ways, we're focused on using it wisely and responsibly."

Download or read book Strategic Executive Development written by James F. Bolt and published by Pfeiffer. This book was released on 2005-06-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Executive Development--written by three leaders in the field of executive development, James F. Bolt, Michael McGrath and Michael Dulworth--shows how world-class companies use executive development to drive business strategy and affect growth. This important resource presents five strategic uses of executive development that produce demonstrable business impact. Based on empirical data gathered from their extensive research and consulting, and a comprehensive survey of executive development in leading organizations, this book answers the key question: What are the investments in executive development that have the biggest impact? Using illustrative case studies, the authors clearly demonstrate how executive development is being successfully implemented at some of the world's most recognizable and enduring companies, including Texas Instruments. These cases describe what is working and why, offer insights into the key process steps, and show how companies have measured and validated the effects of executive development. Strategic Executive Development offers the framework needed to create an executive development strategy and program that will help your organization achieve measurable business results and develop the executive capabilities needed to win in the marketplace.

Download or read book How to Be a World Class Leader written by Patrick Hough and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEADER OR IMPOSTER? IT ISN'T EASY TO LEAD AN ORGANIZATION. People are depending on you, but what if you don't have all the knowledge or skills to do a good job? What if it goes terribly wrong and it's your fault? This book will develop your mental capabilities - and give you the tools, techniques and tactics - to solve that dilemma. It's based on the latest scientific research, but it's written for people like yourself, who need practical solutions to real-life problems. If you're a CEO, a senior manager or a business owner this book will help you: become an outstanding decision-maker become a true leader develop your organization's culture achieve lasting change in your organization create an outstanding strategy achieve your goals You'll learn why bad decisions are common. Then, the book will show you how to: prevent emotional mistakes stop accepting oversimplifications discount bad information break patterns of bad behaviour break free from your current rut avoid bad investments It will also help you develop a new attitude. You'll be able to: manage your time (and leave the office early!) change your mindset benefit from your mistakes make powerful presentations get your key messages across program yourself for success Your organization will benefit because you'll: plan successfully for an uncertain future manage risk & prevent catastrophic failures reduce functional stupidity drive your projects to achieve all their goals control your costs & set optimum prices deal effectively with competition optimize your marketing select and train the right people communicate better help employees work efficiently and effectively reclaim wasted time for productive purposes achieve lasting change in your organization Can one book really do all that? The answer is "yes" because all these areas are interlinked and it explains the relevant scientific knowledge in a practical way. You'll learn as you interact with it because it uses best-practice memory techniques and it covers the foundation knowledge you'll need as a true leader. Does it work? 50% of the senior managers asked to review the first draft refused to give their copies back! They'd already started to use the contents and found it indispensable. REVIEWS "Patrick Hough shows us how to question our instincts and thought processes - enabling us to make better decisions - a thought-provoking manual that will change the way you lead." Alan Mc Knight General Manager, Cara Partners "An interesting, informative read. It explains why subjective decision making is so dangerous and so common. It pulls no punches, as it cuts through the jargon and reveals exactly what you need to do about it. It's an eye-opener, a must-have for anyone who wants to run an effective and efficient organisation." John Ryan Technical Support Director "The author asks you to suspend your views on leadership, of leadership thinking and of the core function of leaders - decision making - and the leader's decision-making process. This book challenges the status quo. It sets the reader a challenge to go on a journey and in doing so presents a wonderful opportunity to improve your decision-making process and your leadership style." JJ O'Connell Chairman of the Plato Ireland Business Network & Family Business Ireland

Download or read book The Future of Leadership Development written by Susan Elaine Murphy and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership in today's organizations is a tough business. Organizational leaders face a number of challenges as their jobs, and the world around them, become increasingly complex. Trends, such as organizational "delayering," rapid technological advances, and increased employee empowerment require that leaders adapt their techniques and styles of leadership to meet these new challenges. Consequently, there has been an explosion of interest in leadership in recent years as researchers and management educators struggle to understand the process of leadership development, how it operates, and what characteristics make effective leaders. Born of these questions, the 11th Annual Kravis-de Roulet Leadership Conference at Claremont McKenna College brought together an impressive slate of scholars whose theories, research, and cutting-edge techniques are now gathered together in this impressive volume. Each chapter asks and answers questions about the current state of the field while providing future direction for research to help bridge the gap between leadership researchers and leadership development practitioners. Notable topics include chapters on "e-leadership" and leadership within the "virtual" organization, exploring 360-degree feedback, the importance of "social capital," and a comprehensive analysis of the well-researched theory of Leader Member Exchange.

Download or read book The Executive Guide to Improvement and Change written by Beecroft and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Playing to Win written by Alan G. Lafley and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how companies must pinpoint business strategies to a few critically important choices, identifying common blunders while outlining simple exercises and questions that can guide day-to-day and long-term decisions.

Download or read book Shaping Executive Perspectives written by Kenneth Haeri and published by Marcjan Press. This book was released on 2023-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book starts its exposé from the top of a company or corporate leadership. The CEO's Leadership Imperatives. It addressed the CEO's role in an organization and discussed some business imperatives a CEO cannot delegate to subordinates. This book addressed the profile and characteristics a modern CEO should possess. Such generic attributes like outstanding leadership and excellent operational execution are discussed. The book suggests that a CEO must have skills such as being an influential strategic thinker, a great people manager, and the ability to engage with external constituencies effectively. A modern CEO must possess these qualities to navigate the complexities of contemporary business terrain effectively. The chapter advises that these qualities can be incorporated into a company's criteria for a new CEO. Great CEOs provide capital investments that constitute the total cash a company requires pursuing its objectives. Capital investments are the essential means by which a company can provide its goods and services to customers. And investors and analysts closely watch the total amount of debt a company has on the books, and because of this, they have an unfavorable outlook when a company has an enormous debt. Effective CEOs build their organization's culture because they understand that the strength of a company's culture can determine how well it will triumph through adversity. Strong organizational culture can also help determine how well a company would deal with prosperity. And great CEOs set up a culture of regular measures of how well their companies perform. They regularly and consistently measure their organization's performance and hold everyone to a high standard required to accomplish the company's goals. When the CEO demands accountability for the high-performance standard, the company's productivity usually performs at its maximum. The CEO sets the strategic agenda and the verification system for business performance metrics. In addressing the CEO's profile, this chapter clarified that a modern CEO must make brilliant decisions. The CEO owns the execution of major decisions in the company; therefore, she is responsible for the strategic or major business decisions. She is responsible for adequately guiding major business plan execution. She is also responsible for determining what and how they are measured.

Download or read book The Executive in Action written by Peter F. Drucker and published by HarperBusiness. This book was released on 1996-06-21 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three complete Drucker management books in one volume — Managing for Results, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and The Effective Executive with a new preface by the author. In his preface, Peter F. Drucker says: "These three books should enable executives — whether high up in the organization or just beginning their career — to know the right things to do; — to know how to do them; and — to do them effectively.Together, these three books provide The Toolkit for Executive Action." Drucker identifies and explains the practices, decisions and priorities for achieving business performance and executive effectiveness. These books cover "the three dimensions of the successful practice of management." Managing for Results was the first book to explain business strategy. Drucker shows how the existing business has to focus on opportunities rather than problems to be effective, for it is the opportunities that will bring growth and performance. Innovation and Entrepreneurship analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. It is a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions and new ventures have to know, learn and do to prepare and create the successful businesses of tomorrow. In The Effective Executive, Drucker discusses the five practices and habits that must be learned for executive effectiveness. Ranging widely through business and government, he demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious situations. Together, these three books have sold more than a million copies; they have been published throughout the world and continue to sell actively. These are essential works for the executive and manager by "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers." —Wall Street Journal

Download or read book The Executive in Action written by Peter F. Drucker and published by HarperBusiness. This book was released on 1996-06-21 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three complete Drucker management books in one volume — Managing for Results, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and The Effective Executive with a new preface by the author. In his preface, Peter F. Drucker says: "These three books should enable executives — whether high up in the organization or just beginning their career — to know the right things to do; — to know how to do them; and — to do them effectively.Together, these three books provide The Toolkit for Executive Action." Drucker identifies and explains the practices, decisions and priorities for achieving business performance and executive effectiveness. These books cover "the three dimensions of the successful practice of management." Managing for Results was the first book to explain business strategy. Drucker shows how the existing business has to focus on opportunities rather than problems to be effective, for it is the opportunities that will bring growth and performance. Innovation and Entrepreneurship analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. It is a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions and new ventures have to know, learn and do to prepare and create the successful businesses of tomorrow. In The Effective Executive, Drucker discusses the five practices and habits that must be learned for executive effectiveness. Ranging widely through business and government, he demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious situations. Together, these three books have sold more than a million copies; they have been published throughout the world and continue to sell actively. These are essential works for the executive and manager by "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers." —Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence written by David L. Poole and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence presents a practical guide to AI, including agents, machine learning and problem-solving simple and complex domains.

Download or read book Value Realization from Efficient Software Deployment written by Alex Louwe Kooijmans and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many companies have a complex process for purchasing software that is required by IT projects, or better, by the business. Usually software is purchased by a centralized procurement function, and is either purchased on a project-by-project basis or as a large periodic software contract. Unfortunately purchasing software products does not automatically mean that these products are exploited throughout the organization providing the maximum possible value to the business units. Several issues call for a structured approach that gets the most business value out of software already purchased. The objectives of this approach are to: Create maximum awareness throughout the organization of the software purchased. Track software use in IT projects and act if products are not used at all, used improperly, or insufficiently used. Facilitate use of software products in projects, especially when software products are complex and require a lot of integration. We can summarize the overall objective of this approach as ensuring that the business units in an organization obtain the maximum possible value of software products purchased, which is also the scope of this IBM® Redbooks® publication.