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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

Unfortunately, in 2004, soon after the rollout of this new accounting system, complaints began rolling in with issues. In May 2004, BearingPoint reported a valuation decline of 61%. ” This is an international training week to learn more about the company and build a personal network within the firm. Practice Areas.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Those divisions are IT Services, Global Business Services, Outsourcing Services, Training, and Additional Services – because it’s super clear to have an amorphous Additional Services bucket, right? 2004 was the next major shift towards a services focus for IBM. Finance Risk. IGS has 5 divisions/branches.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Usually, due diligence is conducted by lawyers and experts in finance or accounting rather than experts in understanding and diagnosing culture. Also, as momentum builds, more people become involved, and it becomes more visible and harder to stop. Lack of cultural due diligence is often a problem.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

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Congressman Rangel Calls for War Tax, Draft; Why Not Bomb the Entire Muslim World? Draft Worse Than Slavery

MishTalk

While I am optimistic about our Commander-in-Chief’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, I voted against the Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2015 that would grant the President the authority to provide funds to train and arm Syrian rebels against the enemy.

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Joining a Nonprofit Board of Directors: The Why and How of It

The Nonprofit Consultant

This one was written for the January 2004 edition of "The Learning Curve" - The monthly newsletter of the Silicon Valley Chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development). (This is another older article that I'm posting to the blog to add it to the archives.