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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

We’re continuing our Top 10 Consulting Firms series this week by focusing our expert eye on the Middle East. Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! Currently, Strategy& does major public (read: government) consulting work outside the U.S.

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Caution Ahead: Construction Related Business are Swamping the Market

Martinka Consulting

Fact 1: In my 20+ years as an intermediary I have never seen so many construction related businesses on the market. Fact 2: In 2006 every bit of research done by anybody showed at least five years of solid commercial construction in the Puget Sound area. The seller recognizes it’s a market at a peak.

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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. Every section of Boston Consulting Group on Strategy is a comprehensive article offering insights that can be applied to any business circumstance.

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(Re)Designing the HR Organization (Kates, Human Resource Planning, 2006)

Kates Kesler

Human Resource Planning, 2006. The goal has been to create an organization that can deliver the necessary, daily (but low value-added) transactional work of HR consistently and efficiently while at the same time undertaking complex consulting and project-based work that is intended to further strategic business initiatives.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Acts to Calm Markets.

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. China Acts to Calm Markets; Stock Market Rebounds From 6% Plunge After Central Bank Pledges More Liquidity; Wet Nurse Action. With rates spiking, global stock markets plunged.

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Does Your Team Hoard Information?

Harmonious Workplaces

Information from leads and clients cannot be found anywhere, which subsequently hampers marketing efforts. Many CRMs (customer relationship management systems) can share information from sales, marketing, and customer service. DOI: 10.1002/job.2152. Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. Organizational Behavior (18th Edition). Bartol, K.