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Increasing Profitability In Times of a Crisis: How the Right Approach to Project and Resource Management Can Help Improve Business Outcomes

Epicflow

The right approach to project and resource management can really help business organizations to become profitable and competitive even during tough times. In addition, it’s critically important to be aware of and prevent project and resource management mistakes that create problems in your workflow and hamper fruitful project work.

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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Indeed, a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management indicates that fifteen percent of companies offer a 32-hour workweek.

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Matrix Structures and Virtual Collaboration (Kates and Erickson, Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams, 2008)

Kates Kesler

Chapter in The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams, 2008. The need to integrate resources and reconcile opposing objectives creates the challenge of designing mechanisms that will foster true collaboration, instead of simple compromise. Virtual Collaboration in a Matrix Organization. Amy Kates and Paul J.

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Are Your Values Worth the Paper They’re Printed On?

Markovitz Consulting

When the firm lost 30% of its orders overnight in 2008, the CEO asked everyone to take a month off without pay, rather than laying off one-third of the workforce. Since that time, he’s run the company very conservatively, so that they have the financial resources to withstand another shock. But not every company lives up to its values.

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A New Quest for Consultancy: Transitioning from Just-in-Time Logistics

Tom Spencer

For instance, in the lead up to the 2008 Great Recession, McKinsey actively promoted mortgage securitization , alongside EY which was involved with Lehman Brothers’ accounting fraud allegations [pdf]. The 1973 Oil Crisis exposed the vulnerability of resource-intensive manufacturing.

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Going into Consulting in a World Changed by COVID-19

Tom Spencer

If we learned anything from the 2008 financial crisis, it is fair to say that in lean times private sector organizations have less resources available to invest in consulting. In 2008, consulting projects still went on, but they shifted more towards necessary functions or cost management projects.

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BCG Potential Test Copy

CaseInterview.com

One resource I’d recommend to develop your computation accuracy and speed is www.CaseInterviewMath.com. Free Case Interview Prep Program – Sign Up For Free Instant Access to the Largest Collection of FREE Case Interview Training Resources. I do not want free resources. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.