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What Are The Best Management Consulting Books?

Steve Shu Consulting

The Pyramid Principle:Logic In Writing and Thinking (for managers & consultants especially) by Barbara Minto. Beyond the generic core, there are three major dimensions that come to the top of my mind when considering practitioner-level knowledge of the management consulting space: developing speciality and functional-area skills.

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

2009; Johnson and Goldstein, 2003; Johnson et al., employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). 4 (2009): 1639-1674. ” Marketing Letters 23, no. Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture.

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Global Oil Consumption Report: What Countries Have Increased or Decreased Oil Usage Since 2009?

MishTalk

The data represents the percentage change in oil consumption from 2009 to 2013, the latest year non-OECD data were available. For instance, oil consumption in Spain was roughly 20% lower in 2013 than in 2009. increase from 2009-13. from 2009-13. from 2009-13. of global oil usage growth since 2009.

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60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for March 1, 2024

Johanna Rothman

Back in 2009, I gave a talk about project portfolio management to a group of about twenty people. Everyone was leaving the conference, and some people left my talk early so they could manage their travel. The post 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for March 1, 2024 appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst.

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China Manufacturing Back in Contraction, Staffing Declines at Sharpest Pace Since March 2009.

MishTalk

Key points Growth of output eases to marginal pace Quickest rate of job shedding since March 2009 Marked falls in input costs and output charge January data signalled a deterioration of operating conditions in China’s manufacturing sector for the first time in six months. in January, down fractionally from the earlier flash reading of 49.6,

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Lighten Up Your Marketing

Women in Consulting

As content marketing explodes, so too, does the volume of noise. In 2012, I wrote about a supply-chain management software company called Kinaxis. Scofield Edit has a great video from 2009 parodying the client-vendor relationship much. Scofield Edit has a great video from 2009 parodying the client-vendor relationship much.