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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Their focus is on: structure and governance, processes, technology enablement, resource configuration and capabilities and culture. Thus, they work towards creating or upgrading current purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and maximize savings. Culture, culture, culture.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Work and decisions often become centralized at a corporate level for a variety of good reasons – to drive common strategy and policy, to consolidate work for efficiency and scale, to leverage scarce talent through centers of expertise. Efficiencies are lost in the cost of overhead. Programs and staff grow.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business

It combines human expertise with machine learning to synthesize a large knowledge base in cancer and suggests treatment options tailored to a specific patient in real time. This will help doctors make better decisions based on up-to-date knowledge in a time efficient manner.

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Scaling Customer Service as Your Startup Grows

Harvard Business

Don’t optimize for efficiency. Your business model is still in flux, and flexibility is more valuable than efficiency and cost savings. Start a knowledge base. It’s time to dedicate a full-time person to building your knowledge base and providing customer education support. What not to do.

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