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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

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What is Project Accounting?

Progressus

Its most general definition is processing financial transactions by project including costs, billings, and revenue. Additionally, the time needed to reconcile spreadsheets to both the GL and project reporting negatively affects productivity which in turn risks profitability. Project accounting is an overly broad term.

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

It is not just the purview of finance to interpret the numbers that govern profit and loss; it behooves every employee to understand how and why the company makes money, spends money, and measures financial performance. With term definitions in hand, analyze your company’s balance sheet. Where to Start. Study the Balance Sheet.

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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

The most basic definition of money is any asset that is generally accepted as a means of payment to settle debts. If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Firstly, what is money? Economies can and should save.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Culture has been studied for years, resulting in many different models and definitions. A working technical definition of corporate culture is an often hidden shared pattern or system of beliefs, values, and behavioral norms. The concept of culture is abstract and not well understood.

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How to Fix the Most Soul-Crushing Meetings

Harvard Business

In one global consumer products company that I work with, my firm’s organizational assessment revealed an unusually intense degree of aggravation over how much time was consumed by meetings, leaving “only evenings to do our day jobs,” according to one interviewee. The right composition and metrics.

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When should a startup hire a COO

Asamby Consulting

The classical definition of the COO is to be the second in command after the CEO. Oftentimes, the COO manages all administrative and finance functions. That could be overseeing service delivery or manufacturing and distribution of your product. But how do you know when it's time to hire a COO? What will a COO do for a startup?

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