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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

The problem is that the intended outcomes and commitments to the market might be negatively affected, harming the reputation of the organization. But combine that with a minor delay in raw material delivery and throw in a sudden but not surprising market fluctuation, and you have a perfect storm. Having Insurance (Risk Buffer).

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3 Things Are Holding Back Your Analytics, and Technology Isn’t One of Them

Harvard Business

They wanted to switch the basis of its salesforce compensation from raw results to performance relative to the potential of each salesperson’s market. But it reduced the compensation of salespeople who were less efficient but ultimately more valuable—causing them to defect to competitors. Methodology.

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How Much Gold Should Someone Own? Where and How To Own It?

MishTalk

There is no fixed answer, but rather a general methodology that I like: Do not invest outside your comfort zone. Remember, if you do choose physical possession, you will need theft insurance or some other means of ensuring its safety. Additionally, shares of the Trust are bought and sold at market price, not at net asset value (“NAV”).

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The Promise and Challenge of Big Data for Pharma

Harvard Business

It will increasingly help government health agencies, payers, and providers to make decisions about such issues as drug discovery, patient access, and marketing. To be sure, anonymized insurance-claims data and electronic health record (EHR) data has been accessed and analyzed for many years.

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A Tool for Balancing Your Company’s Digital Investments

Harvard Business

Support investments are those that improve business efficiency and management effectiveness but, in themselves, do not sustain the business or provide any competitive advantage. They are about achieving cost reduction and efficiency improvements through automation or meeting government requirements. Selecting project managers.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

For centers remaining in consideration after these initial steps, PBGH and HDP perform an in-depth site visit utilizing a patient tracer methodology. This process-improvement methodology includes workflow redesign, error proofing, best-practice implementation, cost bundling, financial risk sharing, and outcomes measurement.