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  • Simplify: Ron Ashkenas on Taking Complexity Out of Your Workplace

    Ron Ashkenas , author of Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done , says no CEO sets out to make his or her company as complicated as possible. And yet, as businesses grow, they tend to become more complex. And taking the time to readjust and cut out inefficient institutional complexities is essential to continued growth. Ashkenas discusses some of the ways managers can create simpler workplaces in this interview with Harvard Business Publishing 's Sarah Green :
    Published 12-29-2009 11:54 AM by Graham Griffith
    Filed under: management, harvard business review, Harvard Business, streamlining, Simply Effective, management consulting, complexity, Ron Ashkenas, simplfiy, creating efficient businesses
  • Top-Down Approach to Cutting Costs and Generating Cash

    As signs point toward recovery, companies need cash on hand to facilitate a rebound from the recession. And for some that means continuing to cut costs. Here's an instructive video from Knowledge@Wharton in which experts from Wharton and The Boston Consulting Group advocate a top-down approach to streamlining. This advice seems to run counter to advice we have posted from other experts, who advise getting employee participation in cost cutting strategies . Take a look:
    Published 09-30-2009 10:15 AM by Graham Griffith
    Filed under: management, Wharton, cutting costs, efficiencies, The Boston Consulting Group, cash, streamlining
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