Strategy or Strategic Plan?

Many companies have strategic plans, but that doesn't mean they have strategies. Too often, they're just operational plans, says UCLA Anderson School of Management strategy professor Richard Rumelt. McKinsey Quarterly talked to the giant of strategic thinking about the difference.

A Guide to Financing Expansion

Whether you're a for-profit or a non-profit organization, the imperative today is to grow. But growth strategies require financing, and this often appears to be a confusing thicket of options for most managers. Knowpreneur associate Sativa Quinn has reached into her wide fundraising background to put together a guide to financing options for knowledge-based organizations.. 

Who Knows Whom and Who Knows What

Social Network Analysis, or SNA, is becoming an essential tool for determining how knowledge flows through an organization. Companies are maximizing their collective smarts by accessing employees' personal connections which can be as valuable as their individual knowledge bases.

Plan for flexibility!  

This PowerPoint speech outlines the basics of scenario planning and risk management and tailors it to the needs of SME's. While most larger companies continually undertake risk management, SME's rarely do. That's partly because they haven't the time to bother, but also because their risks are different. In fact, it could be argued that risk management planning is even more important for smaller businesses because they live closer to the edge.

 Who needs a strategic plan? Everybody!. PDF: 37.6KB

Most companies and organizations need a vision and a strategic plan, but few have it.  But operations that want to stop fire fighting and bring alignment and co-ordination around improvement initiatives require a vision and strategic plan that identifies barriers and clarifies actions required to break down those barriers. In this white paper, the BPR Learning Center shows you how.

Reigniting Your Inner Innovator PDF: 71.2KB

Our innovation expert Linda Bartz has put together a paper that is badly needed in this hurry-up world of business. In Reigniting Your Inner Innovator, Linda shows businesses that have become weighed down by the day-to-day how to revitalize the innovation process. Remember when business was fun and make it happen again, Linda advises.

Managing the Knowledge Worker PDF: 94.5KB

Human Resources expert Cissy Pau has turned her talents to the needs of the knowledge worker in her informative paper, Managing The Knowledge Worker. Cissy, who has been through the expansions and shrinkages common to knowledge businesses, guides managers through the tricky process of leading knowledge workers in the new century.

Project Future Form - Knowledge Work PDF: 57.0KB

This very interesting paper from Australia examines the developing trends regarding work in the Information Age - how knowledge is created, how it is shaped, and how it is transforming the very nature of work. Oh, and it also has an interesting take on the furniture you'll be using in 10 years.






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