Organizational design is a step-by-step methodology which identifies dysfunctional aspects of work flow, procedures, structures and systems, realigns them to fit current business realities/goals and then develops plans to implement the new changes. The process focuses on improving both the technical and people side of the business.
According to the Economist, the year 2009 turned out to be a low point for the American firm, but its resurgence has been remarkable. Currently, nine out of the ten most valuable companies are American, which puts America right back on top of business on a global scale. With its economy energised, not least by cheap shale gas,…
Texas Representative Ted Poe was looking for reassurance that backing an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws won’t be political suicide for conservatives like him – and he may have found it. Several business executives told the Republican that they can’t find enough Americans willing to cook fajitas, repair sidewalks and perform other types of unglamorous…
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Global author, Pico Iyer has spent more than 30 years tracking movement and stillness – and the way criss-crossing cultures have changed the world, our imagination and all our relationships. In this thoughtful TED talk, he meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still. Not surprising insight…
A Reuters analysis has found that the number of people working to implement “Obamacare” has reached the tens of thousands. Call them the Obama-army, if you will. Indeed, State offices that will run insurance exchanges are hiring tens of thousands, either on staff or through outsourcing firms. And futhermore, federal agencies that are key to implementing…
America and the European Union have a chance to achieve something large: a transatlantic pact that could likely liberalize a third of global trade. Done right, it could ensue a transatlantic tipping-point of an economic model favouring openness, free markets, free peoples and the rule of law over the closed, managed visions of state capitalism. Right…
The Economist reports on a comparison of two democrats’ views on how to manage the government best. The two men are Gavin Newsom and Mr Sunstein – and they have both written books about reforming the public sector. Both present themselves as post-partisan and both argue that Barack Obama has done a lot to improve American government. Mr Newsom’s…
