Profitability is not productive. Productivity brings profits.
Many companies make a fatal mistake: they focus too much on short-term profitability. The easiest way to boost profits is to cut costs—research and development, investments, and employee training. For a while, it may seem like productivity metrics improve, and investors smile with satisfaction. But what happens in the long run? The company’s technology becomes […]
Can You Sell, Can You Buy?
Buying and selling are the most fundamental and important economic activities that people and businesses engage in. Yet they are often taken for granted, with little scrutiny of how these activities are conceived and conducted. Seldom asks anyone what the capability of buying or selling really is. There are, however, discernible differences in the buying […]
Organizational Logics: An Elemental Measure to Gauge Business Capabilities
In the face of increasingly turbulent business environment, the organizations of today must be agile in sensing weak signals, making sense of the discerned patterns, deciding promptly on the way forward, and responding to the opportunities and threats in a rapid and concerted fashion. This calls for integration and requisite organizational logic across all concerns. […]
Levels-Based Organization Design – Why Does it Matter?
How the organisation is designed and implemented has a tremendous impact on its efficiency and effectiveness. Clear definition of accountabilities and authority, a right number of work levels, proper division of labour, and better matching of people to positions are more conducive to high performance than incidental, undefined structures and unrelated activity patterns. Organizations shall […]
