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By Hervé Legenvre on
1/20/2010 3:53 PM
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Why ranking tables are a poor substitute for EFQM Assessment?
Comparisons are useful. Along with Trends and Targets, and an understanding of the Causes behind business results, comparisons let you know how well you are doing against the others. But the increasingly popular use of corporate rankings is a poor substitute for making a detailed assessment of where you actually stand on the key issues that concern your business. Journalists and academics cannot replace the role played by informed and experienced assessors. Providing comparisons, in the form of corporate ranking tables, is big business...
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We’re not out of the jungle, yet |
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By Hervé Legenvre on
5/19/2009 7:21 AM
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So called ‘primitive’ animals – those that commonly live in a jungle (and our human ancestors some hundreds of millions of years ago) are driven in the main by short term impulses: perhaps to eat, sleep, reproduce or in response to stimuli to ‘fight or flight’. The long term consequences of acting on impulse are not necessarily thought through: desire and fear determine the choice, with the short term priority on survival.
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Taking our place in the bonus debate |
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By Hervé Legenvre on
5/19/2009 7:19 AM
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Bosses of recently nationalised businesses have had a nasty shock under their new government employers. The senior management teams of banks or industrial companies that have accepted bail-out funds have also had to accept a cap on their bonuses. Public opinion supports restricting their remuneration, and the caps have been set by political expedience rather than a full understanding of their consequences. The debate is really only just beginning: you can expect it to grow in the coming months.
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