Performance Measurement in the Banking Industry

March 26, 2012

Banks are trying to manage costs better by improving how they measure and report business performance.

The Verdict is in: Innovative Management Wins

March 5, 2012

Statoil is empowering its workforce by taking a balanced scorecard type approach to articulating goals and the action steps needed to reach those goals.

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The Keys to Successful and Ongoing Benchmarking

December 13, 2011

Chuck Wise, senior principal, finance and performance
management, Accenture speaks with Business Finance about the importance of benchmarking and how it can improve the performance of key corporate functions.

What Sabermetrics and Moneyball Can Teach Us about Predictive Analytics

November 17, 2011

There are parallels to be drawn between sabermetrics in baseball and how the business world uses analytical tools such as regression analysis to support predictive business analytics as a management practice, says Larry Maisel.

When Implementing a New Program, Start Small, but Think Big

November 10, 2011

Many organizations over-plan and under-execute. However, there is no single standard roadmap to implement a program or project. Getting to the destination is the goal, so it is better to be flexible, says Gary Cokins.

The Emergence of Business Analysts as Leaders

November 3, 2011

The scarcest resource in an organization is human ability and competence. But competency is not enough to be a leader. They need curiosity, imagination, and creativity. And the emergence of analytics is creating opportunities for analysts as leaders.

When Organizations are Resistant to Change

October 17, 2011

Too many companies are slow to adopt innovative methods and technologies, succumbing to aversion to risk, lack of vision or simply being too distracted.

Comparing Eastern and Western Management Styles

September 26, 2011

The barriers that have slowed down the adoption rate of enterprise performance management aren't technical, but rather ones that involve people, culture and human nature's resistance to change.

How to Manage Acquisition Integration through the Use of KPIs

September 23, 2011

Key performance indicators enable an organization to see the bigger picture in a complex integration plan, helping to determine the link between budgets, spending, performance and strategic objectives.

10 Rules for Highly Effective BPM: A Manifesto for the New Economic Reality

September 20, 2011

Despite years of pursuing best practices and investing in performance management technologies, companies found themselves flying blind when the recession hit. Here's what went wrong -- and how to fix it.