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| Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Accenture posts higher Q4, sees record bookings
Accenture reported a rise in quarterly profit and forecast further growth in the year ahead on firm demand for its global consulting and outsourcing services.
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How to stop networking and meet people
Significant work can come from chance meetings, but as soon as we think of it as ‘networking’ the pressure seems to mount. Malcolm Sleath reveals his personal rules for improving the chances of something good happening.
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Can consultantese evolve into a lingua franca?
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week looks at rules, language and where business communications are going.
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HCL Technologies makes higher offer for Axon
HCL Technologies, the Indian software-services provider, has made an offer to buy UK SAP consultant Axon Group for about 441 million pounds ($814 million) in cash, trumping a previous bid by Infosys Technologies, which valued the company at 407.1 million pounds
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IMD tops Economist Intelligence Unit's MBA rankings
IMD's has been ranked the first in the world in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest survey of full-time MBA programmes. It is the first time the Swiss school has topped the annual ranking by The Economist Intelligence Unit. IMD took the number one slot from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, which drops to third, while Spanish school IESE claims second place.
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A.T. Kearney: Innovation leaders invest heavily in strategic aspects of innovation
Companies that are the most successful innovators have a clear focus on a robust innovation strategy in addition to opening the innovation process to parties outside the company. This allows these leading companies to improve the success rate of new products and services, reduce spending on R&D, and increase profitability. These were the key findings from the A.T. Kearney Innovation Management Survey, a global survey of 250 companies that identifies best practices in the overall management of the innovation process.
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KPMG celebrates 15 years in India
KPMG in India has been growing at 45% year on year and has embarked on a more sector-focused, markets-based organization structure as it expects to continue this trend.
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19 new partners and 27 new associate partners at PwC in Canada
PricewaterhouseCoopers has admitted 19 new partners and 27 new associate partners to the Canadian firm.
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| Thought Leadership |
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The best interview question ever
(Jason Sanders - J. Sanders Associates)
Candidates talk with me about their career progression, skills, experiences and personal lives. Usually, I am most interested in understanding what motivates a person. That discussion generally provides the most relevant information to screening and attracting excellent candidates. When you interview a candidate, you will need to balance both objectives in order to make a good hiring decision.
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Boardroom focus and culture must change to cope with economic downturn
(Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas)
A different focus and change of culture are required in many boardrooms to cope with tough economic conditions and enable companies to secure competitive advantage.
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