This work provides a new model for budgeting that liberates managers from the annual performance trap. It shows managers how, in the absence of a traditional budget, they can still satisfy budget-related needs such as setting goals, and designing compensation and incentive rewards.[...]
Many leaders realize that in today's economy it will no longer be the smart highly paid people in the corporate center that drive success. Instead it will come from harnessing the knowledge and creativity of all their people, especially those that work at the interface between the organization and i[...]
This is a hard-headed analysis of which management tools make the cut - and which don't. There's a bewildering array of management tools out there. And they all promise to help you excel at the toughest parts of your job: defining your organization's strategic direction, managing customers and costs[...]
On the heels of a decade of scandals and the new pressures brought on by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporations expect far more from their CFOs than simply managing the numbers. They expect decision-making support and performance insights that can improve bottom-line results. Unfortunately, the comple[...]