Ad Age's article published on January 5, 2009 ("Economy Weighs Heavily on Marketing Execs for 2009") started with, "Marketing executives are tired of buzzwords such as Web 2.0, blogs and social ...

Arthur C. Clarke, the great science fiction writer, once observed that cave dwellers froze to death on beds of coal—lying on the very resource that could have saved their lives. But they had no way to ...

The phrase “best practices” or, in the singular, “best practice” is business jargon arising from the management tool known as “benchmarking.” The assumption underlying this term is that production and ...

Much has been written here—and just about everywhere else the subject of improving government performance is discussed—about the power of evidence-based analysis, and I agree that it holds much value ...

During the past six months, I have attended several association meetings in which the advantages of benchmarking best practices were presented. Best practice benchmarking is the process of seeking out ...

The following excerpt is from Benjamin Gilad and Mark Chussil‘s book The New Employee Manual: A No-Holds-Barred Look at Corporate Life. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | ...

Investment management consultancy Investit has released a new integrated benchmarking tool to allow asset management firms to compare their processes with their peers and industry best practice.

The current economic environment makes marketing professionals' ability to produce desired results—as efficiently as possible—top-of-mind. Knowing what to improve and by how much is vital to ...