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6 Change Approaches
What is the 6 Changes Approach? The 6 Change Approaches developed by John Kotter and Leonard Schlesinger is a model to prevent, decrease, or minimize resistance to change in organizations.
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5 P Model of Strategic Management
What is the 5 P Model of Strateic Management? Each of the five P's represents a distinct approach to strategy. This includes Plan, Ploy, Pattern, Position and Perspective. These five elements enable a company to develop a more successful...
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5 Disciplines of Senge
What are the 5 Disciplines of Senge? The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization is a book by Peter Senge focusing on group problem solving using the systems thinking method in order to convert companies into...
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4 Trajectories of Industry Change
What are the 4 Trajectories of Industry Change? Her research suggests that industries evolve along one of four distinct trajectories--radical, progressive, creative, and intermediating--that set boundaries on what will generate profits...
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Understanding the Basics of Organizations
Join us as we explore the key elements that make up an organization - the people, purpose, and structure. Discover how individuals come together to work towards a common goal or objective, and how the organization's distinct purpose...
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Auditing - What is the Production Cycle
This video explains what is the Production Cycle in Audit practice.
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Auditing - What is the Acquisition and Expenditure Cycle
This video explains what is the Acquisition and Expenditure Cycle in Audit practice.
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Understanding Internal Controls and the COSO Framework
This video provides an explanation of what internal controls are and their importance in ensuring the reliability of financial information, maintaining operational effectiveness and efficiency, and ensuring compliance with laws and...
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Understanding the Components of Internal Controls
In this video, we delve into the important topic of internal controls and break down its key components. Join us as we explore the fundamental elements that make up an effective internal control system within a company or organization.
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Attraction Selection Attrition Model
What is the Attraction - Selection - Attrition Model? The theory explains that similar people are selected and attracted by organizations, while dissimilar people are likely to leave these organizations due to attrition
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Asset Acquisition Strategy
An asset acquisition strategy is the purchase of another company through the process of buying its assets as opposed to buying its stock. Reasons for an asset acquisition strategy focus on promoting growth through external means as...
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Ambiguity Theory
What is the Ambiguity Theory? Ambiguity theory assumes that turbulence and unpredictability are dominant features of organizations. That is, the organization is marked by uncertainty and unpredictability.
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Drafting
Drafting explores the important elements of the drafting step of the writing process.
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What is Project Governance? Project Management in Under 5
Project Governance is central to the success and accountability of your projects. So, what is Project Governance?
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What is Opportunity Cost?
There's an old saying: ‘Time is money’. It's all about Opportunity Cost. It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your time. When you are working on that thing, you...
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What is Power? Power Bases in Project Management
We all have it. But some of us have more than others! So, what is power? In this video, I'll tell you - particularly in the context of Project Management. 'Power is the ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing...
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What is Authentic Leadership?
Authentic Leadership is a widely-used term. And one that is highly relevant to Project managers. So, what is Authentic Leadership? The idea came from US business-person and later academic, Bill George. His book, ‘Authentic Leadership:...
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How to Create a Project Organization from the Wider Organizational Structure
In this video, I want to look at the different ways the Project Organization of the Project Manager and their team can be drawn from the wider organization. To do so, I am going to describe five different Project Organization Structures,...
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Should a Project Manager Get Involved in Contract Negotiations?
Should a Project Manager get involved in Contract Negotiations? This is the essence of a question I was asked. If we leave the negotiations entirely to procurement teams, then decisions will be based on: • Procurement rules • Simplistic...
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Project Cost Management and Self Preservation
Project Cost Management is a popular topic. Not because people enjoy it, though. Mostly because people don’t know how to do it. And it’s not part of many Project Management training courses. My history with Project Cost Management is...
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Gene Kim - Wiring the Winning Organization
Gene Kim is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher, and multiple award-winning CTO. He has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 and was the founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. He is the...
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How to Write a Health & Safety Plan for Your Project
Health and Safety is nobody’s idea of a fun discipline. But Health & Safety is another thing that is your responsibility as a Project Manager. So, if you decide it is a necessary document to have, how do you write a Health & Safety Plan...