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5 Recommended Courses To Develop Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

However, for some quick understanding, check out these 5 free online courses provided by some of the top universities and graduate programs in the U.S An Introduction to Operations Management. Broken into three modules of three weeks each, this course is taught by David Bell, Peter Fadell, and Barbara E. IESE Business School.

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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

On-Demand by RGP : Specializes in operational and implementation support; projects tend to be longer-term roles focusing on functional expertise like accounting, finance, HR, IT, and supply chain. SolomonEdwards : Provides financial, operational, and technology consulting.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 3)

Markovitz Consulting

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. During the batch there’s little disruption, of course. “Disruption” has become another business buzzword that obviates the need for prudent, careful thought and consideration.

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

this legislation covers finance and retirement-related considerations. Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture. We talked about the recently passed Secure Act 2.0 For those unfamiliar with Secure Act 2.0,

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

After being dropped from multiple courses during registration, I was in desperate need for a 4th class. I begged my favorite Econ teacher to let me into his Industrial Organization course and fortunately I got a spot. No other occupation offers you an insight into corporate strategy or operations in such a short time.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR.