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Seminar
How
to Manage In a
Diversified Organisation
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Successfully
Diversified
organisations are
everywhere - in the
private, public and
not-for-profit sectors.
But managing the diverse
operations and
activities of an
organisation or business
unit is difficult. If
not carried out
effectively, it can lead
to major inefficiencies,
at both of these levels,
at best and corporate
failure, at
worst.
As
well as managing diverse
activities under their
charge, managers must
also know how to manage
in a diversified
structure, i.e., how to
direct their division or
business unit to achieve
unit competitive
advantage and
success.
The
methods in this one-day
seminar are not confined
for use solely by those
organisations in the
private sector. Local
government
organisations,
government departments
and not-for-profit
organisations will
equally benefit by
understanding the
practices of successful
diversified
organisations.
Learn
How To:
- Assess
and support diverse
activities
- Allocate
resources for best
outcomes
- Achieve
business-unit
competitive
advantage
- Obtain
the right balance in
decentralisation
- Apply
the characteristics
of successful
diversifiers
Reviewers
Are
Impressed
- "Graham
Kenny's very
accessible
exposition
on the
meaning and
myths of
diversification
will reward
anyone
interested
in the
workings of
contemporary
business."
Richard
Goyder, CEO
Westfarmers
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- "Diversification
has its
distinct and
very real
advantages
in any
economy!
Graham
Kenny's
review of
the seven
characteristics
of
successful
diversifiers
is thought
provoking
and a great
tool for
both company
executives
and students
alike - a
highly
recommended
read."
Eddie
Ruha,
General
Manager
Finance,
Steamships
Trading
Company
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- "The
ability to
make complex
ideas
practical
without
oversimplifying
them is a
rare gift.
Graham Kenny
has this
gift and in
this book he
walks
managers
through one
of the most
important
issues that
they face:
how to
decide
whether
to diversify
and
how
to do so
successfully.
Kenny brings
his shark
insights and
considerable
experience
to bear on
this topic
and the
result is a
must read
book."
Professor
Royston
Greenwood,
Telus Chair
of Strategic
Management
and
Associate
Dean
(Research),
School of
Business,
University
of Alberta
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- "Diversification
Blueprint
challenges
the
conventional
wisdom on
diversification
and does so
in an easy
to read
manner. The
book argues
that it
is
possible to
diversify
and succeed.
This
requires
that
management
pulls the
right levers
and the book
describes in
clear detail
the seven
characteristics
of
successful
diversifiers.
This is an
important
new book
that will
challenge
and educate
every
manager
considering
whether and
how to
diversify
their
company."
Professor
Constantinos
Markides,
Robert P
Bauman
Proferror of
Strategic
Leadership,
London
Business
School
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- "Graham
Kenny has
managed to
simplify and
demystify
what is an
often
misunderstood
area of
business
sctivity.His
easy to read
style and
clear
analysis
make the
case for the
very real
benefits
that
businesses
can achieve
through
diversification
- and most
importantly,
how to avoid
the pitfalls
and
diversify
successfully."
Jim
Carroll,
Chief
Financial
Officer,
Wideform
Group of
Companies
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- "The
subject of
diversification
has needed a
comprehensive
review for a
long time.
Graham
Kenny's
thoughful,
well
structured
and
eminently
readable
book fills
that gap by
providing a
book of
great
practically.
It will be
useful to
both
practitioners
and students
for its
theoretical
perspectives,
well
considered
advice, and
excellent
examples."
Christopher
Clark PhD,
Senior
Lecturer in
Strategy and
Marketing,
Macquarie
University
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Seminar
Program
- Scoring
your
diversity
- Adopting
a different
view
- Establishing
a supportive
corporate
centre
- Selecting
capable
managers
- Installing
appropriate
performance
measures
- Setting
effective
incentives
- Estabblishing
the appropriate
culture
- Securing
business-unit
competitive
advantage
- Integrating
diverse
activities
- Designing
your blueprint
Who
Should
Attend
If
The seminar is designed
for managers from all
sectors - private,
public and
not-for-profit. Bring
your management team
along and work on your
organisation at the
seminar.
Some
sample positions
that will find this
seminar invaluable
include:
- Senior
Management
team
- CEO
- Business
Unit
Manager
- Chief
Financial
Officer
- division
manager
- Operations
manager
- Marketing
and Sales
manager
- HR
Manager
Practical
Approach
The
seminar is not a
sitting-and listening
session but involves
delegates in:
- reviewing
the systems that
their organisations,
divisions and
business units have
in place,
- determining
the effectiveness of
those systems,
and
- designing
an action plan to
improve
performance
Special
Features
The
emphasis is upon
learning by doing.
Special features
include:
- small
number of
delegates
- personal
attention
- interactive
"workshop"
format
- group
learning - you also
get to know what
other delegates are
doing
- step-by-step
approach on "how to"
do it
Presenter
Dr
Graham Kenny is
Australia's leading
consultant in developing
and implementing
strategic plans. He
heads Strategic Factors,
a consultancy firm that
specialises in strategic
planning and
measurement.
Next
seminars in
2008
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Melbourne
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Oct
28
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Perth
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Nov
11
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Sydney
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Nov
18
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Brisbane
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Nov
25
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Registration
begins at 8.30am with
tea and coffee. The
seminar starts at 9.00am
and concludes at
5pm.
Visit
the registration
page
Fees,
Terms and
Conditions
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