Nucleus Research, an independent IT market research company specializing in investigative research and ROI analysis of technology deployments, recently released the results of a study that looked at how users used corporate performance management (CPM) tools, what kinds of functionality they found most useful and also at the strengths and […]
Benjamin Goewey
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year — that is, if you’re a college basketball fan. It’s March Madness! For the next several weeks, all you’ll be hearing about in your office is smack talk about whose alma mater is superior, whose brackets are busted and who must […]
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite.” -William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet When Juliet spoke of her love for Romeo as infinite, she was speaking metaphorically. After all, love is […]
A successful business envisions a continuous progress through a strong sense of planning and implementation. The planning phase is a crucial part of performance management wherein the business path is determined by using variables that affect performance. While it’s true that there is no straightforward path to success, there are […]
If you have years worth of sales data, you can use that data, with the help of Excel, to predict upcoming trends and help you plan for your business. Forecasts can help you with important business decisions, such as managing staff and inventory, planning budgets, and predicting cash flow issues. […]
The 2015/16 English Premier League finished off with an unlikely champion. Leicester City football club emerged victorious this season despite their not-so impressive record in the past. In a podcast episode of More or Less Tim Harford explores why Leicester City’s win came as a surprise.
It is perhaps part of human nature to react to errors as soon as they see it. Being able to identify them is crucial in just about anything especially in instances where minor discrepancies would impact the expected results a lot. Forecasting business flow is necessary in making important decisions. […]
In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations that don’t use data and analytics for planning are flying blind. In the past, data analysis has been cumbersome, time-consuming and resource-intensive (not to mention expensive), requiring analysts who not only analyzed the data, but also spent hours accumulating, entering and then rechecking the […]
Employee performance management is a key to create a coherent relationship of the workforce’s efficiency levels and the organization’s goals and objectives. Performance management begins as the worker is screened primarily for the tasks where their skills are determined if they are suitable to comply with the needed competency for […]
IBM Watson, who is not, apparently, satisfied with its win on Jeopardy, is searching for a job. After a great deal of buildup, the natural language business intelligence tool Watson Analytics, which is rooted on the famed AI of Big Blue, is finally available in beta freemium version. It is […]