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The management of project problems in project management: the 'issues'

Although it is not advisable to use English terms in a speech in Italian, both in common language and in business, there are some terms that it would be good to know and use, especially in the field of project management. One of these terms is the “issue” in Italian domanda. The term issue can be used to represent numerous concepts in Italian: Need Problem Question Question The issue list The issue list is a list of things to do or a table that summarizes all the […]

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The P&L of E-commerce step by step

Ecommerce P&L: The Complete Guide to Ecommerce Profit and Loss Statements with Templates and Examples

How is the e-commerce income statement structured and why is it important to do it right? For fashion e-commerce managers and digital directors, it is essential to know every single line of the income statement in detail. The e-commerce income statement or P&L offers managers a picture of the health of e-commerce, answers some essential questions, for example: As you can see, the e-commerce P&L provides answers to some very important questions. The ecommerce P&L also answers questions regarding

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because agile doesn't work according to McKinsey

The reason why agile doesn't work in companies is because the business function is not adequately represented in the project teams. If you remember how an agile team is composed, the agile team is made to be autonomous in the decisions and execution of project activities, in fact there should always be a business representative who basically decides on the features to be developed and the priority of the developments. Now, although it seems easy to have a business representative within the

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Plato and the science of management

Returning from London at the end of 2009, I found myself catapulted into the fabulous world of Italian youth entrepreneurship, where I began to take inspiration for the following reflection: it is useless to try to explain things to people who are not able to appreciate their meaning. Which is like saying: if you speak Italian to a German, who does not know the language, you waste time. You waste time because it is not possible that the person listening to you can understand anything.

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Il processo di escalation Enrico Fantaguzzi

Management of escalation in the company

Why is the escalation process important in a company? The escalation process is essential in companies to make decisions that are as aligned as possible with company objectives and to allow decisions to be made quickly. The clearer the escalation process in a company, the faster the decisions will be. This concept is easy to understand but difficult to apply in organizations that lack a well-defined hierarchical structure. Let's take an example:

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The new normal

I'm starting this blog post and I know I'm not going to finish it. This is going to be a live post and I'm going to add to it piece by piece, little by little. This is because I don't think it's possible to tell what the new normal is going to be, can you? Anyhow I think it's necessary that we try and learn already the lessons that the pandemic thought us as we would do after

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Checklist - To do list

“Getting Things Done” in 9 points in Italian

“If you haven’t written it down somewhere, it’s in your head.” “If something is occupying your mind, your head is not free.” Anything unfinished needs to be captured in a reliable tracking system. You will access this system regularly and update it. The system that David Allen has been talking about for me for years now is the issue list. To be precise, I think it was 2004 when I was working at Tod’s that the IT Director taught me this

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Corporate intranets

CORPORATE INTRANET: how do we manage them? With the introduction of an Intranet, the nature of the organization changes from hierarchical to functional. In this type of organization the fundamental assets are the sharing of knowledge and the ability to innovate. Three types of intranet Institutional Intranet, Operative Intranet and Knowledge Management Institutional Intranet: they are essentially aimed at the activities ...

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How to write effective emails

I love and hate emails. I think they are an easy and effective mean of communication, but at the same time it is often abused or mis-used by people. If you ever asked yourself these questions: Should emails be short or long? Does it matter if there is a typo in the email? Are bullet points in emails useful? Who should I put in the To field? Should I CC the boss (mine or the other person's)? Is it better an email or

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Managing with Character

Is there a relationship between strong character and business performance? Can integrity and empathy lead to better management? According to a recent research by Fried Kiel (KRW), YES! In an article called Measuring the return on character based on the research by Kiel, recently published on the Harvard Business Review (link) they show the connection between 4 character traits and business results. In a nutshell the finding of this research is that managers who show Integrity, Responsibility, Forgiveness and Compassion

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