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Central functions – standard setters or service providers?

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments

An interesting insight came up in discussion with one of our clients recently about the role of central functions and business units in a matrix organisation.
A very experienced manager mentioned that he felt that part of the challenge was that central functions played two roles.  Sometimes they were standard setters and sometimes they were service [...]

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Mergers and Acquisitions- Life in a Matrix podcast Episode 8

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments

In this podcast Kevan Hall, CEO of Global Integration, discusses Mergers and Acquisitions.
An inability to manage differences in corporate cultures and failure to manage the higher level of organizational complexity after M&A activity are two major reasons that many fail to deliver value.
In this podcast Kevan talks about the challenges of successful M&A activity, using [...]

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