Posts Tagged ‘Business Intelligence’

Measuring performance with dashboards: expectations, challenges and recommendations

Written by Andreea Vecerdea on March 4, 2014. Posted in Articles, Operational performance

As data based decision making is at the core of better management practices today, tools such as scorecards and dashboards can assist with providing critical business data for decision making. Dashboards are operational tools used to illustrate the company’s performance in its most relevant areas. In their recent study on changing practices of financial departments and management audit in businesses (2011), Bearing Point and the Association Nationale des Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion (DFCG) identified several trends in using dashboards across organizations.

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The 2014 trends in software solutions. Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on February 27, 2014. Posted in Articles, Operational performance

Each February, Gartner releases one of its most important research reports: Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. Last year, Gartner changed the name of this Magic Quadrant from “Business Intelligence Platforms” to “Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms”, to emphasize the growing importance of analysis capabilities to the information systems that organizations are now building.

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Business reporting for successful companies: the International Integrated Reporting Framework

Written by Adela Tudorache on December 20, 2013. Posted in Articles, Strategy

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is a global coalition concerned with helping companies understand and adopt Integrated Reporting, “a process founded on integrated thinking that results in a periodic integrated report by an organization about value creation over time and related communications regarding aspects of value creation”. Essentially, through this type of reporting, an organization can generate value over time, by adapting its strategy and performance to the external environment.

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From vision, mission and values to KPIs at Tesco

Written by Cristina Mihăiloaie on October 10, 2013. Posted in Articles, Strategy

Tesco is one of the largest retailers in the world, with a core business in UK that provides 60% of all sales and profits. In the last years, Tesco’s expansion has positioned the company as a leading brand, reaching China, Czech Republic, India, Malaysia, Ireland, Hungary and Poland.

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Google’s recruiting culture

Written by Adela Tudorache on June 19, 2013. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance

Google has a great recruiting culture. And in order to attract their employees, they use more than a good payment and some benefits. Their practices in this matter impact more than just the HR strategy on the short term: it affects the entire organization, on the long term.

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