Key Business Solutions: Essential problem-solving tools and techniques that every manager needs to know (Financial Times Series) - Softcover

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Antonio E. Weiss is a management consultant and writer.   Antonio learnt about solving tough business problems at one of the UK’s leading boutique management consultancy firms, 2020 Delivery.  There he has worked across a range of public sector organisations, focussing on issues varying from performance improvement and pathway redesign to efficiency savings and designing and delivering training courses on modelling and problem-solving.  On a pro bono basis in an independent consulting capacity he has also worked on industrial policy in Central Asia.

Antonio also likes to apply his problem-solving skills to a number of different situations outside the business world.  He is a governor of one of the largest community colleges in London and has also written for a number of publications, including the Guardian, on a variety of issues.  In between consulting and his other responsibilities, his next project is to write a history of management consultancy in Britain.  He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in History from the University of Cambridge.

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'The tools and techniques covered in this book will be of enormous benefit to any manager. I thoroughly recommend it.’

Caroline Cake, Director, 2020 Delivery

Andrew Shelton, independent consultant

Key Business Solutions

shows you how to logically and practically solve business problems. Every challenge faced in business – from increasing sales and meeting cost reduction targets to formulating strategy and improving team morale – can be tackled effectively by using the robust, easy-to-use methodology presented in this book. Discover the unbeatable problem-solving tools used by some of the world’s top professional service firms.

This concise, practical guide is a vital reference on 35 of the most powerful tools and techniques commonly used in business, from the BCG growth-share matrix and 2 x 2 prioritisation grids to issue trees and problem statements. Key Business Solutions brings these procedures to life with detailed descriptions, explanatory case examples and tips on when and how to make the most of these tools in the problem-solving process.

THE CLEAREST GUIDE TO THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT CAN SOLVE EVEN YOUR TOUGHEST BUSINESS DILEMMAS