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Uganda in the spotlight as country’s startups captivate YC, Google

TechCrunch

Founded in 2012 by Michael Wilkerson, Tugende’s core product is a lease-to-own plan for motorcycle taxis – a popular mode of transport in Uganda. Already some businesses — like SafeBoda — have amended their strategic plans to capitalize on the sector’s uptick.

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Invoking IT to help revitalize Indigenous languages at risk of extinction

CIO

Data collection on tribal languages has been undertaken for decades, but in 2012, those working at the Myaamia Center and the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages realized that technology had advanced in a way that could better move the process along.

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How Six Disciplines Can Change Your Organization in 2012

Six Disciplines

It's a business-building methodology that integrates the best practices of strategic planning, quality management, integrated learning, business process automation, people performance management, and measure-driven improvement. It is a systematic way for your organization to learn how to set, and more importantly, to execute strategy.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. Budgeting by itself is a minor piece of business strategy. Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do?

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The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning.

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Strategic goals and objectives must filter downward throughout all the organization. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning. !

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10 Benefits of Moving Legacy HR Systems to the Cloud

CloudSphere

billion around 2012 by switching to the cloud, according to WIRED. Her role at CloudSphere provides comprehensive, high-quality, customer-focused HR support across a broad range of human resources’ activities, delivering on the HR and Business Strategy of CloudSphere. For example, consider the savings of the U.S.

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5 Keys to Smarter K-12 School Budgeting

PowerSchool

If your district has a strategic plan, then your budget should be aligned with your plan’s goals and objectives. If you don’t have a strategic plan, then you should create one. Zero-based budgeting enables this fresh perspective in planning. Analyze spending patterns. Track costs.

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