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Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Infrastructure Reference Model (IRM)

Business and technology elements are aligned by means of Enterprise Architecture (EA) so as to attain strategic results, augment organizational performance, and drive departments to deliver their central missions more efficaciously. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) achieves this for any U.S. federal agency and assists systems go beyond interagency boundaries. We discuss here 1 of […]

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Digital Transformation: Challenges to Digital Manufacturing

Digital Transformation in Manufacturing or “Digital Manufacturing” for short is not an optional decision for companies anymore.  Manufacturing concerns that want to survive have to jump on the Digital Transformation bandwagon hastily.  Digital Manufacturing has become a prerequisite for a profitable existence even for mere survival of a manufacturing concern. Business Transformation of any kind […]

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Leaving The Military? Here’s How Veterans Can Prepare For A Corporate Career

Most U.S. veterans say their military service was useful in giving them the skills and training required for careers outside the military. Specifically, 29% say it was very useful while another 29% say it was fairly useful, Pew Research Center reports. Working age veterans also typically fare just as well as non-veterans when it comes to gaining […]

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5 Key Trends the Pandemic Brought to the Business World

The arrival of the pandemic around the world changed the way that people lived, worked, and shopped. This meant that businesses were forced to change (and rapidly) or go out of business. What once would have been declared impossible suddenly became necessary. You’ll fully understand the frustration of that scenario if you’re a business owner. […]

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Why to Include Translations in Your Marketing Strategy

International Marketing is an emerging market that has started developing as soon as globalization did. With airline companies, fast-food franchises and clothing brands taking over the world, it is time to sit back and focus on the bird perspective when trying to understand the current trend in international marketing. The Marketing Twist The biggest twist […]

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Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Security Reference Model (SRM)

Enterprise Architecture (EA) denotes management best practice for lining up business and technology resources to realize strategic results, expand upon Organizational Performance and steer departments to achieve their core missions more successfully and achieve Operational Excellence. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) assists any agency of the Federal government achieve this through documentation and information that […]

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Conditions for Sustainable Change

With most Transformation initiatives people gradually revert back to their old habits of doing things.  Sustainable Change Management necessitates 4 key processes: Chartering—defining the scope, rationale, and team for the change initiative. Learning—testing and refining ideas before a full-blown execution of the initiative. Mobilizing—using symbols and metaphors to engage people and gain their buy-in for […]

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2021 Trends That Can Elevate Your Business

The past few years have brought massive changes to the world of business. The most dramatic changes were brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak of 2019, which still has a huge impact on the world. But this also invited some new opportunities and new directions of growth when it comes to conducting business. In this […]

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Sustainable Digital Transformation

Accelerated pace of technological disruption has forced organizations to change.  It has triggered leaders to think of the ways they must adopt to survive in these challenging times. Organizations are confronting this scenario by embracing digital technologies.  Traditionally, the focus of the organizations in these Transformation initiatives has remained on speed of change.  To get […]

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How to Use the OKR Framework to Align Company and Team Goals

There are a number of popular goal setting frameworks used by companies. Popular ones include Balanced Scorecard and SMART. One that is new for many but has actually been around for a long time and evolved from the MBO framework is Objectives and Key results or OKR. The Basics of OKRs OKRs have two elements […]

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5 Strategies to Help Improve Your Customer Service Standards

Happy customers are integral to any business. In fact, they’re more important than informed purchasers. According to Harvard professor Gerald Xaltman, 95% of our buying decisions are made by our subconscious emotions, and most buyers will spend more for better customer service.  A decent custom software company can create a perfect app for your business, […]

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Why Should You Pursue a Business Degree?

Practice shows that many successful managers, not receiving economic education, did not experience complications in this regard: the lack of economic education did not affect the success of their careers and businesses. Having a degree in business has recently become fashionable and prestigious. An MBA is not a degree in the traditional sense, it is […]

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