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Strategic Business Challenges |
| How can
you make the internet work for you as a strategic
business advantage? |
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Partnerships and Alliances |
Today’s economy is encouraging companies to focus
on what they do best—their
core capabilities—and form partnerships and
alliances to provide the rest of the solution.
When these networks of partners come together
over the Internet—into what is sometimes called
an Internet ecosystem—Web communication can be a
critical factor in ensuring timely, accurate
information exchange. |
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Checklist |
• Do you have any partnership or alliance
activity?
• Are your competitors developing partnerships
or alliances?
• How effective is your communication with your
partners—from dealers and customers to
suppliers? |
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Collaborative Working and Learning Environment |
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Today’s rapidly changing workplace requires your
employees to be agile and well informed. Agile
companies are changing organizational structures
from bureaucratic to horizontal. |
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Cross-functional teams also are becoming more
popular as a means of improving cooperation between
formerly isolated groups within your company. |
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Checklist: |
• How do your employees collaborate?
• Does your company promote teamwork and
cross-functional teams?
• How do you train or educate your employees?
• Do you spend a lot of money on travel expenses for
meetings and training?
• Do your employees have the tools they need to work
or learn online? |
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Geographic Expansion |
The Internet is breaking down barriers to national
and international markets, and conducting business
internationally from a single location
is a reality. |
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Checklist: |
• Is
your company operating throughout the United States?
Throughout the world?
• Does your market have global potential?
• Are your clients expanding their geographic base? |
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Real-Time Communication |
| The
Internet is eliminating barriers of time and
distance, which is accelerating the speed of
business. This is increasing the need to rapidly
communicate an announcement, product launch, or
business strategy to your employees, customers and
partners. |
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Checklist: |
• How
fast can you communicate critical news to large and
small audiences?
• How fast can your company process new information? |
