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The A to Z of management consulting

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Future, Management, Media, Mineral Economics, Mining, Publications, Strategy

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Last November, to assist with the MBA course at UWA we were teaching on 'Strategic Analysis and Consulting' we prepared an A to Z of 'must-know' subjects in the area of strategy and management in the minerals sector. How many do you know? Analysis, Alliances and Adhocracy; Behavioural economics, Biases and heuristics, the Boston Box (or the growth-share matrix), Big…
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How the smartest guys in the room might become even smarter

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Management, Media, Mining, Publications, Strategy

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Last October, we posted a Strictly Boardroom article on the subject of 'in-reach' i.e. the opposite of outreach. It just means bringing other stakeholders voices into the frame. This emerging, simple idea has great potential to both foster innovation and improve social licence in our industry. In the social licence arena, the problem with a corporate outreach approach (such as…
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The purpose of exploration and mining company boards (MiningNewsPremium.net)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Media, Mining, Publications, Recommended

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Today Allan Trench and I published an article on "The purpose of exploration and mining company boards" in his Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net. The article was based on an exercise run in one of our courses on 'Resource Sector Management' sourcing the opinions of Curtin University mineral economics masters and MBA students on what the key roles of mining…
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