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	Change Management: Simple tools to define and deliver the vision. Identifying Critical Success Factors and using the Force Field Analysis How to distill complex plans into a clear message for all staff and overcome organisational inertia to bring about the desired change.

	HR-Strategy and the Black Swan How the Right Management of Human Capital Creates Value in Times of Uncertainty This article shows, how the Management of Human Capital can drive the execution of a Black Swan ready business strategy

	Getting Headcount Reduction Right Managing Human Capital in an Economic Downturn Reducing headcount is unavoidable for many organisations. But how do you make sure you don't shed the wrong people and how do you know the retained organisation will be able to face the challenges ahead?

	Change and Restructuring Measuring and Sustaining Cost Cutting Initiatives This paper focuses on understanding and measuring the impact of cost saving programmes, as well as techniques to embed changes into the organisation’s DNA so that the intent of the programme continues to deliver positive results long after the initial programme has been completed.

	Strategic Agility Streamlining Organisations Whilst Retaining Competitive Advantage Arbitrary cost cuts are at best a short-term solution in difficult times, as they do not address the causes of cost expansion, so that costs have a habit of growing back. A better way of cutting costs lies through Strategic Agility. We outline the concept of Strategic Agility, and show how to make the transition from structural rigidity to agility.

	"150": The Magical Number in Organisational Design What Managers can learn from Monkeys and the Hutterites Long before lean management became paramount in management literature, various human communities throughout history as well as the high tech company Gore learnt that there is one alternative to complex structures, laws, rules and incentive mechanisms: getting the group size right.

	Knowledge Management Retaining Intellectual Capital in a Global Retail Bank This paper aims to dust off the concept of Knowledge Management and explore its achievability and necessity in the modern business. It also aims to provide an insight into a successful Knowledge Retention programme delivered for a large Retail Bank in the UK.

	Innovating During an Economic Downturn Innovating During an Economic Downturn: Is it a Good Idea? When the economy slows down, cost cutting often prevails against innovation. Is this the right thing to do and what are the risks and opportunities involved?

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