Strategy is a clear answer to the question of how an organization positions itself within the market and in comparison to its competitors. The strategy development connected to it is a major, non-delegable managerial task within the company, which enables the differences between present and past to be processed. In this case, we abandon…
“Ifo-Index Disappoints Euro-Investors” was a recent headline published by the Handelsblatt (24.09.2012). According to the information, in September, the ifo-business climax index fell from 102.3 to 101.4 points. As expected, negative export forecasts are anticipated for the first time in the past three years. The disposition within the German economy has declined for the fifth…
Sooner or later, not only family-owned enterprises are confronted with the challenges of business succession. As media reports have shown, the subject can also become relevant to large corporations, such as in the case of IKEA: According to initial reports, the overall responsibility for the company, once established by its founder Ingvar Kamprad, was to…
We are happy to announce, that as of September 01 2012, Prof. Dr. Eng. Heinrich E. Martin has joined our team as a Senior Partner. Prof. Martin is a graduate mechanical engineer (TH Hannover) and graduate manufacturing engineer (TU Berlin) and was awarded his doctorate in the field of “Internal Logistics”.
We are happy to announce that as of September 01 2012, Mr. Ulrich Schmidt has joined our team as a Senior Partner. Mr. Schmidt is a Master Butcher and Certified Meat Technician. He has more than 35 years of experience in the meat processing industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, amongst other positions, as a…
As of the 1st September, S&P Consulting welcomes Lidwina Riemann as a trainee during her dual vocational training. In October, Ms Riemann will begin her studies at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) in the “Business Administration” department, and will complete the program’s practical phases at S&P Consulting.
In consideration of the capability to respond to current challenges, the leader of an organization has the responsibility to ensure that a continual comparison takes place between the existing organizational conditions and future requirements. Often, strategic repositioning leads to an ultimately clear view upon the organization-related requirements for further development.
Every organization has been there and is well-acquainted with this phenomenon: Candidates for vacant positions are sought and analyzed with time-consuming application procedures. Finally, a decision is made in favor of one of the candidates; more or less a gut-feeling of the boss and HR-Department.
We are happy to welcome Dr. Yuan Zhao in our team as of March 01st, 2012. Mrs. Zhao holds a PhD in Pedagogic with main focus on E-Learning. She looks back on international professional experience in Shanghai, London and Norway.
For building up our business in China we are pleased to announce that we were able to win Mr. Frank Suo for our office in Shanghai. Mr. Suo took over the responsibly for sales and marketing starting 1st February 2012. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in various positions such as sales…