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  • 1.  Canadian consulting company: international survey of use of business theories in practice

    Posted 12-07-2004 01:28
    Two issues:
    1. I purchased a Siemens-Fujitsu personal computer in
    Switzerland in 1999, and it worked well until
    mid-2004, when it failed. My local repair shop ("Dr.
    Floppy", whom I recommend if you ever need help in
    Auckland, New Zealand) found that the PC had TWO
    cooling fans, so when one failed you didn't notice due
    to the noise from the other fan until the boards
    around the failed fan were fried. See "The Law of
    Unintended Consequences". So I lost all data at home
    in folders begining with the letters N-Z (actually
    there's a reasonable explanation for this unique
    outcome, but not now).

    2. Among the lost data was a folder referencing an
    annual publication of an international survey of the
    percent of companies using named business theories and
    concepts (it's pretty low, around 20%). The company is
    a consulting company in, I believe, Canada. I have it
    on my office PC BUT I WANT IT NOW! If anyone knows
    what I'm talking about, please send me the company
    name.

    Regards,
    Romie

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  • 2.  Canadian consulting company: international survey of use of business theories in practice

    Posted 12-07-2004 03:44
    you may be thinking of the survey [I think biennial] carried out by consultants Bain & Co www.bain.com - it's pretty depressing reading!

    Kim Warren

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Romie Littrell [mailto:littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]
    Sent: 07 December 2004 06:28
    To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
    Subject: Canadian consulting company: international survey of use of business theories in practice


    Two issues:
    1. I purchased a Siemens-Fujitsu personal computer in Switzerland in 1999, and it worked well until mid-2004, when it failed. My local repair shop ("Dr. Floppy", whom I recommend if you ever need help in Auckland, New Zealand) found that the PC had TWO cooling fans, so when one failed you didn't notice due to the noise from the other fan until the boards around the failed fan were fried. See "The Law of Unintended Consequences". So I lost all data at home in folders begining with the letters N-Z (actually there's a reasonable explanation for this unique outcome, but not now).

    2. Among the lost data was a folder referencing an
    annual publication of an international survey of the
    percent of companies using named business theories and
    concepts (it's pretty low, around 20%). The company is
    a consulting company in, I believe, Canada. I have it
    on my office PC BUT I WANT IT NOW! If anyone knows
    what I'm talking about, please send me the company
    name.

    Regards,
    Romie

    =====
    "Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John Cotton Dana Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An fánaí fiáin Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology Auckland 1020, New Zealand http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/

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  • 3.  Canadian consulting company: international survey of use of business theories in practice

    Posted 12-07-2004 05:35
    The link to the survey is:
    http://www.bain.com/management_tools/home.asp

    Charlie Wankel
    http://management-education.net// Teaching Management

    -----Original Message-----

    you may be thinking of the survey [I think biennial] carried out by
    consultants Bain & Co www.bain.com - it's pretty depressing reading!

    Kim Warren

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Romie Littrell [mailto:littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]

    Two issues:
    1. I purchased a Siemens-Fujitsu personal computer in Switzerland in 1999,
    and it worked well until mid-2004, when it failed. My local repair shop
    ("Dr. Floppy", whom I recommend if you ever need help in Auckland, New
    Zealand) found that the PC had TWO cooling fans, so when one failed you
    didn't notice due to the noise from the other fan until the boards around
    the failed fan were fried. See "The Law of Unintended Consequences". So I
    lost all data at home in folders begining with the letters N-Z (actually
    there's a reasonable explanation for this unique outcome, but not now).

    2. Among the lost data was a folder referencing an
    annual publication of an international survey of the
    percent of companies using named business theories and
    concepts (it's pretty low, around 20%). The company is
    a consulting company in, I believe, Canada. I have it
    on my office PC BUT I WANT IT NOW! If anyone knows
    what I'm talking about, please send me the company
    name.

    Regards,
    Romie

    =====
    "Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John Cotton Dana Romie F.
    Littrell, PhD, An fánaí fiáin Faculty of Business, Auckland University of
    Technology Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/

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  • 4.  Canadian consulting company: international survey of use of business theories in practice

    Posted 12-07-2004 13:27
    Correct Kim. My tired, worn-out brain kept coming up
    with Bann, the software co.
    Thanks,
    Romie
    --- Kim Warren <Kim@strategydynamics.com> wrote:
    > you may be thinking of the survey [I think biennial]
    > carried out by consultants Bain & Co www.bain.com -
    > it's pretty depressing reading!
    >
    > Kim Warren
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Romie Littrell
    > [mailto:littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]
    > Sent: 07 December 2004 06:28
    > To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
    > Subject: Canadian consulting company: international
    > survey of use of business theories in practice
    >
    >
    > Two issues:
    > 1. I purchased a Siemens-Fujitsu personal computer
    > in Switzerland in 1999, and it worked well until
    > mid-2004, when it failed. My local repair shop ("Dr.
    > Floppy", whom I recommend if you ever need help in
    > Auckland, New Zealand) found that the PC had TWO
    > cooling fans, so when one failed you didn't notice
    > due to the noise from the other fan until the boards
    > around the failed fan were fried. See "The Law of
    > Unintended Consequences". So I lost all data at home
    > in folders begining with the letters N-Z (actually
    > there's a reasonable explanation for this unique
    > outcome, but not now).
    >
    > 2. Among the lost data was a folder referencing an
    > annual publication of an international survey of the
    > percent of companies using named business theories
    > and
    > concepts (it's pretty low, around 20%). The company
    > is
    > a consulting company in, I believe, Canada. I have
    > it
    > on my office PC BUT I WANT IT NOW! If anyone knows
    > what I'm talking about, please send me the company
    > name.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Romie
    >
    > =====
    > "Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John
    > Cotton Dana Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An f�na� fi�in
    > Faculty of Business, Auckland University of
    > Technology Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    > http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    > http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/
    >
    > __________________________________________________
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    > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
    > protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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    =====
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    Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An f�na� fi�in
    Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology
    Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/



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  • 5.  Bain & Co. consulting company: international survey of use of business tools

    Posted 12-07-2004 14:17
    Thanks Kim, for those interested:
    Intro:

    http://www.bain.com/management_tools/tools_overview.asp?GroupCode=2

    2003 Highlights PPT

    http://www.bain.com/management_tools/2003_Tools_Highlights.pdf


    --- Kim Warren <Kim@strategydynamics.com> wrote:
    > you may be thinking of the survey [I think biennial]
    > carried out by consultants Bain & Co www.bain.com -
    > it's pretty depressing reading!
    >
    > Kim Warren
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Romie Littrell
    > [mailto:littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]
    > Sent: 07 December 2004 06:28
    > To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
    > Subject: Canadian consulting company: international
    > survey of use of business theories in practice
    >
    >
    > Two issues:
    > 1. I purchased a Siemens-Fujitsu personal computer
    > in Switzerland in 1999, and it worked well until
    > mid-2004, when it failed. My local repair shop ("Dr.
    > Floppy", whom I recommend if you ever need help in
    > Auckland, New Zealand) found that the PC had TWO
    > cooling fans, so when one failed you didn't notice
    > due to the noise from the other fan until the boards
    > around the failed fan were fried. See "The Law of
    > Unintended Consequences". So I lost all data at home
    > in folders begining with the letters N-Z (actually
    > there's a reasonable explanation for this unique
    > outcome, but not now).
    >
    > 2. Among the lost data was a folder referencing an
    > annual publication of an international survey of the
    > percent of companies using named business theories
    > and
    > concepts (it's pretty low, around 20%). The company
    > is
    > a consulting company in, I believe, Canada. I have
    > it
    > on my office PC BUT I WANT IT NOW! If anyone knows
    > what I'm talking about, please send me the company
    > name.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Romie
    >
    > =====
    > "Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John
    > Cotton Dana Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An f�na� fi�in
    > Faculty of Business, Auckland University of
    > Technology Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    > http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    > http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/
    >
    > __________________________________________________
    > Do You Yahoo!?
    > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
    > protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
    >

    =====
    "Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John Cotton Dana
    Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An f�na� fi�in
    Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology
    Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/



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