Legal, Accounting & Tax Legal Affairs is a Translation Device, Not a Brake
Assumed Reader State (Before)In many organizations, the legal department is often perceived as the "department that says...
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Legal, Accounting & Tax The Real Reason Contract Review Slows Down Business
Assumed Reader State (Before)In many business settings, contract review is accepted as something that "takes time" and "...
Legal, Accounting & Tax Accounting is a Decision-Support Tool, Not a Record-Keeper
Assumed Reader State (Before)Many business owners and managers tend to view accounting as a function for "accurate recor...
Legal, Accounting & Tax Accounting with Too Many Numbers is Failing
Assumed Reader State (Before)Monthly and quarterly accounting reports are often filled with vast amounts of data, result...
Legal, Accounting & Tax Taxation is a Result Processing Function, Not a Design Tool
Assumed Reader State (Before)When considering business initiatives, there is a tendency to worry about "the tax implicat...
Risk Design The Structure Where IT Controls Kill Frontline Operations
Assumed Reader State (Before)Many executives and managers tend to think of IT controls as "the stricter, the safer." How...
Working with Experts Designing How to “Use” Experts
Assumed Reader State (Before)Are you delegating decisions to experts in legal, accounting, tax, or security matters, all...
Organization Structure The Limits of Organizations Unable to Make Cross-Functional Decisions
Assumed Reader State (Before)While expertise and systems in individual areas such as legal, accounting, tax, IT, and HR ...
Organization Structure Transforming the Back Office into a Business Engine
Assumed Reader State (Before)Many executives and business units tend to view the back office (legal, accounting, HR, IT,...
Organization Structure Why the CIO Failed to Function
IntroductionWhen discussing the limitations of IT departments or IT fragmentation in Japanese companies, solutions like ...