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"Having worked closely with David Axson, I have seen his strategic brilliance firsthand. The integrated approach he takes in practice synthesizes external dynamics, business process, planning, systems, and management for effective execution. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition brings his keen insight to life, presenting a comprehensive approach to managing business dynamics in comprehensible language. This should be required reading for anyone engaged in the management of a complex business."
—Greg Horn CEO, Garden of Life; former CEO, General Nutrition Centers
"Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition is an insightful guide for any organization seeking to transform its management processes. David Axson provides practical and thought-provoking perspectives on the practices needed to effectively manage performance in today's competitive and volatile markets."
—Michael Geltzeiler CFO, Reader's Digest
David Axson is an advisor to the Cognos Innovation Center for Performance Management. He provides guidance to the Innovation Center's management team and customer members, authors' articles on performance management best practices, and is a featured speaker at Cognos events.
The Cognos Innovation Center was established in June 2004 to advance the understanding of proven performance management best practices and enabling technologies. Staffed globally by experts in planning, business intelligence, management processes, and technology, the Innovation Center partners with more than 2,000 Cognos customers, academics, partners, industry leaders, and others who want to accelerate adoption, reduce risk, and maximize the impact of technology-enabled performance management practices. Depending on their area of interest, members focus on advancing performance management practices or business intelligence competency, gaining insights from experts and peers who have experienced similar challenges and paths to success. Visit: www.cognos.com/innovationcenter/.
About Cognos
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning, BI software, and services to help companies plan, understand, and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at www.cognos.com.
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About the Author
DAVID A.J. AXSON is President of the Sonax Group, a business advisory firm. He is a former head of corporate planning at Bank of America and was a cofounder of The Hackett Group, where he was the architect of many of the firm's market-leading benchmarks. He is a sought-after speaker and writer on best practices in planning and performance management, and is widely regarded as a thought leader in the industry.
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If you are looking to significantly upgrade your management practices to better meet the needs of today's increasingly volatile, complex, competitive, and global markets, look no further. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition provides an accessible framework to help any business unite its reporting and budgeting functions to achieve its strategic objectives.
Drawing on his years of experience helping clients streamline their operations and realize their organizational strategies, David Axson unites the disparate functions of strategic planning, performance management, budgeting, and forecasting, thus reducing critical time lags, capitalizing on new technology, and giving new meaning to organizational strategy.
By providing a framework for identifying best practices in performance management, Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management defines clear action plans for successfully developing, implementing, and profiting from the strategic application of key performance metrics.
With its increased emphasis on performance management, including incentive compensation and competitive analysis, this Second Edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to address the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley, new technologies, global uncertainty, emerging best practices, and risk management. Filled with examples and case studies of how leading companies are rethinking the way they make and implement decisions, this proactive guide for managers and students of business will help you consistently make and execute better decisions faster.
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