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Overview There is a big difference between formulating a strategy and executing it. Executives set objectives and devise reasonable strategies to achieve them, but more times than not, implementing them proves problematic. An estimated 90 percent of companies fail to fully implement their strategies. Although many contributing factors intervene, such as changing priorities and cultural issues, one consistently recurring flaw is the misapplication or lack of information key to implementing effectual performance management.

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Publisher	SAS Institute	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2006	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Mining - Analysis

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cio

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EMC

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