Some random thoughts

I was looking at the Blogspot dashboard, and suddenly I have 520 pageviews. This is a huge surprise! It is also very exciting! Have a look at the screenshot of the dashboard below: This is comparable with getting "likes" and having people comment on your posts on Facebook or LinkedIn. Seeing the spike earlier this week in pageviews is a feeling similar to having many retweets on Twitter! It pushes you to increase interactions further. For someone like me, who is very competitive by nature, this makes it a worthwhile use of my time!  Here is the overview of where you are checking out my blog from: Enjoy! More to come soon.

I posted two papers I wrote for my Executive MBA that I am doing at the Smurfit School Of Business in Ireland. This was done more out of curiosity than anything else. Would people read the papers? Would anyone care? The thing that really has surprised me, is how much I care! It is very exciting wen people share my papers, or "like" the blog via LinkedIn or Twitter. At the moment I am in full MBA study mode as my final exams are coming up next week, and I also have two papers to submit. Once this stress is over, I'll post some more content. Maybe I'll add something on negotiation strategies, or an industry analysis on trends in IT. I'll see what mood I'll be in at the time.

The March 24 th 2013 “ Sunday Business Post” (Boland, 2013) article “ Transparency is key to Arkphire’s success” in the Commercial Report section around Managed Services raised several key issues in regards to a potential impact on the Management Consultancy business inIreland. The article brings up an interesting subject around trust and transparency within the IT managed service industry. Bearing in mind that it ist he Management Consultant’s responsibility to provide general management advice within strategic, organizational, or operational context (Canback, 1998) it is essential to understand what the impact of the described business model can have on other similar organisations in Ireland or even internationally. Arkphire Model The company in question, Arkphire ( www.arkphire.com ) describes itself as a market leader in providing infrastructure management solutions. Looking at the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) value statement, Arkphire believes “ i...

China as a newmarket for management consulting firms Introduction This documentconsiders the possible new business opportunities that may be created for management consulting forms  thanks to the continued expansion withinthe Chinese financial market, and the increase in adoption of the type ofservices we can offer in thecountry. This recommendation is based on anassessment of existing business capabilities, benefits and opportunities aswell as the challenges we see within the country. The analysis is triggered bythe following news item:  “Before long the Chinese will dominate listof 100 top influential people in finance” (Ross, 2013) The Chinese Context To date, there is still a clearly biasedWestern perception of China. This view has a tendency to be extreme and irrational,which can be c as a possible product of our imagination  fueled  by movies andliterature for example.  As a managementconsultant firm, we have the responsibility to frame our decision to...