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Business Intelligence carries out a continuing program of research among the Times Top 1,000 companies and major public sector organizations. Research projects are conducted in conjunction with leading business schools, consultancies and publications, including Imperial College, London University, the OXIIM business school at Oxford University and the Financial Times.
In October 1997, Business Intelligence became the first conference, publishing and exhibition company to gain the UK government's Investors In People accreditation.
A Pioneering Approach
Business Intelligence offers insights into issues that are high on the management agenda of both private and public sector organizations. The subjects explored in our conferences and reports currently include:
- How to manage, sustain and communicate radical change and corporate agility
- Performance measurement and management including the implementation of specific IT and finance scorecards
- Cost-effective management of the corporate desktop
- Knowledge management, the corporate intranet and the management of best practices
- Data warehousing, enterprise application integration, business intelligence, OLAP, network computing and digital commerce
- The changing role of the finance function
- How transforming the role of HR can contribute real business benefits
- Using outsourcing and strategic alliances to leverage core competencies
- Strategically managing internal communications
- Implementing a corporate EMU strategic and IT program
- Corporate culture and its impact on business performance
- Customer relationship management (CRM) and e-CRM
Capitalize on New Concepts and Ideas
Successful managers know that today's business problems call for innovative solutions. To remain competitive, organizations must adapt. And that means keeping abreast of leading-edge management practices. Not just the theory, but also the best practice application of new concepts and ideas.
An Added-Value Service
By analyzing and assessing the innovative ideas of world experts and the experience of world-class companies, Business Intelligence enables its customers to evaluate their relevance value to their own organizations. The bottom line is an unparalleled breadth of information guidance that can help companies to improve their competitive position.
History
Business Intelligence was founded in 1988 by experienced business journalists, David Harvey and Ian Meiklejohn. With a background in identifying, analyzing and presenting management issues for publications such as Management Today, the Director and the Observer, they have built a steadily expanding company with a significant volume of repeat business from forward-thinking managers. The company's chairman is Colin Palmer, formerly deputy managing director of Thomson Tour Operations, he is non-executive director of Unipart Information Technology and a visiting professor of Imperial College, London.
Maintaining an Objective View
As a company wholly-owned by its founding directors, Business Intelligence remains independent from all suppliers, consultancies and other organizations. Their customers therefore benefit from the fact that the information they offer via their conferences and reports remains free of any vested interest.
Business Intelligence is the trading name of Business Intelligence Limited, a UK-registered company No 222 1988. It is not affiliated in any way with the US registered company, Allied Business Intelligence.
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