Frequently Asked Questions

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I am a manager in a large multinational enterprise (or government department) and our turnover exceeds$200m, is any of this relevant to me?

If you want to cut through the bureaucracy and make good, sensible and relatively rapid decisions like those you've seen in some smaller businesses, then challenge yourself with the techniques here.

As business and government seek simplification of processes or demand better performance from business units; managers need a few effective tools to accomplish corporate objectives.

Australia is just a two-bit republic somewhere in the South Pacific, why should I believe that anything from Australia can help my business in Greenville, Michigan; Sunndalsora, Norway; or Andong, Korea?

Australians are very resourceful people and chances are that no matter where you live in the world you have come across some Australian invention or management technique that has become a part of life. For example, the black box flight recorder in airplanes was invented by Australians. The Cochlear implant that gives some deaf people the ability to hear was invented in Australia. The stump jump plough that allows farmers to easily plough over rocks and tree stumps was invented in Australia.

The 80/20 Strategic Focusing technique was developed in Australia for turning companies around in difficult economic times. If you saw the opening and closing ceremonies at the Sydney 2000 Olympics you will have seen more results of resourceful Australians. As managers who have lived and worked parts of our lives in different countries around the world, we know that Australia's talented people are sought after as skilled workers and managers world wide because we can roll up our sleeves and really make things happen.

Do I need to have a good handle on all the latest business technologies and e-commerce packages to get the results I want?

Hell no! But it certainly won’t hurt if it is used in an appropriate manner. In the process of determining and implementing the most appropriate management tools and techniques, you will start to ask the right questions about technology at the right time ie before you buy rather than afterwards! One of the most frequent comments we get from our clients goes something like “By applying Alitek’s tools to our management problems we get to understand how to use technology as a tool to help drive the business, rather than re-organising the business to allow us to drive the technology!”

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