So too are GE-style exhaustive interrogations, led by Bulriss, of each division chief's annual operating plan.
One other way to keep the balance is by creating a 12-month operating plan.
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You may want to include a copy of the operating plan in the appendix for reference as well.
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Starbucks's directors set tough bonus goals "tied to a very challenging fiscal 2010 annual operating plan, " Mr. Hilowitz said.
That fact, combined with his lack of an operating plan going forward, means that he will have no leverage to negotiate a fair deal with Microsoft.
These models do indeed help to achieve an operating plan for, and an understanding of the various conditions for and outcomes of, many different types and levels of natural disasters throughout the world.
As Executive Chairman, my focus is to ensure EA is delivering high quality games and services to our consumers, while helping the executive team develop a FY14 operating plan that drives growth, rationalizes headcount and controls costs.
It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the Street, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago.
However, it currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued in January, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago.
Over 75% of them are operating ahead of plan.
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Finavera is operating within its registered stock option plan, which was approved by shareholders in September of last year.
The venture represents a gamble for the ballet company, which is operating at a deficit with a plan to balance its budget by 2015.
Under their operating company, iTOP, they plan to open ten or more branded gaming clubs in other top-tier cities over the next four years.
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On Oct. 18, Nissan's new chief operating officer unveiled his three-year plan to restructure Japan's ailing No. 2 automaker.
They have done well in their careers, rising to become university deans, health plan vice presidents or chief operating officers of private medical groups.
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"We are just starting to see the full potential of the global scale and the operating margin benefits through the One Ford plan, " Fields said.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust said it had implemented its severe weather plan and that its hospitals were operating as normal.
We made good progress reducing inventories and operating expenses in the fourth quarter and we plan to continue these efforts as we enter 2012.
If the foreigners plan to underprice the locals by operating on a larger scale, it will take a long time and a lot of investment in a shrinking market.
He ran the programs out of the Atlanta Corporate Client Group with his own group of brokers and in 1999 was cited by Salomon for operating its biggest revenue-producing stock options plan.
Several hundred American troops have been operating at Colombian bases for almost a decade under Plan Colombia, a fairly successful aid scheme under which the United States has provided training and intelligence help against Colombia's drugs and guerrillas.
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Who would have believed just 20 years ago that you could build a successful computer operating system using only volunteers, working without a plan or assigned tasks to produce a quality product that garners a 25 percent market share?
His plan of succession remains opaque, although Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook is helming the ship while the captain recuperates.
As part of Nissan's midterm plan, the company has targeted raising its operating-profit margin to 8% by early 2017 from 6.1% in 2010.
Now, Mr Batey, a China-based business consultant, has stepped in with an offer to cover the "operating deficit of Arundells" while a "serious business plan is prepared and a major fund-raising campaign launched".
Under this plan, Ford aims to restructure to achieve better operating profitability and improve its balance sheet.
The new owners plan to upgrade the tenants, add kiosks and reduce operating costs on the 90%-occupied mall.
The company previously announced a plan to adopt Microsoft Windows Phone 7 as the primary operating system for future smart phones.
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Contrast this with the 99% of entrepreneurs who go into work each day without a plan, and subsequently spend their days fighting fires and operating their current business, and not getting any closer to building the business they once envisioned.
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Still, that has not deterred other vendors from experimenting, or at least considering the open-source operating system, as multiple reports of Firefox, Sailfish, and Tizen plan to release new Linux-based experiences in the future.
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