Corporate bosses now put more emphasis on communicating with shareholders and hearing their views on strategic changes.
The official announcement is pretty light on details, but a piece at Streaming Media (linked below) highlights some of the more important strategic changes.
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Once Thomas left, the Bruins made few strategic changes, if any, to accommodate Rask, who himself led the NHL in save percentage (.931) in 2009-10.
Fully aware of this, Mr Mack wisely chose to say little about his plans for personnel or strategic changes while the board was considering its decision.
The bank's change of heart apparently stemmed from executives' frustration with the lack of reaction among investors to Deutsche Bank's strategic changes, according to industry officials.
"This exercise is being carried out so that we can start to effect some of the strategic changes as a consequence of the Transform review of Barclays business, " he said.
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The strategic changes the company unveiled include closing stores, completing the wind down of its legacy catalog business, realignment of its call center operations and reorganization of its custom decorating business.
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He did not offer much detail beyond that which triggered analysts on the call to question why the change at the top occurred so abruptly if no strategic changes are on the horizon.
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The Glamorgan chief pointed to a lack of success on the field for the overhaul and claimed "the strategic changes would have been implemented" even if the Welsh county had gained promotion to Division One of the County Championship.
Since it is virtually certain that full disclosure of sources and amounts of their conflicting revenues will be required either as a result of growing client sophistication or SEC rule in the near future, firms today are implementing strategic changes intended to blunt criticism once the numbers come out.
Taken in terms of what it should do, the Ryan budget plan fails, for example, to propose the kinds of strategic institutional changes that a leader in his position should be seeking to facilitate long-term spending reductions next year and beyond.
First Union's latest foray dramatically changes the strategic picture for other banks in the east.
He said the turnaround and support team was being asked to complete a strategic overview to establish what changes and support might be required to speed up progress.
In principle, since no treaty will be involved, should changes occur in the strategic considerations that made such low levels appear acceptable at the moment, the United States will have the latitude to adjust its arsenal accordingly.
And if reductions are necessary, Congress must take a cautious and strategic approach to diminish the impact these changes may have on the growth of our innovation economy.
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Dr Scally, former public health director of the South West Strategic Health Authority, resigned last year over the changes.
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The changes, which were approved by the Strategic Health Authority in May, will focus services at either Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or Telford's Princess Royal, rather than being split across the sites.
But in others, such as Pakistan, the changes have been dramatic and appear to signify a true strategic redirection.
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Capping off a series of sweeping changes at Nokia, including a new Chief Executive and strategic shifts for its Meego project with Intel, the Symbian Foundation announced Tuesday that its Executive Director, Lee Williams, has left his post.
Grove, 71, coined the metaphor "strategic inflection point" to describe the moment when an industry or company changes its trajectory.
Corbat added that the changes at the top do not reflect a desire to change the strategic direction of Citi.
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Earlier today we initiated a number of changes to streamline our operations, focus our resources on our most strategic opportunities, and invest in our future.
It says it is simply determined to complete a "strategic review" of the condition of the military it inherited and the kinds of changes it requires before making judgments about the size and purposes for which any defense supplemental might be sought.
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If implemented, the package of recommended changes offers the prospect of greater robustness and credibility for U.S. strategic forces, possibly at lower cost than the current program and with greater public support.
The changes to health services in Mid and West Wales announced today should embody her vision, her strategic direction, her clear principles put to work on the ground by the Local Health Board.
But they do have a direct strategic interest in keeping the next election as tight as possible (leaving aside the baleful effect of the boundary changes on a number of their MPs) because it maximises their chance of a hung parliament in 2015 and leverage over the next government.
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