Rather than being the main function of the firm, management is typically hostile to innovation.

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For example, all requirements that begin with CFA were in the Accounting Classification Management Process of the Core Function.

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Effectiveness of the internal audit function including management focus and action on reports that cited weaknesses and other serious issues to address.

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That a review takes place into the role and function of Special Branch to ensure there are clear structures and procedures for the management of intelligence between special branch and other parts of the force.

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Everyone else, whether in the C-suite or in the senior management ranks, runs a piece of a business or a support function.

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It may improve or even transform customer service or remote plant management, but it does not disrupt the basic function of providing water to people, nor will it transform customer needs such as drinking, showering or washing their SUVs.

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