Those types of decisions have given Goldman the edge over its competitors for years.
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These are the types of decisions that the current generation of Internet companies will have to make when they enter the public markets.
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He says the decisions made in "Ultima Forever" are similar to the types of decisions he had to make while on the force -- just at a much slower pace.
Leaders know what types of decisions raise moral red flags in their organizations: if people make these decisions electronically, their computers might be programmed to require contemplation time before their choices can be finalized (and even to fill this contemplation time with reminders of the organization's ethical values).
These types of tactical decisions that test the spirit of the rules, the kind that raise uproar among Formula One aficionados, are nothing new.
Employees will work far more effectively if they are given some parameters on the types of activities and decisions they can make on their own, without needing to seek management approvals.
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These types of solutions require real-time QOS decisions, perhaps based on distributed charging models, requiring an online dialogue when the system detects a problem or opportunity to offer better QOS. Service data flow detection could also help determine the value of a particular service at a particular instant.
CIOs and CTOs should keep their eye on the evolution toward maturity of the public cloud and keep close track of the costs of the private cloud so that rational decisions can be made about where to provision specific types of applications and functionality.
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Depending on where the company is in making its decisions regarding a project, it will require different types of information and different levels of consultations with key stakeholders.
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The idea is to use the types of big data already gleaned from smart phones to help make real-time decisions.
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The process of making these decisions comes from an accumulation of experiences and encounters with a multitude of difference circumstances, personality types and unforeseen failures.
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Listening to customers and acting on their needs should shape every aspect of a company, from the types of people that are hired, to internal and external communications, design processes, value definition, and how decisions are made.
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