Sentences with phrase «cause of a business problem»

Being able to identify the root cause of a business problem is immensely important for all leaders.

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A lot of the people who are causing the problems we were trying to solve, they read business books.

Though Eugene Melnyk made a lot of money in the pharmaceutical business, the industry has caused problems for him lately.

Finances aren't the only thing likely to cause small businesses strife, time - management can be a struggle too, the juggling of projects, products or orders posing perpetual problems.

Search for the cause of the problem and chalk it up to a valuable business lesson.

While he believes (as noted above) that the most recurring cause of early business failures is a lack of sufficient and rapidly - expanding revenues, he also noted the problem with pointless perseverance.

«One of the biggest problems that Dodd - Frank has caused is, it has restricted the lending to small businesses,» hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Trump's transition team, told NPR last week, echoing comments the president - elect made earlier this month to The Wall Street Journal.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Early in the life of our business, we endured some internal problems that prevented complete financial visibility, causing us to later struggle to understand our margins and financial position.

The story has been that the evil one - percenters, by extension corporate America, and by extension the business community, has been the cause of all of America's problems.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

According to Harvard Business Review, «research first published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows that even when the minority points of view are wrong, they cause the rest of the group to think better, to create more solutions, and to improve the creativity of problem - solving.»

They don't just meet people for business - card collection's sake; they understand the power of relationship - building, problem - solve by connecting the dots at high levels, and purposefully cause different worlds and communities to interact with the intention of creating mutual value.

One of the biggest problems that Dodd - Frank has caused is it has restricted the lending to small businesses.

In other words, General Electric Capital Corp., a subsidiary, is the cause of the downgrade, not any problems with the parent company's business.

As long as portals provide conflict of interest disclosure to issuers and investors, the receipt of a portion of a portal fee in securities is likely to help the industry and portals form sustainable businesses versus causing any problems.

There are a number of countries — including Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom — that have strict requirements about the size, shape and type of materials used in pallets that hold imported products, and many businesses are familiar with the problems these restrictions can cause.

Several board members grilled Khan about the feasibility of that business model and defended Arlington Heights youth as respectful teens who wouldn't cause problems.

While some lawmakers have leveled criticism toward ESD because of the funds spent promoting START - UP, the real problem it poses is the distraction it causes from conversation about the actual culprits behind New York's difficult business climate.

«The Schumer shutdown caused us to have to put in peril needy children who may have lost their diabetes medication, our veterans going without pay, the important reinstatement of our national flood insurance program, which has reforms to FEMA that will help our local business community and our individuals who were devastated by floods not just in 2011, two in 2013 and twice this year with the flooding problems we have had,» Tenney said.

The typology includes logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which have underlying algorithms with a story wrapper that amounts to an algorithmic problem), rule - using problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault and eliminating a problem space), diagnosis - solution problems (characteristic of medical school and involving small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school and involving adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values and which may have no obvious solutions).

The typology includes: logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which are algorithmic problems with a story wrapper), «rule - using» problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault, eliminating a problem space), «diagnosis - solution» problems (characteristic of medical school, which involve small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic - performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school, which involve adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values, and which may have no solutions).

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

They understand the ups and downs of building a business and how one or two small mistakes or a glitch in the economy can cause serious problems for small business owners.

If the CFD provider's business is concentrated with a few clients and one or more of those clients suffer trading losses which the client can't cover, this may cause significant financial problems for the CFD provider, which may then affect whether or not they can meet their obligations to you.

Several lawmakers currently serving in the legislature do not believe that the law will regulate the breeders that are causing the problem and at the same time will force legitimate operations out of business.

Pet Business: How prevalent is the problem of tear stains, and what causes it?

The rising cost of pet food is causing problems for businesses struggling to compete in this industry, so storeowners must find creative ways to attract customers to the nutrition aisle.

Although this widow collision problem is serious, and human - caused, solving it is complicated, involving cooperation from businesses and members of the public alike.

«Jordan said the Sarbanes - Oxley legislation has caused problems for law firms affiliated with accounting firms in terms of their ability to do business in the United States, and Kugler and Fischer were looking to merge their practices into a large American firm.»

Latest research by the REC shows that the new regulations have caused only limited problems for businesses which regularly use agency workers, and only 4 % of those surveyed attributed any reduction in their use of temporary agency staff directly to the regulations themselves; citing other market reasons for reducing their use of agency workers including continued economic uncertainty and weak growth.

And I think were it not for them acquiring, for Slater and Gordon acquiring Quindell, then they would still, I think, be considered to be flourishing and moving forward in a sensible direction, but they made a huge mistake to buy a business for a lot of money, and it's simply was not worth what they paid for it, and that has cause them a huge problem.

Then I think there's kind of this parallel track of issues to unpack where there's a distinction between small firms that have built their business model around being able to help solve problems of access, whether that's around unbundling their services or how they do their pricing, or giving away some free do it yourself content on the front end, whether that's also as part of their lead acquisition strategy or just as a service to people who need it, is I think separate from people who then volunteer their time in pro bono efforts, or people who donate their money to legal charitable causes.

Your Business Cooperation Agreement should include details like: the names of the parties involved; the purpose, goals and objectives of this agreement; the date and initial term of the agreement; each party's responsibilities; any additional warranties or promises; how many days each party has to correct any problem; who will own any intellectual property created by either party; whether both parties can be excused from obligations due to causes beyond their control; any arbitration, assignment, and non-disclosure clauses; and more.

Despite the many benefits of this hyper connectivity, however, social media can also cause problems in the business world for those whose viewpoints may conflict with their clients, employees or colleagues.

Molot addresses this point by stating, «I suggest that the problem with law firms — and a root cause of lawyer and client dissatisfaction — is not that law firms are run as businesses, but rather that many of them are poorly run as businesses.»

Attorney communication is a leading cause of dissatisfied clients, but it doesn't have to be a problem for any lawyer willing to adopt contemporary business practices.

However, these are people businesses with personal idiosyncrasies which are often causing or exacerbating the problems which fall outside the normal remit of a corporate rescue team and it is here where we feel that both we and mediation can add value.

However, as with all businesses, succeeding as a landlord takes a lot of effort, research, and a pinch of luck to avoid tenants who will cause problems repeatedly.

They want to know for the rest of their lives that they tried to deal with problems such as, fighting for the custody of a child, or loss of employment without cause, compensation, or notice, or to save a family business which is the source of family income and payment of a mortgage, when too old to start another business.

Regarding your follow - up comments: I doubt a court would find that an NDA (or non-compete, or some sort of combined agreement) that seeks to prevent you from doing business the company isn't even yet doing would cause problems, unless you had knowledge of their intentions to get into that business and are exploiting your knowledge of their plans for profit.

They also said the design of the shared services is causing a huge problem migrating the International Business Units (IBUs) to Lexis Advance.

Schumer feels that auto insurance fraud is a serious and growing problem, one causing substantial damage to both individuals and businesses, especially in his home constituency of New York.

Facebook's business model, which is based on selling advertisers highly granular user data, is the real problem — and it could give customers of the SMBs that use the network cause for concern.

Regulation South Korea's financial watchdog today ordered a dozen cryptocurrency exchanges to update their adhesion contracts, which the agency claims causes problems for users in withdrawals, and generally puts the businesses way ahead of...

South Korea's financial watchdog today ordered a dozen cryptocurrency exchanges to update their adhesion contracts, which the agency claims causes problems for users in withdrawals, and generally puts the businesses way ahead of consumers on all levels.

If you force a business to register a certain quota of people of various ethnicity, sexuality and gender then you are not tackling the cause of the problem.

Your knowledge of business and management practices should aid you in identifying the root cause of the problem and creating an effective solution.

Efficiently manage a diversity of business and administrative functions in a fast - paced deadline - driven environment demonstrating problem resolution expertise, able to pinpoint root cause of difficulties and resolve within a timely manner.

Working toward a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and a skilled problem resolution expert, able to pinpoint root cause of difficulties and resolve within a timely manner.