Systems and customer-centricity
You won’t be shocked by the notion that some managers protect their departments jealously, possibly lacking a vision of the bigger picture. Hence, these departments and/or functions (eg HR, Accounts, Logistics, Marketing etc) often have their own systems and they don’t always work in harmony.
Professor Malcolm McDonald (in his excellent book, Malcolm McDonald on Marketing Planning, published by Kogan Page, 2008) argues that marketing in the United Kingdom has gone backwards in the last 10 years. This may be owing to companies being too ‘inward’ focused. It may be having ‘systems’ that don’t create value for the customer. It can be argued that too many companies are process or systems driven when they should ...
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