http://biocomputation.herts.ac.uk/2017-01-12T10:31:42+00:002017-01-12T10:31:42+00:002017-01-12T10:31:42+00:00Edward Wakelamtag:biocomputation.herts.ac.uk,2017-01-12:/2017/01/12/understanding-how-corporations-align-their-strategies-and-objectives-ensures-career-development-ahead-of-people-that-dont.html

<p class="first last">Edward Wakelam's journal club session on corporate business strategy.</p>

<p>All successful organisations ensure that their corporate IT strategy is fully and continuously aligned with their business strategy from vision and mission statements, through corporate objectives, business planning and management accounting to individual staff objectives. Day to day synchronisation of all of these components across all organisational departments, for example Finance, Sales, Delivery, Customer Support, Human Resources and Marketing, is a key objective of corporate IT implementations. Exploiting the latest technological developments challenges the IT function, however, change (under control) is a positive driver for businesses, usually generating their most profitable business. I will discuss the component parts of organisations and how they work together and how cognisance and understanding of this is career beneficial, how change is the norm and what personal strategies are key to success.</p> <p><strong>Date:</strong> 13/01/2017 <br /> <strong>Time:</strong> 16:00 <br /> <strong>Location</strong>: LB252</p> 2016-07-19T14:30:27+01:002016-07-19T14:30:27+01:00Edward Wakelamtag:biocomputation.herts.ac.uk,2016-07-19:/2016/07/19/sloping-the-interview-and-career-development-playing-fields-in-your-favour.html

<p class="first last">Edward Wakelam's session on sloping the interview and career development playing fields in one's favour.</p>

<p>Organisations have to ensure that they recruit the best candidates at every level and develop their staff in paths closely aligned with their corporate styles, missions and objectives. This not only ensures a positive and integrated work force and organisation, it also allows protection against maverick interviewers and managers promoting or overlooking staff randomly (or worse). To achieve this, most professional organisations have clearly defined processes which guide and regulate interviewers and which formalise staff development. Understanding these formal processes and methods will give candidates and staff a substantial advantage over those who don't. My talk will give attendees a comprehensive view of real examples of interview questions and crucially the real assessment criteria that the interviewer is looking to document evidence of suitability against. In respect of career development my talk will give you a comprehensive example of how career paths in a professional services organisation are defined and the success criteria for progression. In both cases I will give you the insider's view and my own rules and tips for success, accumulated over many years in blue chip international corporations.</p> <p><strong>Date:</strong> 22/07/2016 <br /> <strong>Time:</strong> 16:00 <br /> <strong>Location</strong>: LB252</p>