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Flexibility Is a Major Advantage—Until It Becomes a Disadvantage

Flexibility Is a Major Advantage—Until It Becomes a Disadvantage

Everyone in an organization wants to work with flexible, easy-to-use software. The question, of course, is what flexibility means to each person, and how much freedom should be allowed to change processes at will. What improves efficiency, and at what point do these systems become difficult to navigate?

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Flowchart Basics

Flowchart Basics

In our previous posts, we have frequently discussed flowcharts as a way to represent processes. This widely recognized and accepted diagram is extremely useful for documenting processes and understanding exactly what happens and when. However, it is important to know what each shape in a flowchart means, how flowcharts work in practice, and which tools are available to create and edit them.

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How Does Key Person Dependency Develop, and What Can We Do About It?

How Does Key Person Dependency Develop, and What Can We Do About It?

In corporate and other hierarchical organizations, senior executives should make all important decisions concerning the activities they oversee. However, poorly structured business processes can allow that authority to fall into someone else's hands. Personal interests may be a contributing factor, but this can also happen entirely unintentionally when roles and responsibilities have not been properly assessed.

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International Young Physicists' Tournament - IYPT - 2024

International Young Physicists' Tournament - IYPT - 2024

Budapest is hosting the International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT), the most prestigious international team competition in research physics for secondary school students. Participants in the programme include Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ferenc Krausz, Széchenyi Prize-winning physicist László Kiss and Ernő Rubik.

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