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Information architecture presumes to serve the needs and address the challenges of business. We recognise that conventional wisdom speaks of the need for a cohesive strategy to develop the information capabilities of the organisation such that business information is available as-, when- and in the mode required by the business.
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Daniel Gocsman

Consultant

Daniel is an experienced infrastructure consultant who has worked with a variety of public and private sector clients. He has achieved a number of key accreditations in the area of business process integration.
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Rick Ikebuchi

Senior Consultant

Rick’s education and training is in industrial engineering, but he is also a certified facilitator in change process management.
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Richard Smith to Keynote at Innovation Conference in China

October 26, 2009
Dr. Richard Smith, Principle Consultant at Avantage Partners, is to provide the keynote speech to open the sixth International Symposium on Management of Innovation and Technology (ISMOT’09) in Hangzhou, P. R. China.
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Strengthening Competitive Advantage Through Enhanced Cultural Engagement Capabilities
by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D. on August 24, 2009 at 8:11 am
Particularly in a “flat world” companies that are culturally nimble will be able to seize opportunities prior to their competitors (Thomas Friedman).  The Balanced Scorecard system is a means of identifying cultural capabilities that can factor into the competitive advantage of an organization.  A key is to align culture capabilities with the...
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CSR as Competitive Advantage
by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D. on August 22, 2009 at 8:00 am
A key to sustainable competitive advantage is to link CSR to the strengths of the business.  Michael Porter and Mark Kramer state in Harvard Business Review that if “corporations were to analyze their  prospects for social responsibility using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices, they would discover that CSR can be much m...
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Beyond the Option of CSR
by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D. on August 19, 2009 at 8:08 am
The Economist noted last year that, “Company after company has been shaken into adopting a CSR policy:  It is almost unthinkable for a big global corporation to be without one.” (Jan 17, 2008) 
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