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'Dealing With Delimmas’ by Frank Buytendijk

Created: 01/07/2010 09:26:33

The critics agree, Dealing with Dilemmas contains "inspiring ideas and observations", is "thought provoking", "truly out-of-the-box" and "captures the essence". Dealing with Dilemmas redefines the most nebulous of all management processes: strategy formulation and strategic decision-making. Buytendijk convincingly argues that the key to a successful strategy is the ability to reconcile dilemmas. Moreover, he argues that the instrument we use most, analysis, doesn't work. Analysis only confirms dilemmas. The opposite approach is needed: synthesis. An art and a science that is forgotten. Buytendijk uses philosophy, sociology, ...

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Frank Buytendijk is one of the world's most respected authorities on business intelligence and performance management. Over the last two decades, through his research and his presentations worldwide, Frank has built a strong reputation of being provocative and out-of-the-box. With 20 years of experience, Frank has worked as an implementation consultant, project manager, management consultant, business manager, industry analyst and strategist. Currently he holds the position of vice president and fellow in Oracle's EPM business.

Before joining Oracle, Frank was a Research VP at analyst firm Gartner. Frank is also a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University School of Management. McGraw-Hill published Frank's book, called "Performance Leadership" in September 2008.

Thomas is Chief EPM Strategist for Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management Global Business Unit (GBU).

As a member of Oracle's EPM strategy team, Thomas is an integral part of the development and definition of Oracle's EPM vision. His unique expertise gives him exclusive insight into the market landscape. It also allows him to anticipate change and envision the next practices—within Oracle, and industry-wide.

He is responsible for the development and execution of strategic initiatives and is the main architect of Oracle's Management Excellence thought leadership and the Strategy-To-Success framework.

Thomas has spent ten years managing the relationship / partnership with SAP and supporting the field to position and navigate in the SAP ecosystem. While at Hyperion, he ran the Centre of Excellence for SAP Solutions in Walldorf where the team demonstrated to customers how Hyperion's solutions work within an SAP environment.

Mark Conway
Director, EPM Alliances and Research
Oracle Business Intelligence and Performance Management

Mark has an extensive track record of advising academics on how to build enterprise systems into business school course curricula, paving the way towards the teaching of EPM as a vital and universally accepted discipline. Through these consultations, and in conjunction with Oracle’s broader initiatives to promote EPM concepts & solutions, he is helping create the next generation of EPM evangelists.

Prior to joining Oracle, Mark spent over eight years working with schools of business to integrate BPM and ERP systems into their programs.