There are many definitions of success. But to me, success in business means separation from the competition. And one of the best ways to do that is to develop core competencies. The concept of core ...

A core competency is a skill at which an individual is especially proficient, or a set of activities that an organization performs better than other functions – whether more efficiently, at lower cost ...

The term "core competencies" was coined by academic researchers C.K. Prahalad and G. Hamel in an article published in the Harvard Business Review in 1990. Core competencies are the skills and ...

But what is a core competency? And how can an enterprise separate a core competency from day-to-day business functions, many of which remain relevant and important? NEARSOL itself has extensive ...

Since Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad put forth the idea of “core competencies” in a 1990 Harvard Business Review article, “The Core Competence of the Corporation,” organizations have taken this insight as ...

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In my first article for Forbes in July 2014, Is Enterprise Architecture Completely Broken?, I compared enterprise architects to Milton, a character in the cult film Office Space who has nothing ...

In the past 18 months, Volkswagen announced delays in the launch of two crucial models, first the eighth generation of its perennial bestseller, the VW Golf, and then its flagship electric car, the ID ...

The American University of Nigeria has five overarching core learning outcomes that it assesses in its general education ...

The term apparently emerged in first usage in 1830, or 1831, or ’32. You’d have to think, though, that long before that time its clear, constant, timeless meaning was a big deal. And probably, for at ...