Management insights

Managers need to call on a range of management approaches and decision support techniques both formally, and day-to-day. 

• Often simple in principal, but difficult to apply in practice. 
• Under pressure of practical decision-making, it can be easy to lose sight of the basic principles.

This page indicates some that we may recommend and utilise (either formally or informally) as appropriate:

• In advising (and mentoring) clients, and
• In our own work and decision making:

Individual techniques are rarely applied singly, or in isolation of the technical disciplines involved. We operate well in multi-disciplined environments and manage integration of the different specialisations and aspects of complex projects.

Management approaches 

(Click on list >  ):

• Complex systems thinking  >  
  • Article: Application in Public Infrastructure Safety & Security Management 
• Knowledge management
  articles: 2003 Planet Ark Conference in UK "Measuring Knowledge Value" > 
  • Observations on the conference
  • Presentation made at conference
• Risk, value and quality management, sustainability
• Consultation and facilitation techniques
• Organisation improvement > 
  • Organisation structure design
  • Direction and governance
  • Organisation effectiveness diagnosis & improvement 
• Systems and procedures > 
  • Work and regulatory systems design 
  • Service agreement formation & requirements specification
• Business development & marketing > 
  • Business intelligence and market analysis
  • Competitive assessment and survey
• Investment planning and feasibility, service pricing
• Asset and resources management    > 
  Articles   >   
  • Resource management & facilities / infrastructure planning
    Article: Sustainable Energy Solutions in APEC Economies - Robert Pritchard 
  • Maintenance planning
  • Safety & security management
    Article: Complex Adaptive Systems Considerations in Public Infrastructure Safety & Security Management    
• Operations and procurement > 
  • Supply chain / value chain management
  • Operations and production planning
• Logistic support
• Other techniques

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Technical disciplines 

Couch & Associates Pty Ltd associates are drawn from a wide range of disciplines with experience in a range of industries and institutional environments:

- Public utilities and natural resource development  Energy - see also articles:   >    Sustainable Energy Solutions in APEC Economies - Robert Pritchard   Complex Adaptive Systems Considerations in Public Infrastructure Safety & Security Management  Transport Telecommunications - Other areas: Manufacturing and services business Government and regulation Non-for-profit enterprise International experience

Couch & Associates Pty Limited Technical Website