Travel Risk Management

June 25, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Travel Risk Management

Business travel should be considered to hazardous until proven otherwise. The challenge for all businesses is to understand what hazards and threats may be present for travellers in the location to which they travel for business. Moreover, understanding how those hazards and threats apply to their business and travellers. Travel risk management is a systematic, extension of existing safety management principles, to identify, reduce and manage the risk of travel for your travellers.

Any company that has travellers can benefit from our advice and systems. Small to medium businesses can often benefit more than larger companies due to the fact that they may have a significantly larger percentage of high value business executives travelling. These executives can be responsible for generating, managing or delivering up to 90% of the overall business revenue. Like all assets, they need to be valued, managed, supported and prevent diminished returns or loss.

Management Research and Development is operated by international authorities on the subject of travel risk management. We know what is required, along with the best products and services to achieve the required risk mitigation strategy, for your business travellers. We also provide access to our global travel risk management information and training systems or can create a unique solution for your business travellers to ensure more profitable, efficient and safer business travel.

Our clients have saved thousands by dispensing with unnecessary services, improve business traveller communications, educated their valuable travelling human capital and avoided over 90% of incidents that typically cause delay, disruption or physical harm to business travellers.

Crisis Leadership and Management

June 25, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Crisis Leadership and Management

Any business that has customers, providers, staff and compliance requirements face the potential of situations that could lead to a crisis.

Too many companies and managers focus on crisis management without understanding that the outcome of all crisis events will be dependant upon effective, repeatable crisis leadership. Too few know how to create leadership during crisis, prepare their executives and effectively lead teams during crisis as they engage and communicate with stakeholders.

Management Research and Development know the challenges faced during a crisis and how to prepare select managers and executives for crisis and emergency events. Our highly specialised approach will prepare business units and leaders for the real world requirements that encompasses how to identify stakeholders, create effective messages, communicate, utilise media and social media along with providing guidance to reports and collaborators.

We have saved companies from financial loss, contained product contamination events, recovered kidnapped executives, navigated war-torn and disaster ravaged countries and guided teams through major business change.

Our approach creates a legacy, that continues on after we have delivered a solution, that provides confidence and structure to companies to effectively identify and lead businesses through crisis events. Education materials, workshops, support tools, priority resources, training collateral and expert consultancy are just some of the hallmarks of our approach.

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Risk Assessments

June 7, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Risk Assessments

Effective risk assessments capture all the required information, provided detailed analysis and information in a clear and concise format along with providing priority action and treatment solutions or countermeasures for business leaders.

Sounds simple enough. However, too few assessments achieve all these fundamentals and many businesses are left with a dangerous combination of incomplete scope, cryptic recommendations and ineffective or incomplete solutions to practical problems.

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: business, crisis management, development, management, research, risk assessments, Risk management, threat assessments

Business Consulting Services

June 7, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Business Consulting Services

Not all business consulting companies are created equal. Many are simply a manpower turnover machine with much of their product development and learning undertaken at the expense of the client. Results are delayed, experience inadequate and service standards low. Don’t learn this the hard way.

We stand out. Our superior results originate for outstanding experience and resources applied to clients in highly effective ways.

Our clients have included some of the biggest brands in the world. Our customers some of the most effective leaders in their field. Our results, some of the most impressive ever but because we are in the background, you may have never heard of us.

If you want results, not more reports, we can show you how. Anywhere, in the most challenging of environments and the most demanding of circumstances we have prevailed. Join our honour roll of success.

Filed Under: Business Consulting Tagged With: business consulting, development, management, research

Business Intelligence and Threat Identification

June 7, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Business Intelligence and Threat Identification

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Few threats to your business will present to reception and announce their arrival. The only effective way to ensure you know just what threats present a risk to your business is to have an effective and targeted business intelligence strategy. While many businesses may possess “business intelligence” it is less likely it is comprehensive enough to encompass threats, hazards and general risks but more likely to be centred around logistics, financial, liquidity, supply and market metrics.

We develop and deliver highly effective business intelligence solutions to businesses of all types. Our processes and system are entirely scalable for small enterprises and large multinationals. Our experience is derived from years internally servicing public and private companies and external, commercial consulting to assist senior executives make more informed decisions.

Speak to us about your alternatives for share, custom and universal business intelligence systems that work and keep businesses more profitable, efficient and safer.

Filed Under: Business Intelligence Tagged With: business intelligence, consulting, management, research

Change Management

June 7, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Change Management

Change is inevitable and part of business progress. However, the process of change can have significant and residual impact upon the business, department or individual if not correctly managed. While businesses may be specialised, even expert, in their current operating process, they may be unprepared for the change or new process that results from change. Therefore there must be a plan.

The assessment of the changes to be made and the direct or indirect impact it has should be a systematic approach. Again, businesses, departments and managers may not possess the skills and resource to adequately conduct this process. Outside consultation and support is often sought.

Our clients have undergone significant change as a result of crisis, merger and acquisition, competitive attacks, natural disaster and a myriad of other routine and emergency change events. Our processes and people get results fast. Understanding the issues and immediate areas for action is part or our DNA. Clients that engage our services experience superior, timely and long-lasting benefits.

Filed Under: Business Consulting, Business Planning, Change Management Tagged With: change management, crisis, development, management, research, Risk management

Risk Management Services

June 7, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Risk Management Services

Threats abound for businesses of all types. This is particularly acute for international businesses. Therefore all businesses need to identify the threats that present risk to their assets, operations and brand. This risk should also be categorised and detailed to ensure there are no hidden or under prioritised threats.

The process and expertise for identifying threats and subsequent risk management options is a complicated and highly skilled process. The more skilled and diverse the experience of the team and the advice, the better the outcome and business resilience for delays, disruptions and crisis.

All our team have significant experience in the identification of threats, evaluation of risks and development and consideration for treatment solutions or countermeasures.

We have conducted full audits and assessments on new, emerging markets, business operations, existing infrastructure in urban environments, remote site activities, international expansion operations and numerous other business critical functions to ensure there are not risks to schedule or preventable risks to assets such as people, information, facilities, equipment or product.

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: business, crisis management, development, management, research, risk assessments, Risk management, threat assessments

Process Analysis and Consulting

June 6, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Process Analysis and Consulting

All businesses can improve there processes with independent evaluation, audits or education. All too often businesses implement the most expedient or current process in order to get the business moving. However, few review and update these essential business processes or analyse the effectiveness of such measures. Processes are the only truly universal element to all businesses.

Without innovation, modernisation or effective measuring, processes can end up costing more than you might think. Even the documentation and sharing of information related to essential processes is becoming overwhelming for business managers.

Our team have created, enhanced and reviewed numerous business processes through engaged consulting and analysis. We have dominated markets, resumed halted operations, evaluated risk and expanded business operations in all types of operational environments.

Filed Under: Business Consulting Tagged With: analysis, and development, consulting, management, market, process, research

International Business Networks

June 4, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

International Business Networks

Opportunity takes businesses and their human capital all over the world. Each location and business has varied needs and support requirements in order to succeed. It is often difficult to establish new business support networks or ensure you maintain quality and competitive providers.

Our executive management, all our principal advisors, consultants and extensive network of support providers understand these challenges and have years of experience as competitive business owners and managers to accelerate results and provide access to pre-credentialed networks.

We have established business models and support programs for businesses in the most remote deserts, the deepest jungles, the highest peaks and the farthest reaches of the the planet. We have lived and worked in all these environments and developed premium operating solutions to minimise wastage and loss.

Management Research and Development is a highly experience international service provider with an even larger international network of affiliates and providers that get things done.

Filed Under: Business Networks Tagged With: business, consulting, development, international, management, networks, research

Business Consulting Services

June 4, 2012 By MRD Leave a Comment

Business Consulting Services

Every business will benefit from quality advice and immediate results. Seldom do businesses, of any size, possess all the best experts or updated methods in order to generate continued results. The problem with seeking outsourced consulting services, you can waste time and money for minimal results. This can leave a legacy hesitation of using consultants of any kind.

There are also times, when businesses need to manage other consultants and services providers because they do not have the expertise to ensure they are getting the best results from the service provider or specialist. Oversight and project management is the key to ensuring long-term results.

Here at Management Research and Development we are able to help businesses and leaders identify the best consulting approach and relevant business consulting services, including provision of international, professional consulting services. We can also provide owner’s estimates for ongoing consulting services and project management for the duration of service support and delivery.

We have successfully managed dozens of independent companies and consultants in support of large, complex client projects with superior results. Our systematic approach to ensuring tasks, administration, controls and budgets are extensively managed and coordinated, ensures business achieve the best possible results. In some of the world’s most remote and inhospitable locales, we have surpassed the business owner’s expectations at every turn. We know the issues, bottlenecks, delays and multitude of issues that plauge poorly coordinated projects and schedules and mitigate such avoidable errors.

On time delivery, quality results, contained budgets, excellent metrics, comprehensive plans and superior talent is our commitment to businesses, executives and owners.

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