Best Business Practices

MNC = Best Business Practices (What they practice and what they don't practice)

MNC = Best Business Practices (What they practice and what they don't practice)

Standards & Operations Manual

They preserve the entire organization knowledge  using a Standards & Operations Manual

Planning

They use planning in the form of Annual Plan, Marketing Plans, Sales forecast & Budgeting. They also use Project Managers to ensure that projects are delivered on time

Time Management

Time management in the form of scheduling all activities to ensure all tasks are done on time

Hiring Employees

Multinationals hire employees only based on ability to deliver. They have a diversified board of directors with different skills and consult professionals to make decisions

360 Degree Assessment

Make decisions after you ascertain all the facts – MNC use 360 degree assessment & balance score cards plus risk identification tools and SWOT analysis prior to making decisions.

Skillful Negotiations

Skillful Negotiations – Is heavily factored in when hiring CEOs.

Trustworthy Business Partners

Finding Trustworthy Business partners is difficult – They overcome this issue by establishing a comprehensive contract with the Business Partner, Supplier, Banker & all providers of services.

Responsibility

Leaders must take responsibility – The US president has a message at the Oval Office - The buck stops here

Minimum Finance Cost

They keep finance cost to the minimum by managing their working capital using the suppliers credit, sometimes over 90 days, just in time inventory both raw materials & finish goods & giving just 15 days or below credit limit to debtors with a bank guarantee.