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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Claire -</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As an anthropologist who has worked in industry for the past
21 years, here are my thoughts on how to "sell" your project to the
corporation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What you are doing is very similar to what has been called
"business process analysis" which is the first step in "Business
Process Re-engineering". Both of these terms were all the rage here
in the US about 3 years ago. The activities that are encompassed by these
terms are still being practiced - just the buzzwords involved are different
these days. You can "pitch" your project through the following
avenues - identification of inefficiencies in your work flow,
documentation of your procedures which differ from your corporate procedure
manual, identification of candidate processes for automation, data
gathering for retooling for more cost-effective business practices and
procedures.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If there is room for another
anthropologist/business process engineer on your team, I am available to
participate. Even at a later stage where the recommendations for the
business to apply your results come in.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Susan Mann</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>do you have AbleBrains?</FONT></DIV>
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