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		<title>No Room for Complacency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world has changed a lot since December 2010. The past year, 2011 has been a difficult year for the many with a few exceptions. The Centre, while continuing to promote the private sector voice for Competitiveness and provide a unique leadership function, has not been immune to the recession and cost cutting. The  government’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=667&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Santa Claus uses Business Improvement to ensure every child has the right present on Christmas morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the busiest manufacturing operations in the world, with customers spread all over the globe and an extremely demanding delivery schedule has been sharing the secrets of their success. Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus Santa has 8 principles for leaders that lay the foundation for an effective, jolly workshop. By remembering that as leaders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=658&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do organisations apply for a quality award?</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/why-do-organisations-apply-for-a-quality-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Quality Awards ceremony just a few weeks away some people have been wanting to better understand what the Quality Awards process is about and why an organisation might enter. Gaining recognition at the Northern Ireland Quality Awards is one of the clearest ways to both demonstrate the current Excellence of an organisation and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=640&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visit to USA Council of Competitiveness Manufacturing Summit 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summit was attended by CEO&#8217;s from the major USA Industries, University Vice Chancellors, academics and senior Public Sector representatives along with members of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils of which the Centre for Competitiveness is a member. The purpose of the summit was to launch a &#8220;MANUFACTURING CALL TO ACTION&#8221; in order to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=632&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China Export &amp; Import Opportunities for NI firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre for Competitiveness has opened up a contact base in Shanghai with a small firm &#8220;LIPAU&#8221; involved in exhibitions, support and sourcing. The Chief Executive Lili Tang is married to a local man from the Limavady area. (They live between both locations so his wife can keep her Chinese passport). Arrangements can be made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=608&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Leadership &amp; Innovation &#8211; NEW</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/international-leadership-innovation-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre for Competitiveness and IoD Northern Ireland, in co-operation with both Queens University Leadership Institute and the University of Ulster, have joined together to create a unique and radical approach to providing leaders in the private, public and voluntary sectors with practical world class tuition in international leadership and innovation skills without having to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=605&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excellence in Action &#8211; EFQM Awards 2011</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/excellence-in-action-efqm-awards-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a sustainable high-performing organisation in today’s volatile world is a challenge. However, it is not impossible… The results revealed during the EFQM Awards process in 2011, were the best results we have seen since 2006. This quest for Business Excellence backed by a prize, started 20 years ago, showcasing role model organisations and good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=594&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Benchmark Your Standards of Corporate Governance</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/benchmark-your-standards-of-corporate-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Tenets of Good Corporate Governance from the Institute of Corporate Directors, National Competitiveness Council, Philippines 1. DEVELOP AND EXECUTE A SOUND BUSINESS STRAGEGY Shareholder return is optimized. In every Board meeting a strategic issue is discussed 2. ESTABLISH A WELL-STRUCTURED AND FUNCTIONING BOARD Board with Directors of proven competence and integrity. 30% of whom [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=590&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Competitiveness Summit</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/global-competitiveness-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GLOBAL FEDERATION OF COMPETITIVENESS COUNCILS The Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils upcoming Competitiveness Summit and 2011 Annual Meeting of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, November 21-22, 2011, will be held in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil at the Plaza São Rafael. The 2011 co-vice chairs and founding members of the GFCC, Brazilian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=587&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Centre for Competitriveness Technology Watch</title>
		<link>http://centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/centre-for-competitriveness-technology-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel &#8211; Recent Technological Innovations Brain Stimulating Device: &#8211; A breakthrough device, developed by Israel seems capable of stimulating areas of the brain responsible for memory and learning leading to improvement in cognition and decision making in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. The new electromagnetic stimulation systems appears to change the course of the degenerative Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centreforcompetitiveness.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1239541&amp;post=585&amp;subd=centreforcompetitiveness&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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