4 Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Windows Group Policy

There exists a need to properly read, deploy, and examine the results of Group Policy. By its architecture, Group Policy Deployment to the Clients or Servers can be erratic and latent, or even non-existent throughout your Enterprise Organization, frustrating Administrators who are rolling out the Group Policy to Client or Server computers. To help mitigate this behavior, I compiled these insights into a two part series from real-world examples, experiences, and fixes that have worked for me. I know that these Tips and Tricks will work for you, too.

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How Does Your Organization Appear to Suppliers?

As Bossert (2004) indicates in The Supplier Management Handbook, the relationship between suppliers and purchasing organizations has historically been adversarial. However, due to significant changes in technology, increased levels of services desired, and a focus on generating shareholder value on both sides of the supplier/purchasing organization relationship, both parties are more likely to work together to create overall value. In other words, the success of the purchasing organization is highly dependent upon the success of the supplier.

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Avoiding the Seven Sins of Customer Experience

We have all experienced it. Already flustered from dissatisfaction with a purchased service or product, we turn to a company’s associates for help, only to be met by indifference, rudeness or a memorized response that does not address our real needs. Not only does the poor response anger us in the moment, it threatens our loyalty to and positive impression of the brand.

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