Businesses are structured around departments with differing functional concerns. Tension between these functions is complementary, as it challenges stakeholders to do their best, and also meet the needs of the opposing disciplines. However the tension between Sales and Marketing takes on a more ideological tone, becoming more charged than tensions between other disciplines.
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January 6, 2009 – 2:06 pm
A Healthy Tension: but are we taking it far enough?
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November 11, 2008 – 9:05 am
Tribal networking during turbulent times
Are you feeling a surge of networking activity during the looming forecasts of financial disaster? It seems networking is up everywhere, people turning to tribal membership organizations, both online and those that meet in person.
I am a member of MENG Marketing Executive Network Group, whose president Richard Guha put out an email asking, “Will you [...]
