Corporate Intelligence Awareness: Securing the Competitive Edge

Rodger Nevill Harding
Multi-Media Publications, Inc. (2006)
ISBN 1895186420
Reviewed by William E. Cooper for Reader Views (9/06)

Corporate intelligence, or business information, is an absolutely essential commodity in today’s rapid and evolving management and organizational strategies and operations.  A particular organization’s information/intelligence provides its competitive advantage; its ability to ethically collect and assess information about the competition enhances that advantage.  Mr. Harding has produced a book, “Corporate Intelligence Awareness,” that is a must-have for managers and executives.  He begins the book with a discussion about what intelligence is, how it works, and the best opportunities for its use.  He also provides the reader with sound and comprehensive methodologies for protecting it from the all-too-frequent people who seek it.

As the former Chief of Police of a municipal police department, one of my responsibilities was protecting considerable amounts of personal and private information.  While we had success the vast majority of time, our task would have been substantially easier by having had an education similar to what Mr. Harding provides here.

It has often been said that knowledge is power.  In reality, applied knowledge is the real power.  Apply what you learn in “Corporate Intelligence Awareness” and you will have a distinct advantage in your business.

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