Working with the finance department
29 August 2012
Q: I work for a large company, where purchasing has recently merged with the finance department. Naturally my new boss is obsessed with bean-counting. How do I stay sane – and prove to the finance director what purchasing can do?
A: Christopher Barrat, director of the Greystone Partnership, writes: You are facing a classic dilemma – go along with their way and go mad, or stand up to them and risk losing your job. You are experiencing problems because these two options are treated as alternatives – if you look at doing both there is a good way forward.
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