Management
Understanding management by walking around (MBWA)
by Jacinth Klee
Most top and middle management are often isolated from their employees or workers, as their main channel of communication is through their direct subordinates. They usually receive summarized or edited reports about the organization and its operations; as such they tend to lose touch with the activities and actual goings-on within the organization, and are often 'invisible' and inaccessible to the
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No
by David Nuttle
Most of us would like to think that success in business depends on the good ethics of many business owners.
Yes
by Ahmer Aftab
Practicing good ethics is the cornerstone of any business activity in the world of today. If a business
Business Strategy
- The need for innovation in the oil industry
- How to track productivity using a Time and Attendance System
- What processes can effective CEOs implement to beat the recession
- Combatting a failing economy with creativity
- How logistic and transportation companies can differentiate themselves and improve profitability
- What is Business Network International (BNI)?
- Benefits of using the COBIT framework for IT governance
General Management
- Negative feedback is an opportunity
- Figure out your best individual work-life balance
- Tips on how to conduct a factory safety inspection
- How making work fun helps to retain employees
- What is management consulting?
- How to conduct an internal quality audit for SQF 2000
- A look at the US Dept. of Education data breach
Management (Other)
- Qualities of a good manager
- ISO method for assuring quality control
- Book reviews: Silos, Politics and Turfwars, by Patrick Lencioni
- Corporate boards and the media
- The corporate board's role in a merger
- Understanding Sarbanes-Oxley's Section 302 and its impact on executive management
- How quality is expressed in the workplace
Staffing Issues
by Raven Lebeau
When delegating tasks, the manner in which you give an order will often affect how that order is carried out. The wrong approach on
by Jim Smoot
For a manager, getting people to do what you want boils down to a question of motivation. What will motivate them to do what is required?
Strategy for Building Better Relationships with Your Customers
The quality your company uses to manufacture products and services should
by Ian Buchanan
I worked for a large international corporation for a long time and experienced life under several poor managers: fortunately I also
Writing Assignments
- Management (Other)
- Understanding the meaning of corporate IT governance
- Importance of good corporate IT governance
- Different types of public relations interviews
- General Management
- Design management: An emerging discipline
- Places for employers to get drug test kits
- The best web-based business management solutions
- Book reviews: Effective Small Business Management, by Norman Scarborough and Thomas Zimmerer
- Finding the right business management software for your needs
- What happened during the Boston Globe data breach?
- A look at the US Dept. of Education data breach
- A look at the University of Texas data breach
- Understanding service level agreements (SLA)
- What kind of audit will I get with SQF 2000?
- The best web-based employee management solutions
- The best small business management software
- Leadership Strategies
- Leadership strategies: The Cognitive and Learning Schools
- Leadership strategies: The Design and Planning Schools
- Leadership strategies: The Power and Cultural schools
- Business Strategy
- How on the cloud computing can be used as a competitive advantage
- Pros and cons of cloud computing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
- Ways on the cloud computing offers SMEs an advantage
- Useful ways small and medium businesses can use smart mobile devices
- How supplier diversity yields growth
- Book reviews: Heads Up, by Kenneth McGee
- Understanding the basic concept of manufacturing equipment proactive maintenance
- Understanding the basic concept of manufacturing equipment predictive maintenance
- Pros and cons of enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications
- Best practices for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
- Book Reviews: Information Rules-A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, by Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian
- The fundamentals of factory automation
Difference of opinion? Debate now.
- Management (Other)
- Women in leadership positions: Must they work harder?
- Management Ethics
- Is business success an outcome of practicing good ethics?
- Does suggested retail price represent the true value of a product?
- Staffing Issues
- Should employers provide employee benefits for same-sex partners of employees?
- Should leadership take the blame for staff errors?
- Should US employers hire the millions of unemployed people with severe disabilities instead of illegal immigrants?


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