Sabotage Your Own Business?

This article suggests a novel approach for spotting risks to your business.

Documentation and Audit problem Case Study - How to Overcome in TQM Impelmentation Project Part 8b

This TQM article is a case study on problems associated with Documentation and Audit in the CONTROL Phase of the D.I.A.C. Improvement Methodology. The article provides some real life examples on how they were overcome by the team leader.

Managing Your Fleet Is Now Easier Than Ever

Fleet Management help, tips, and ideas.

How to Effectively Carry Out the Managerial Function of Directing

Directing is one of the functions of management. It is the heart of the managerial process. Managers of organizations should learn how to carry out this function effectively.

Get 'Em Organized Through Business Card Holders

Who doesn't have a business card? Business cards are the most affordable, portable, and versatile tool for self-marketing. No other medium for exchanging contact information is as readily accepted as the business card. Over the years, the role of business cards in every conceivable industry has only gained more importance. Today, a business card is no longer a means for leaving contact information. It has been turned many times into an ad, a mini-coupon, a brochure, or even a CD-rom presentation. Business cards have become the hip and cheap way to grab attention and keep it.

Giving Good Feedback

Each day employees do many things right, and some things wrong. What should we do when their actions leave something to be desired? Do we chastise them? Do we humiliate them in front of their peers?

Teleconferencing Helps You Build a Business Empire

You balk as you look at the phone bill. In the three months it took your company to branch out to a location three continents away from where you are, you've spent enough money on phone bills to buy both an apartment in New York and a Porsche. What worries you the most is that you know this isn't the end of the story, or your phone bills. With key members of your staff calling each other almost every hour, you know those bills would remain as high as your blood pressure level.

Time Management Is About Managing Self

Time management is not much about managing time but managing oneself. It is up to the individual how effectively and efficiently he or she manages and uses the time. Plan your time well, and then you will have ample time to do your activities.

How To Recruit The Best People

In many sectors and industries recruiting good quality staff is a real challenge. Sadly, many organisations have more rigour around petty cash expenditure than one of their biggest investment decisions. So how can you stand out from the crowd?

HR Activities and Objectives

In the world of business innovations an organization can't do without streamlining the core HR activities and objectives.

The Human Element of Asset Management

A professional level of management is key to all assets. Generally people think of asset management as relating to investments. People are assets and should be professionally managed too.

How To Get Where You Want To Go - Quicker - By Going Slower!

When you are driving does it annoy you when people come up too close behind and start pressuring you to go faster? Do you go faster? or do you like most other people on this planet slow down?

Influence Management - Your Fast Track to Greater Impact - Part 3

In parts 1 and 2 of this 3-part article series, we examined four points of influence, including the word “Because,” Reciprocity, Contrast, and Pointing out the Negatives, and what you can do as a business leader to use them to your advantage. The points of influence outlined in this conclusion to the series are Consistency and Association.