Health & Safety – Ignoring It Will Close Your Business
Occupational health and safety and public health and safety are two areas that have become increasingly important, but also easier to manage, in recent years. There has been an increase in awareness of Health and Safety...
I believe that one of the key causes of failure of online businesses in their first year is the lack of focus by the owner. There are literally so many things to do in the day that its hard to decide which one of the mile-long list is the best task to tackle first. Moreover, there are so many...
Six-Sigma provides a methodical, disciplined, quantitative approach to continuous process improvement. Through applying statistical thinking, Six Sigma uncovers the nature of business variation and its affect on waste, operating cost, cycle time, profitability, and customer...
A project is an assignment or task taken up to achieve a specific goal. The development and introduction of new services or of a management information system are instances of a project. A project is different from the continuous or day-to-day processes of a company. It is confined within cost,...
Business and professionals share an everlasting liaison. Just as a skilled potter produces a perfect pot, efficient professionals lead to a successful business. The qualities of professionals are different from those of ordinary men and women. For instance
Business professionals are...
The 1980’s business culture in the USA and internationally put a considerable emphasis on personal reward on the basis that highly motivated individuals could transform organisations and societies. The extreme example in film was Gordon Gekko in Wall Street stating that greed was good. The...
If you are a business owner, you probably follow certain standards within your business. I’m talking about those “rules” you set up and follow – your business etiquette.
For example, my standards include:
not working on Fridays, evenings or weekends
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The value of business goodwill is in the throws of a major revival under the tent of mutual interest and partnership. Amid a global partnering boom, the future value of your business is at stake.
Go-it-alone competitive practices are for the scrapbook.
Partnering opportunities...
Good Ways To Procrastinate And When Procrastination Might Be Good
I am writing this with the din of jackhammers in background. I am working on the weekend (surprising at that might be); feeling sorry for myself that I cannot get good quiet uninterrupted time in like I had planned....
Jerry Pounds, writing on the Management-Issues web site recently put out an interesting piece called: “Litigation awaits for insensitive employers.” Here’s a key passage.
“Judges and juries are linking musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disease,...
How many times have you needed to call for a service such as carpet cleaning? Mechanic service? How about a more serious issue such as a flood service?
Did you find that looking through the phone book just doesnt give enough info and searching online pops up to many unreliable,...
Paper archives have a number of serious shortcomings, which at best cost time and money, and at worst threaten the viability of an organization.
There is first of all the issue of space which is typically at a premium in most organizations. Filing archives take up an ever increasing, and...