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- Manager's Corner - Unhappy Employees Often Mean You Failed To Act - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2008 from Liz WeberA client recently told me she believes one of her key employees may be looking for a different job. My client was nervous and a bit "defeated." Her employee is smart, efficient, organized, and articulate. She gets along with everyone, works on any project you ask her to, and is willing to try ...
Views: 3077 - Manager's Corner -<BR>Train Employees To Retain Employees - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2008 from Liz WeberI shared in last month's article the frightful statistics that predict continued - if not - growing problems with employee retention. In that article - "Gaining Employees" - I also shared my thoughts on how to alleviate those issues by hiring better candidates. In this article, I'd like to focus ...
Views: 1692 - Manager's Corner Article: Retain Employees: Give Them What They Need - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2008 from Liz WeberFor most employers, the objective of filling a staff position, is to find the right person, with the right attitude, with the right skills. Quite often, once that's done, we cross off that 'To Do' item, give a sigh of relief, and move on to the next issue that's demanding our attention. However, ...
Views: 906 - Manager's Corner: If Something Feels Off, It Probably Is - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Liz WeberI messed up - big time. I knew deep in my gut something had to be wrong, but for some reason, I didn't have a frank, direct conversation with Joseph. During our numerous status meetings, I had accepted his rationalizations of a hectic travel schedule, numerous new team members, and uncooperative ...
Views: 1459 - Manager's Corner: Managing Lay Offs with Dignity - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Liz WeberWith the potential for layoffs facing more and more companies, the realities of laying off great workers is confronting many business owners and managers: owners and managers who have never before faced this hard act. To help ease the pain for the employees being laid off, the owners and ...
Views: 1268 - Manager's Corner: When Is it Complete - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Liz WeberSo what are we supposed to do? What are they looking for? Why don't they just tell us what they want? I hear these and similar questions from employees fairly frequently as they try to determine what their managers really want them to do with a project. What are they supposed to deliver? The ...
Views: 1053 - Managers--Leave the Conference Room and Mingle in the Cafeteria - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2016 from Bill LamptonIf your business has a company cafeteria, my guess is that you have become aware of these four mistakes that many managers make regularly: ONE: Thinking that they can't get away from meetings for thirty to forty-five minutes, they continue to meet during lunch and have their meals brought ...
Views: 1047 - Managing an Employee with a Disability - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2011 from Beth MollenkampA manager came to me the other day and asked, “What if I suspect an employee of having a learning disability? Do I have to look the other way regarding his poor performance?” There seems to be a misconception that you cannot hold an employee accountable to do his or her job if he or she has a ...
Views: 3259 - Managing Business Growth through Online Advertising - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Cardeans JuanResearch has showed that global enterprises are quickly taking center stage in order to effectively promote their products and services. To supply proper verves to their products they are harnessing the technologies and newly developed protocols that convey the vital set of information to the ...
Views: 636 - Managing Cash Flow - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2012 from Emily SoccorsyThe phrase, “Cash is King” has never been more true in business than it is today. Unfortunately, while many companies are finding themselves short on cash, lending requirements have become extremely stringent. Moreover, increasing sales don’t always equal increased cash flow; especially if the ...
Views: 957 - Managing Cash Flow for Small Businesses - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Tony HarringtonMaintaining good cash flow is vital for any small businesses. To really understand its role, think of cash on hand as s small business’ vital fluids—the more cash on hand it has, the more ‘liquid’ a small business becomes. A favorable liquidity level means the business is able to settle the ...
Views: 606 - Managing Expectations in Personal and Professional Life - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2016 from Ganesh BabuIn personal and professional life, most of us are struggling to manage the expectation as we have limited time and resources. On the personal front, there is a need to manage the expectation from SELF as well as from family members. In the professional front,there is a need to manage the ...
Views: 4364 - Managing Gaps - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2007 from William CottringerMANAGING GAPS By Bill Cottringer Much of the management role involves the important process of identifying critical gaps, understanding the details of what is in between where things are and where you want them to be, and then managing to close these gaps quickly and cost-effectively. Here ...
Views: 1099 - Managing Generation Ys - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Cecile PeterkinGeneration Y is largest generation behind Baby Boomers. Often referred to as Millennials or Generation Next, these workers, born between 1982 and 2000, are just now entering the marketplace and seem to be creating quite a stir in companies all over the world. Unlike the generations who came ...
Views: 799 - Managing Local Government Services Strategically - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from Oel WingoA good local government manager recognizes managing a city or county organization is no different than managing a business in the private sector. The aim is to maximize the utilization of resources, both revenue and people, to accomplish the goals of the community as efficiently and effectively ...
Views: 1113 - Managing resources globally using planning & scheduling software - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2012 from Mahendra GuptaDo you have a global business where your employees are located or constantly moving from one part of the world to another? How do you manage them, track their work and their productivity? Regardless of whether a company’s staffs are global or local, a company needs to know where they are, ...
Views: 1026 - MANAGING RISK ON ERP PROJECTS - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2024 from Satish PandeyIn the pursuit of seamless ERP migration, the intricacies involved pose a formidable challenge, with each endeavor carrying a distinctive blend of business and technical peril. A multitude of variables influence the level of jeopardy inherent in an implementation, encompassing factors such as ...
Views: 251 - Managing The Older Employee - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2008 from Pat BrillThe work force has several different generations functioning side by side. Each generation has diverse needs which means you will have to manage them differently. So not only do you have individual styles to deal with, you also have the employee’s generation to include in motivating the ...
Views: 2351 - MANAGING THE OVERLOAD - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2008 from William CottringerMANAGING THE OVERLOAD By Bill Cottringer “Offices, desks, drawers, attics, basements, table tops, backyards, closets, medicine cabinets, garages, mailboxes, minds…all getting full of clutter and spilling over.” ~The author. Everything I read, see, think, talk about, and experience these ...
Views: 859 - Managing The Virtual Employee! - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2008 from Pat BrillTechnology is a powerful tool that will continue to impact the working environment. The ability to stay connected no matter where the employee is located, allows companies to be more flexible with their business decisions and with employees. Most companies still operate from a physical space ...
Views: 1097 - Managing Towards The Simplicity Just On The Other Side Of Complexity - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from William CottringerManaging Towards The Simplicity Just On The Other Side Of Complexity By Bill Cottringer “I wouldn’t give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity just on the other side of complexity.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes. The main purpose ...
Views: 1462 - Managing Virtual Teams: The Secret of Success - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2021 from Andreea ZorzRemote work is making headlines around the world, whether it’s (yet another) study showing increased productivity, how it’s being used to control the spread of Covid-19 in China, or just the exponential rise of virtual teams, barely a day goes by without something new in the world of virtual ...
Views: 608 - Managing Work and People Without Harshness and a Domineering Approach - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2025 from santosh krinskyThere is an apocryphal story involving the Mother, a sadhak and a bullock. The sadhak complained that the bullock was being obstinate and not cooperating. The Mother asked the sadhak to bring the bullock so she could observe it. After doing so, she indicated there was nothing wrong with the ...
Views: 8 - Managing Your Business Expenses - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2012 from Lillian DawnOne of the things that you need to think about carefully if you're a small business owner is the amount of money that you are spending on your business. This is not only going to have an impact on your bottom line, it will have an impact on your possibility of success because spending too much ...
Views: 1147 - Managing your Internet Reputation - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from Oel WingoLocal Government professional executive managers, like their private industry counterparts have highly visible public profiles that often leave them open to criticism and attacks from many avenues including disgruntled employees and dissatisfied unions. However, unlike a private enterprise ...
Views: 994 - Managing your mindset: the key to effective time management - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Bart Mindszenthy & Harvey Silver, Ph.D.As economic conditions get tougher, everyone has had to do more with less. But when workplace demands for higher productivity mean that management workloads become unwieldy, whole organizations suffer unless leaders learn to manage their time by managing themselves. “Most of us respond to ...
Views: 1284 - Managing Your Recruiter - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2008 from Pat BrillYou're a manager and don't have the time to do the all of the recruiting for your open position, so you rely on other people to help you in your talent search. Whether you depend on your Human Resources Department or outside recruiters to find the right candidates, it's important to know what ...
Views: 1361 - Managing your small business finances: 5 pro hacks to keep them in order - by Submitted on May 02, 2017 from Helen SheplyakovaWhen you’re a small business owner, you have to be the man (or woman) of all hands: you’re usually the one who sells products or provides services, as well as takes care of all the administrative arrangements and financial management. Everything that’s related to the operation of your business ...
Views: 1141 - Mandatory Illegal substances Weekly in Short Supply - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from Avery JonesPer bothering spot initiated a policy of that develops inside of medical society, and it has concerning all of the pharmaceutical supply chain management. In various legal cases, worrying medications who will be high price and also needed for patrons to survive conditions are running into extra ...
Views: 528 - Manufacturers of Medical Devices Should Consider These 10 ERP Needs - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2022 from Satish PandeyMedical device manufacturers function in one of the world’s most extremely regulated industries, which makes the need for a particular manufacturing ERP system much more essential. When success can hinge on time-to-market, traceability, high-quality management, and compliance with the newest ...
Views: 259 - Manufacturers of medical devices should embrace ERP and the Digital Transformation Foundation - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2022 from Satish PandeyThe COVID-19 pandemic caused huge disruptions in manufacturing, and medical device manufacturers weren’t immune. A survey carried out in December 2020 examined the scope of the disruption and discovered that six out 10 manufacturers have been affected by supply chain disruptions, and nearly half ...
Views: 378 - Manufacturing Best Practices - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2022 from Satish PandeyTime and time again, we have drilled home the value of following ERP software best practices whenever embarking on an ERP project. Going into implementation without following confirmed strategies will lead to a solution that fails to deliver ROI and desired improvements. But software success ...
Views: 431 - Manufacturing Industry Trends 2022 - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2022 from Satish Pandey1. 2022: The Year of Smart Factories In 2022, factories and manufacturing amenities are poised to pass the tipping level of smart manufacturing facility adoption, transferring from the occasional or sporadic implementation of good gear to more full-fledged methods, taking advantage of the ...
Views: 333 - Market Analysis and Insights: Construction Project Management Software - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2021 from Satish PandeyThe construction project management software market is predicted to achieve 2.73 USD billion by 2027 witnessing market progress at a price of 8.70% within the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. Data Bridge Market Research report on construction management software market gives evaluation and ...
Views: 454 - Market Research Methods - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2012 from Rodney WincasterMarket research methods need to be chosen carefully, it could be qualitative or quantitative in nature. Descriptive research is a method of data collection used by market researchers across the globe. Descriptive research is a fact-finding investigation with adequate interpretation. It is the ...
Views: 851 - Marrying Quick Actions With Accountable Results - by Submitted on May 18, 2012 from Alan DobzinskiAccountants sometimes tell me that I know them better than they know themselves. Well, I should! I spent five years working inside the consulting division of a regional accounting firm, experiencing firsthand how accountants handle business development. Many service professionals have at ...
Views: 929 - Marsha Kent – TELL MORE, TO SELL MORE - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Marsha KentDirect TV can be defined as a media activity that allows or enables customers to directly respond to the company advertising the product. DRTV combines the magnetic appeal of television with the accuracy of direct marketing techniques. DRTV has been highly successful in many products- from ...
Views: 549 - Materials Management in Healthcare is very much Challenging and tough in your Near impossible Value Surroundings - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Tony BellMost of the economic condition is hard for all people instantly. Materials management in healthcare isn't a some other. Circumstance treatments cannot bring about an individual's road in the use cord you can manufacturers not to mention retail outlets, no-one will be able to purchase them with ...
Views: 777 - Maximizing Efficiency: ERP for Process Manufacturing - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2023 from Satish PandeyIn the fast-paced world of process manufacturing, staying competitive and efficient is essential. The key to achieving this lies in implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system specifically tailored to meet the unique demands of process manufacturing industries. In this article, we ...
Views: 295 - Maximizing Manufacturing Growth: Unleashing the Power of ERP Solutions - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2024 from Satish PandeyIn today's rapidly evolving industrial landscape, manufacturers face a myriad of challenges ranging from supply chain disruptions to increased competition. To thrive in such a dynamic environment, businesses must leverage cutting-edge technologies that streamline operations, enhance efficiency, ...
Views: 242 - Maximizing Potential With Finance For Non-Financial Managers - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Ioventures IncA number of businesses have their personnel enrolled into lessons which would assist them in getting information that will aid them in diversifying their aptitude to other departments. There are, in fact, classes which provide employees fundamental information concerning a certain subject. An ...
Views: 1051 - Maximizing Profits and Minimizing Costs: The Power of Opensource Construction ERP - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2023 from Satish PandeyIn today’s fast-paced construction industry, efficiency is the key to success. Construction projects come with numerous challenges, from managing resources to meeting deadlines and controlling costs. To navigate these complexities and stay competitive, construction companies are increasingly ...
Views: 227 - Maximizing Project Control and Collaboration with ERP Software in Construction Management - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2023 from Satish PandeyThe construction industry is known for its complexity, with various teams and departments involved in a single project. To ensure success, it is crucial to have effective project control and collaboration. This is where Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software comes in. ERP software is a ...
Views: 357 - Maximizing Sales Potential: Unveiling the Impact of ERP Systems - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2024 from Satish PandeyIn today's dynamic business landscape, where competition is fierce and customer expectations are constantly evolving, companies are continually seeking innovative ways to enhance their sales performance. Among the myriad of strategies and tools available, one solution stands out for its ...
Views: 259 - Maximizing Team Collaboration and Profit Margins in Construction with ERP. - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2024 from Satish PandeyIn the ever-evolving construction industry, effective team collaboration is crucial for project success and profitability. Construction projects involve numerous tasks, strict deadlines, and coordination among diverse stakeholders. Ensuring seamless collaboration among team members can ...
Views: 201 - Maximizing Your Business Potential with Professional Odoo Support Services - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2023 from Satish PandeyIn today’s fast-paced business world, companies are looking for ways to streamline their processes, increase productivity, and reduce costs. One solution that has become increasingly popular is the use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Odoo is an open-source ERP software that has ...
Views: 329 - Medical Negligence - The Components that Make Up a Negligence Claim - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2011 from Mark Marhon JrMedical negligence is an act, or the failure to act, by a medical provider within the medical care of a patient that is not consistent within the accepted standard of care. For negligence to have occurred, the following elements must be present: Duty - A duty was owed from a medical ...
Views: 942 - Medical Transcription Outsourcing - Providing Outstanding Support - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from Renee KellyHealthcare is an essential service that draws support from various sources to be able to deliver services that meet quality standards. As healthcare is a business it is also important for healthcare to be profitable and meet statutory requirements. Keeping all these factors in mind it is ...
Views: 847 - Medical transcription: A case study for outsourcing - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Renee KellyDr.Williams, 37, was based in New Jersey in an upscale neighborhood. He was a general physician and had a well-established practice. He had a small clinic right next to his home, a staff of two, a nurse and a receptionist cum secretary. He also had a part time accountant who took care of filing ...
Views: 1018 - Medical transcription: Billing methods and line count methodology. - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Renee KellyWhen it comes to outsourcing medical transcription needs, there are many factors to be considered. A healthcare facility needs to analyze what it exactly hopes to gain from outsourcing and then has to evaluate a medical transcription service provider on the basis of these criteria. But one ...
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