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Author :: Etienne Gibbs  |
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| Article Title :: What Every Manager Should Know About How to Enhance the Motivational Climate of the Workplace |
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| It has been well documented that employees' productivity and job quality increase when we are made to feel welcomed at work. In other words, when the motivational climate is enhanced to meet their needs they produce quality work at the 100% rate.The factor that caused them to produce at such high standards is their employer enhancing the motivational climate. As a result, they came to work, not because they had to, but because they wanted to.By listening to your employees, they will tell you what you can do to enhance their motivational climate. In the meanwhile, here is a checklist to help you get started. Ask yourself, Do I:* select the right person fo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steven Gillman |
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| Article Title :: Ten Problem Solving Techniques |
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| Do you ever need to find some good ideas, or come up with a solution for a persistent problem? Learn some simple problem solving techniques, and start applying them. Choose a few of the methods below, and get in the habit of using them in your personal life and your business.Problem Solving Techniques1. Clarify what a successful solution is, and that will guide your efforts. In fact, sometimes just clarifying the desired outcome will suggest immediate solutions.2. Get opinions and/or advice from several people. They might have good ideas, and you'll be sure you're not overlooking the obvious. Also, you clarify a problem when you explain it, and that may help i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Etienne Gibbs |
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| Article Title :: What Every Manager Should Know About How to Become An Effective Executive |
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| In his book, The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker pointed out that the effective executive is the person who focuses on making a contribution.This focus on the making of a contribution is the key. And the key to effectiveness comes in three areas:1. in a person's work, its content, its level, its standards, and its impacts;2. in his relationships with others, his superiors, his associates, and his subordinates; and3. in his use of the tools of the executive, such as meetings and reports.The executive who focuses on efforts and who stresses his authority downwards is a subordinate no matter how exalted his title and rank might be.Bu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Etienne Gibbs |
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| Article Title :: What Every Manager Should Know About How to Maximize the Two People Inside |
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| Every one of us, in reality, has two people inside: The person we are today and the person we can become tomorrow and in the future.We go to work every day, are never late or absent, earn a promotion; and receive occasional raises. We and our work are far above satisfactory. That makes us the person who is well liked by our employer, our family, and ourselves.But there is also another person in us. It is the person who, when properly motivated and exposed to the encouraging information, can narrow the gap that exists between his habitual performance patterns and his maximum potential.The development of people, whether directed by someone else or by us ourselves, is a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Etienne Gibbs |
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| Article Title :: What Every HR Manager Should Know About Hiring Productive Employees |
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| The characteristics of job applicants have a strong influence on whether or not they get hired. Their characteristics also indicate the level of their productivity. If you are about to hire employees, consider the characteristics listed below in checklist form. The candidates who possess them are probably the ones who will be readily accepted by your staff. This acceptance plays an important role in the team-building process and the productivity of the staff.( ) Appearance An applicant whose physical characteristics, dress, and presence are pleasant, neat, and attractive sets a positive influence. Caution: Overemphasis on his or her appearance may be a cover-up of som (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Etienne Gibbs |
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| Article Title :: What Every Manager Should Know About How to Conduct Successful Meetings |
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| Do you announce a meeting and find either no one shows up on time, they come with their own agenda, or the meeting goes on and on? If this is true in your case, then worry no more.Here are six steps to help you develop successful meetings:1. Establish a realistic and specific objective. Ask yourself, "What do I want to accomplish?" or "Why am I calling people together at this time?"Do I want:* to solve problem(s).
* to inform.
* to orient.
* to gain feedback.
* to give feedback.
* to motivate.
* to reward.
* to buy. or
* to sell.Next, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Dana Schorden |
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| Article Title :: Six Sigma Training 101 – Better Management Basics |
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| What is Six Sigma?Six Sigma is a quality management program that is designed to achieve a “six sigma” level of quality for products. In the mid 1980s, Motorola pioneered Six Sigma and it has since been adopted by many other companies and manufacturers. Service companies also implement Six Sigma strategies to improve customer service and relations. The idea behind Six Sigma is that failures in quality and customer satisfaction occur after the sixth sigma of likelihood in a normal distribution curve. Hence, the idea is that there are less defects per product or customer service. Motorola defines the success of six-sigma quality in terms of the number of Defects Per Million Opport (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mel Dunn |
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| Article Title :: Prepare A Winning CV |
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| There is every chance that elements of this article may not be appropriate for everyone in every situation – and that’s precisely the point! Every situation is different. No two projects are the same. No two Curriculum Development Specialist roles are necessarily identical, but for name. Context, duration, region, sub-sector and many other factors are likely to create requirements that are unique, even when very similar. So a standard CV, or your most recent one with a date change is not necessarily the best one to submit – and I would contend, never the way to approach submitting a CV within a project.Take for example how many large project management companies deal wit (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Karen Fritscher-Porter |
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| Article Title :: 5 Ways to Work More Effectively With Your Administrative Assistant |
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| Stop hiring new administrative support staff. And learn how to retain your existing administrative staff.Are you a manager, director or other senior-level personnel who wants to work more effectively with your administrative support professional? Did you know that partnering with your administrative assistants and executive assistants can actually help you to meet your professional goals at work? Would you like to know how to improve morale among your administrative support professionals and retain them as long-term employees? After all, isn't it a lot more profitable to retain existing staff than to constantly hire, train and get along with new staff? Here are five ways to work mo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Lorraine Pirihi |
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| Article Title :: Do You Need a Personal Assistant? |
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| It’s great to be multi-skilled…be able to type your own correspondence, do your bookkeeping, answer all phone calls, prepare your PowerPoint presentations, organise your own travel, seminars, pick up and send your mail, pack orders, do your own marketing, do all the photocopying, ring your clients and prospects. However it may not leave you with enough time to focus on what really matters.When you first start out in business, you will no doubt do most things yourself, yet to continue trying to keep control of every task that needs doing by handling everything yourself, you’ll never be able to grow your business successfully. You’ll run out of time and also be limited by you (read full article) |
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