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Author :: Rick Maurer  |
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| Article Title :: Challenge of ERP Implementation: Q and A with Rick Maurer |
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| Question: ERPs seem like a good idea, so why is return on investment so low?Answer: Resistance often kills many of these new systems. Even though the promise of what an ERP can do is high, the planners often fail to look at how the users are likely to view this “improvement.” ERPs take away the old tried-and-true ways of working. Even though some of these cobbled together systems aren’t all that good, people understand them. When they are asked to give up what they know and what they can rely on, you often get resistance to using a new software system.ERPs also threaten the fragile balance of power and control. The old system allows departments and some individuals to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Maurer |
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| Article Title :: How To Rebuild Trust |
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| Here are some quick thoughts on ways to turn things around.Determine the real reasons why trust has diminished. Is it a problem in your industry? Something that happened in your company such as layoffs? Or is it personal – they don’t trust you? Don’t rush out and create a new program or incentive scheme until you know the nature of the problem.Determine what the implications of lower trust are. What is missing as a result? Does customer service or quality suffer? Is loyalty lower?Now you’ve got the data you need to begin to address the problem. Be wary of window-dressing solutions. Don’t try to pump people up or paint over the probl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Michael Mercer |
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| Article Title :: 3 Tests To Hire The Best |
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| Question: What’s the easiest, cheapest and quickest way to have profitable, productive, and honest employees?Answer: Hire profitable, productive, honest people!
Unfortunately, managers often hire underachievers or losers. Fortunately, pre-employment tests give managers a simple-to-use, quick, customizable way to hire the best.Only 1 Reason to Screen ApplicantsThe sole reason to assess applicants is to predict – or forecast – how an applicant will behave on-the-job BEFORE you hire the person. It proves crucial to prediction this before hiring an applicant, rather than finding out the expensive way after you put the person on your payroll.The main metho (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Judy Benjamin |
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| Article Title :: Print Buying Consultant |
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| Ten Money Saving Tips for Print ManagersDespite their stated desire to realize savings from streamlining the various components associated with the print buying process, it’s been my experience over the years, that many print managers neglect to do some of the easy things that can add up to significant cost savings annually. We all know these things, but we don’t always do them. Below are a few tips for saving money on print jobs, which might be old hat to some, but vital to remember.1.) Check invoices line-by-line—especially when starting out with a subcontractor. If she knows you’re checking, this will cut down on un-ordered extras, duplications, and so on. ($500 (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: David S. Levine |
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| Article Title :: Change or Die! To Change Your Organization, Hire a Business Coach |
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| It is a common business axiom – change or die. As a small or mid-sized business owner or a manager, there will be times you will need to make changes in your organization but may not be sure how to go about it.Change is hard to implement and even harder to sustain. Think about all of the people who have trouble sticking to a diet or quitting smoking or keeping up with an exercise program, let alone just starting. If changing yourself is hard, how can you change an entire business, organization, process or department?As a Certified Business Coach, one of the biggest challenges my clients face is this issue of change. Did you know there are eight reasons why organizations fa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Jeff Turner |
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| Article Title :: Choosing the Right Corporate Training |
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| According to a Gallup Poll, 80 percent of employees said the availability of company-sponsored training programs was a factor in deciding whether to accept a new job or stick with a current one. And yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the average number of hours of formal training per employee per year is only 10.7.More companies are starting to realize that it's smart to invest in training, but faced with so many choices, how can an organization make sure it's getting the most out of its educational investment?What do you need?Training can take several forms, from simply encouraging subscriptions to key trade magazines to reimbursing tuition for degree progr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Robert A. Kelly |
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| Article Title :: Managers Who Spend PR $$ Wisely |
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| If you are a department, division or subsidiary manager, your budget is a precious possession whether you work for a business, a non-profit or an association. So why stand by while your public relations team spends too much time and treasure on tactics like press releases, column mentions and brochures? Especially when you could be using an aggressive PR blueprint to persuade your most important outside audiences to your way of thinking, then move them to take actions that lead to your success?The good news is, that aggressive blueprint shines the PR spotlight directly on those outside groups of people who have a large say in how successful you’re going to be – namely, on your (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mindie Burgoyne |
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| Article Title :: It's a Training Issue! |
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| There’s a common phrase used by Organizational Development and Human Resource professionals, when identifying kinks in the growth of an organization or company - “It’s a training issue.” The same phrase can be applied to almost any group of human beings that are working together to achieve a common goal. When progress stagnates and obstacles appear, you can retrace the path of movement and discover that things started to go wrong when someone wasn’t trained properly.Have you ever experienced any of the following situations?Fast Food Nightmare:You pull up to a fast food drive through window and a voice, with a foreign accent quickly spews out some inaudible (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Judith Lindenberger |
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| Article Title :: Diversity in the Workplace |
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| As you look around your office, is everyone just like you? Probably not. The demographics of the American workforce have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. In the 1950s, more than 60% of the American workforce consisted of white males. They were typically the sole breadwinners in the household, expected to retire by age 65 and spend their retirement years in leisure activities. Today, the American workforce is a better reflection of the population with a significant mix of genders, race, religion, age and other background factors.The long-term success of any business calls for a diverse body of talent that can bring fresh ideas, perspectives and views to their work. The (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kem Thompson |
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| Article Title :: It's All About The Customers, Baby |
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| If you want to ensure a steady stream of customers in your business, you must always remember why you're in business in the first place.Sure you want to earn a decent income for yourself, but you also want to provide a useful service don't you?That second reason should take precedence over the first. Your main aim should be to provide a useful service to people. Making lots of money from it should be secondary.When you have your priorities in that order, guess what happens? The money starts to come in! You literally become a customer- magnet.Know why? Because when people sense that you genuinely care about them, they'll become loyal customers and will get th (read full article) |
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