Organizational Articles

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graeme Nichol @ Thursday, 31st May 2007 @ 2:03 AM

Every business has problems. That is why the average life span of a large industrial company is 40 years. Some are learning disabilities where companies are not prepared to learn from their mistakes. They insist on doing the same thing every time. Even when problems occur no one examines the cause of the problem. The problem is an embarrassment that should be swept under the rug and forgotten rather than be used as an opportunity to learn. Handling these dilemmas and disabilities is the Manageme... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graeme Nichol @ Thursday, 24th May 2007 @ 2:32 PM

Seriously simple when you think it through. Often managers respond that they have no idea how to get the information they need to manage their businesses or departments. They either have too much or too little. There are two problems. The first is that the managers have not identified their Key Performance Indicators. The second is managers have not set up a sound reporting structure. This article is about the structure of reporting. Management in most aspects should... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graeme Nichol @ Thursday, 24th May 2007 @ 2:08 PM

Time is the sparsest of all resources. Use it wisely. It is not so much about time management as it is about strategic management. Management tends to focus on the issues of the day more often than on strategic application. Each person in an executive team has areas that they are accountable for and these demand attention. Operational issues rise to the top and need attention. The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Strategic issues develop no fires, no embarrassments, and no sudden breakdowns so... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graeme Nichol @ Thursday, 24th May 2007 @ 11:12 AM

Failure is Great! You are probably asking yourself what could be good about failing. Failing means, well essentially, that you failed, that you did not achieve the results you wanted and that things did not turn out as you hoped. What could be good about that? The advantage is that you now know one way not to do something. And this is as useful as knowing one way of how to do something. As Thomas Edison said, -Just because something doesn\'t do what you planned it to d... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graeme Nichol @ Wednesday, 23rd May 2007 @ 10:30 PM

As we move slowly into 2006, what are our thoughts? How is the year going to turn out? How successful will we be and what will happen to our businesses? The businesses we either own or manage. Looking back on the past few years with the changes from 9/11 onwards many have failed to see the subtle shifts in many industries and unsubtle shifts in others. The Airline industry, for instance, is in a subtle shift. From large airplanes to smaller Biz Jets, to even larger airplanes, and the largest car... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Amy Nutt @ Wednesday, 23rd May 2007 @ 3:46 PM

In the past, you probably handled lots of projects on your own. But in today\'s project culture organizations, you will be asked to work on a project team. And if you prove you work well in a team environment, you will be asked to head a project. Here are ten project management tips: to help you put together and run a successful project team for your organization. 1. Analyze the kinds of skill members you will need before you begin to assemble the team. Don\'t make judgme... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Graham Tyler @ Tuesday, 22nd May 2007 @ 12:48 AM

The term time management is somewhat of an anomaly because we can\'t actually manage time! Telling delegates this at the beginning of a time management course can produce some frowning faces. We quickly move on to suggest that what we can do though is to manage ourselves in relation to time, we can control how we use time and we can control how we spend it. Time Management courses are attended by many different types of people and, in a sense, that\'s another of the fun ... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Ron Bates @ Thursday, 17th May 2007 @ 1:03 PM

There are many different opinions as to whether or not a company needs to hire the absolute best \"A-Player\" talent for every single position listed on a corporate org. chart. That said, most CEOs believe their company will perform better if the executive team is populated with the absolute best \"A-Player\" executive talent available. Unfortunately, many companies actually fail in their attempts to hire the best possible executive talent. When this failure occurs, in retrosp... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Amy Nutt @ Thursday, 17th May 2007 @ 9:16 AM

Are your projects consistently missing estimated completion dates? Do project management stakeholders always seem to ask for and get more, more, more, while project sponsors won\'t change the project completion date? Then, you probably are experiencing problems with project scope. Think of project scope as a box of Cracker Jack where the prize at the bottom of the box is the goals and objectives of the project. When you open the box (start a project) the box is full and you know the ... more...

Business » Management » Organizational | By Christine Groth @ Sunday, 13th May 2007 @ 3:47 PM

Long time ago I took the attitude that my time was of great worth, and that I just couldn\'t get done everything that I wanted to do each day. Running any small business or daycare center for that matter is an ambitious pursuit. It will take a great amount of commitment and goal setting on your part. So with all these things to do you must consider on delegating what\'s important and what\'s not important. One of the first questions you must ask yourself is, what do you ... more...