"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." Langston Hughes (poet, playwright, author--1902-1967), Following Hughes' suggestion, I continue to hold fast to many dreams and keep them alive every day: They are striving to be the best Ch...

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Dr. Stephen R. Covey published a book that was all the rage a few years ago. His book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People outline seven traits found in all effective people. In order to see these habits one must undergo a paradigm shift, whic...

Role of Management We read about companies in trouble every now and then. Fokker, the first company that builds aeroplanes is now in receivership. Perwaja had to be saved a few months ago despite excellent write-ups about it not too long ago. More often than not such failures are due to Managem...

Management is universal in the modern industrial world. Every industrial organization requires the making of decisions, the coordinating of activities, the handling of people, and the evaluation of performance directed toward group objectives. In addition, our society simply could not exist as we kn...

Habit 1: Be Proactive According to Covey, this habit explains our ability to take charge of our lives. We have the ability to take charge, plan ahead, and focus our energies on things we can control instead of reacting to or worrying about things over which we have little or no control. As a senior ...

Marketing management is an important career. Professionals in any career need to sell their product or service, they need to know how to introduce it to the merchandise. Marketing managers know how to do it. They develop strategies to sell products and services analyzing the merchandise. They develo...

Communications and Telecommuting, a Supervisory Perspective Given the recent advances in Technology and the changes this brought to business communications, revolutionary impacts on the traditional workplace are predictable. The modern workplace is truly global in its realm. It is imperative ...

It has always been a dream of mine to one day open and run a small business. I feel that I know myself well, and that this career field would suit me best. Rather than have one large company that brought in a sufficient income annually, I prefer to have multiple small businesses which in turn lead t...

For thousands of years, people have always had a need to exchange and gather information accurately and efficiently. As time went by, technology took on many changes and greatly improved the way information is produced and gathered in today's business environment. Some of the first major devices w...

The Dynamics of Today's Virtual Team Although the advantages of today's "virtual" workgroups are considerable, these teams also face unique challenges which require effective solutions and ongoing cooperation from their members as well as their managers if the team is to be successfu...

As partners of Binders Bookstore, we have collectively chosen to automate our business. There is a need for our company to be computerized; the manual approach is not cohesive. We need to investigate our needs and evaluate the products available to suit our company. It is imperative to move our b...

INTRODUCTIONManagement has many different approaches within the organization. At the institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Renis Likert and colleagues proposed that Management styles could be classified into one of four different systems:System 1 - "Exploitive Authoritative"Sy...

What is Competency Mapping? Competency is a specific, identifiable, definable and measurable knowledge, ability, skill and/or attitude, physical ability required to perform any given task. Identifying competencies is the basis for HR planning. It provides the framework for individual training and de...