Developing a Strategic Vision
Top management’s views about the company’s long-term direction and what product market customer business mix seems optimal for the road ahead constitute a strategic vision for the company. A strat...
Top management’s views about the company’s long-term direction and what product market customer business mix seems optimal for the road ahead constitute a strategic vision for the company. A strat...
Building a trusting relationship with your team takes time, and do not expect as a first-time manager that it will happen overnight. Trust is an integral part of building high-performing teams. If you...
Many organizations have realized the great benefits that teams can bring. And hopefully they also realize that it takes great effort to develop a group of individuals into a team that performs at a hi...
There are two dangerous conditions that first-time managers often fall victim to: overmanaging and undermanaging. Let’s look at undermanaging first. Undermanaging Let’s say you have a pretty i...
When social networks first appeared a decade ago, it was widely believed the phenomenon would be limited to crazed teenagers already captive to online games and video game consoles. Most of the techno...
OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE TIER AUDIT COMPETENCY MODEL Unlike other jobs, to be an effective internal auditor you need to be able to tap into and use five distinct competency categories. A competency is th...
WHEN INTERSTATE 75 APPEARED AND BYPASSED HIS Corbin, Kentucky, restaurant, Colonel Sanders knew it was all over. He auctioned off his equipment, paid his bills, and retired penniless at sixty-five. He...
MAKING A PRODUCT IS NOT SO HARD, BUT GETTING paid is another matter—a common plight among entrepreneurs. Some young companies go out of business over accounts receivable alone, but not this one. Mic...
Quality starts with understanding customer needs and ends when those needs are satisfied. ‘Is this a quality watch?’ Pointing to my wrist, I ask this question of a class of students undergraduates...
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