Management Diary
The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's
The Dripping Faucet in Every Organization
Each day millions of workers spend 8 hours or more at their respective jobs with many contributing to the dripping faucet within every organization. This faucet much like the leaking kitchen or bathroom faucet's steadily waste drops of a previous resource - water - every minute of every day until fixed.
11 Strategies on How to Work in An Open Plan Environment
Many work environments now are open plan, with only a few senior managers having offices of their own. This style of work can have great benefits for team building - fostering cooperation and collaboration and can be wonderful for developing the social aspects of teams, but on the flipside, it can drive some people crazy and be damaging to productivity.
Identifying Potential in Ourselves and Others
If there is someone nearby as you read this look in their eyes. Look closely and you will see great potential inside this person regardless of how "successful" or accomplished they are.
Miracle Max On Market Breakthroughs
Successful enterprise building requires seven elements. These are: 1.
Business Knowledge Management
In the last few years a lot has been written about Business Process Management, and about technologies supporting it such as BPMS, SOAP and Web Services. Most of these theories, tools and techniques refer to processes of a highly structured nature.
Indiscretion Can Kill Your Business
The quickest way to cancel out all the thought, work, energy, time and expense you've poured into promoting your business is with indiscretions. I'm not talking about giving your clients' confidential materials to their competitors, though that certainly will kill your business I'm talking about the indiscretions that leak out of your mouth, such as: - Those inappropriate responses to anyone and everyone within earshot when you are dog-tired and have been up all night trying to meet a deadline.
Employee Motivation - Access Their Unique Talents
Your people are invaluable to you. They are the lifeblood of your business or organisation.
10 Fundamentals for Effective Meeting
Here are ten fundamental concepts that characterize an effective meeting. Definition: A meeting is a business activity where select people gather to perform work that requires a team effort.
How to Say No
Rejection hurts. No one likes to give it or to receive it.
How to Delegate More Effectively
Do this simple excercise, and transform your life. First, Make a list of recurring 'to do's'.
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Obama promises more stimulus as unemployment edges up
(AFP)
 AFP - President Barack Obama promised a fresh slew of measures to boost the ailing US economy Friday after fresh data showed unemployment was again on the rise.
Obama planning new package of economic aid
(AP)
 AP - Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, including tax cuts and targeted spending, to spark job growth.
Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises
(AP)
 AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.
Payrolls data offer ray of hope for recovery
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up economic growth.
A look at economic developments around the globe
(AP)
AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:
Obama says to address new economic ideas next week
(Reuters)
 Reuters - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly.
US services sector growth eases
(AFP)
 AFP - Growth of the key US services sector fell to its lowest level in eight months in August amid a weakening economic recovery, a survey report said Friday.
Summary Box: Service sector growth slows in August
(AP)
AP - GROWTH SLOWING: The Institute for Supply Management said its service-sector index fell to 51.5 last month from 54.3 in July. The number indicates growth for the eighth consecutive month but it was the weakest pace since January.
Service sector grows at slower pace in August
(AP)
 AP - The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey.
Broke youth anti-crime groups want federal cash
(AP)
 AP - A $1.6 billion congressional bailout of sorts could help financially flailing groups that fight to keep young people out of trouble, yet lawmakers are reluctant to take up the expensive proposal amid a sour economy and other, more pressing issues.
Obama: jobs data 'positive' but not enough
(AFP)
 AFP - US President Barack Obama said better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive, but said it was not good enough as the economy struggles out of the deepest slump in decades.
Top Obama critic blasts 'job-killing' policies
(AFP)
 AFP - President Barack Obama should fire his top economic advisers and quit his "job-killing" policies, the top House Republican said after US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August.
Campbell Soup profit beats Street but sales light
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Campbell Soup Co posted lower-than-expected quarterly sales and forecast sales growth for the new fiscal year below its long-term target as the world's largest soup company grapples with a weak economy.
(AP)
AP - Obama calls anew for Congress to pass legislation providing tax relief for small businesses.
White House: August jobs report reassuring
(Reuters)
Reuters - The White House on Friday greeted a better than expected August employment report as reassuring news after a recent spate of "unsettling" economic data, and reiterated it was working with Congress to take additional steps to boost U.S. growth and hiring.
Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday.
Oil prices stage gentle rebound after US payrolls
(AFP)
 AFP - Oil prices firmed on Friday as traders examined a better-than-expected payrolls report in the United States, the world's leading energy consumer.
Instant View: Payrolls fall by 54K, less than expected
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the decline was far less than expected and private payrolls growth surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up growth.
Service sector spotlight shines on Germany, China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Global service sector surveys highlighted a growing divergence in economic recovery on Friday with a pick up in growth in China and Germany but slowdowns in Britain and Spain and an expected deceleration in the United States.
Obama to comment Friday on jobless report
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama will speak to reporters Friday after the Labor Department releases its monthly jobless report.
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