Management Diary The Quintessential Survival Guide in the Corporate Quagmire!

Management Diary


The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's

What Every Manager Should Know About How to Conduct Successful Training Activities


Whether you are training preschoolers in the classroom or executives in the board room, here are 15 premises you might want to keep in mind the next time you're designing training activities. 1.

Before You Head Off, Make Sure You Know Where You Are Going - The Importance of Clear Objectives.


The title of this article sounds like simple advice, but so often we undertake activities and projects without really understanding how they are going to help us to achieve our aims. I have outlined below some of the causes of this cavalier (and costly) approach to business improvement along with how we might approach things differently.

Holding Effective Meetings Can Be Easier than You Think!


I'm sure you've experienced those typical 'headache' meetings! You know the kind I'm talking about -- the ones where the key players are running late, no one knows exactly why the meeting was called, and there's not a single agenda in sight. Everyone's sitting around wondering, 'Will this last 20 minutes or will we be here all day?' It's impossible to tell! Then, once the meeting finally gets off the ground, the real pandemonium starts.

The Compliance Officers Killer Application


It used to be that only the largest multi-nationals needed a Compliance Officer. Today most practices, regardless of size, would be wise to charge someone within their organisation with the responsibility of keeping abreast and managing the compliance process.

Change Behaviors, Change Performance


Every organization is looking for the holy grail of performance enhancement, that one thing that, if it were changed even slightly, would push the productivity of a company way beyond the current level. Over the years there have been many solutions offered to the performance conundrum, from process improvement and process re-engineering to rightsizing and quality initiatives.

What is Knowledge Management Anyway?


When you think of all the things companies have, you do not always consider the knowledge they have. For instance, a company is only as good as its employees, its resources, and its knowledge.

How To Turn Business Losses Into Cash Flow


When the typical new business operator starts a business, they concentrate on making the business succeed. That is necessary but not the only thing that a business operator should concentrate on.

The Changing Boss-Secretary Relationship


THE CHANGING BOSS-SECRETARY RELATIONSHIP: Imagine a partnership at work. One member is outlining the agenda for the annual stockholders' meeting, the other is managing the logistics.

A Facilitators Guide to Running a Stakeholder Analysis Workshop


This facilitator's guide to running a stakeholder analysis workshop is for people whose success depends on getting other people involved with their objectives. It contains two exercises, one to work with stakeholder groups, and one to emulate stakeholders where it is not easy to bring them all together.

What Every Manager Should Know About How to Reduce the High Cost of Employee Absenteeism


Employers pay a high price for absenteeism, often more than they may realize, in terms of both financial and production losses and employee morale. Managers may view the tasks of finding a substitute employee as a short-term inconvenience; however, absenteeism frequently has more serious long-term effects.

Management Diary Articles - See index below:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 |



MORE RESOURCES:

Mariner Real Estate acquires loan portfolio - BusinessWeek

International Business Times

Mariner Real Estate acquires loan portfolio
BusinessWeek
Mariner Real Estate Management LLC said Friday that it worked with bank regulators to buy a portfolio of real estate loans worth about $760 million. ...
Leawood-based Mariner buys $760 million in real estate loans from FDICKansas City Star
Mariner Holdings Buys Stake in $760 Million of Real Estate Loans From FDICBloomberg
Mariner Holdings Unit Buys $760M FDIC Real Estate LoanMortgageorb

all 23 news articles »

Tri-Continental Corporation Declares Third Quarter Distribution - MarketWatch (press release)

Tri-Continental Corporation Declares Third Quarter Distribution
MarketWatch (press release)
The Corporation has paid dividends on its common stock for 66 consecutive years. The Corporation's investment manager is Columbia Management Investment ...

and more »

Alberta Fund Got Chinese Approach on Potash Corp. Bid - BusinessWeek

Moneycontrol.com

Alberta Fund Got Chinese Approach on Potash Corp. Bid
BusinessWeek
3 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese investors approached Alberta Investment Management Corp. to consider a joint counterbid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., ...
Fertilizer War: China Sets Its Sights on PotashTheStreet.com
Chinese Investors Mull Potash BidBenzinga
AIMCo asked to join Potash bidOttawa Citizen
Globe and Mail -Reuters -Investorplace.com
all 1,092 news articles »

Canada Stocks Pare Gain as Financials Rise, Gold Shares Drop - BusinessWeek

Moneycontrol.com

Canada Stocks Pare Gain as Financials Rise, Gold Shares Drop
BusinessWeek
Manulife Financial Corp., North America's third-largest insurer, advanced 2.8 percent as US businesses added to their payrolls for an eighth straight month. ...
Goldcorp snaps up Andean in $3.6 billion dealBusiness in Vancouver

all 479 news articles »

Ener1 agrees to sell $65M in senior notes - BusinessWeek

Smart Energy News (blog)

Ener1 agrees to sell $65M in senior notes
BusinessWeek
... led by funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP. Ener1 also announced the sale of $10 million in senior convertible notes to Itochu Corp., ...
EnerDel parent lines up more financingIndianapolis Business Journal

all 28 news articles »

Service sector grows at slower pace in August - The Associated Press

Service sector grows at slower pace in August
The Associated Press
Cheap-chic chain Target Corp. said Thursday that a key sales measure rose modestly in August, a month typically busy with back-to-school shoppers, ...

and more »

Stocks Rise in Europe, Asia; US Futures Little Changed, Won Strengthens - Bloomberg

Seer Press

Stocks Rise in Europe, Asia; US Futures Little Changed, Won Strengthens
Bloomberg
?Global demand will be good for corporate earnings and economic growth.? Sony Corp., the electronics maker that gets 22 percent of sales from the US, ...
Asian Stocks Climb for a Third Day on Better US Home, Retail Sales DataBloomberg
Stocks Advance, Treasuries, Dollar Retreat on Employment ReportBusinessWeek
U.S. Stocks Rise to Extend Biggest S&P 500 Advance Since JulySan Francisco Chronicle

all 72 news articles »

Heads up | UMB unit buys asset management company - Kansas City Star

Kansas City Star

Heads up | UMB unit buys asset management company
Kansas City Star
Scout, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corp., said Reams is based in Columbus, Ind., and has more than $9.8 billion in fixed-income assets under management. ...
Scout Investment Advisors to Acquire Reams Asset Management CompanyMarketWatch (press release)
Scout Investment Advisors to acquire assets of Reams Asset ManagementTrading Markets (press release)
Scout Buys a Fixed-Income SpecialistMutualFundWire.com (subscription)
BusinessWeek
all 30 news articles »

Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits - BusinessWeek

Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits
BusinessWeek
3 (Bloomberg) -- Antony Hung, head of Asia-Pacific wealth management at Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit, is retiring after almost 18 years with ...

and more »

Monarc Corporation (MONA) Corporate Update - MMD Newswire (press release)

Monarc Corporation (MONA) Corporate Update
MMD Newswire (press release)
There are several China-based businesses operating within the MONA Corporation. MONA corporate management is currently working on solving issues with ...

home | site map |       Disclaimer |       Privacy Policy
© 2006