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The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's

Improving Your Inter-Company Communications At No Cost


It's all very well having a flashy (and expensive) advertising campaign, backed up by a wealth of positive PR, but if your staff are not all pulling in the same direction this could be the biggest leak in your plan. Want a more in-depth guide to internal and customer communications, plus a CD-ROM with software with advice, additional content and links to helpful sites? Buy 'Marketing your Business' today Firstly, everyone need to be able to get accurate information, so ensure that you have a good computer network (or better still, a fully-fledged Intranet) and routinely store the latest versions of documents where everyone can access them.

Innovation Management ? changing the world!


Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, development and commercialisation.

Try It Out On Your Team First


Wow! You're brilliant! You have a great idea. You've looked at it every possible way to find holes in your logic, fallacies in your assumptions.

How To Get What You Really Want


As a small business owner, entrepreneur or independent professional, it's important to make plans. It's also important to have the time to let things happen.

Test Your Hiring IQ


The purpose of any selection process is to discriminate (albeit fairly) among job candidates. Your goal is to select the right people, with the right skills, at the right time for the right position.

Problem-Solving Success Tip: Measure the Right Things.


Measure the right things. It's not enough just to measure-you have to measure the right things.

Employee Surveys: a Strategic Tool for Positive Change


Do you want to measure your workers' level of satisfaction? Or change policies and procedures to make them more effective? Or find out if your supervisors are stuck in out-dated ways of managing? Good Idea! But how do you make sure you are getting reliable information to make sound management decisions? When it comes to conducting quality research, a pound of prevention is worth much more than one ounce of cure. Here are five steps to turn your employee surveys into a powerful strategic change management tool.

The 10 Realities of Change


I've seen several articles that begin with lines like 'the only constant today is change.' I assert that change that is constant can't really be called change.

The Myth Of Relationship Selling Revealed At Last


The second you quit being the 'best deal' for your customer, he'll drop you like a hot potato. Regardless of how many lunches you've bought him or birthdays you've remembered.

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing in a Business Perspective


Business Intelligence Business Intelligence has become a very important activity in the business arena irrespective of the domain due to the fact that managers need to analyze comprehensively in order to face the challenges. Data sourcing, data analysing, extracting the correct information for a given criteria, assessing the risks and finally supporting the decision making process are the main components of BI.

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German industrial orders buoyed by global demand (AP)
AP - The German government says strong demand from outside the eurozone helped the country's industrial orders rise a stronger-than-expected 1.7 percent in December.
China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF (Reuters)
Reuters - China's annual economic growth could be cut nearly in half this year if Europe's debt crisis tips the world economy into a recession, putting pressure on Beijing to unveil "significant" fiscal stimulus, the International Monetary Fund said.
Europe's debt rose to 82 percent of output at end-Q3 (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Union's total government debt rose slightly to 82.2 percent of economic output in the third quarter of 2011, the EU's statistics agency said on Monday, lower than the United States but still a burden that could take decades to pay down.
Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions (Reuters)
Reuters - Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out blow that forces Tehran to compromise on its nuclear ambitions.
Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack (Reuters)
Reuters - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.
IMF warns Europe downturn could cut China growth (AP)
AP - A sharp downturn in Europe could cut China's economic growth rate nearly in half, the International Monetary Fund said Monday, adding to warnings about a possible severe global slowdown this year.
Oil below $97 as traders eye Greek debt talks (AP)

Flames shoot into the air after a gas pipeline explosion in the Sinai peninsula, 240 miles (374 kilometers) southeast of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. The blast that took place Sunday at dawn is the twelfth successful attack on the line since the popular uprising that ousted longtime Egyptians leader Hosni Mubarak in February last year. The official says the attack by presumed Islamist militants caused huge fires, but fire engines put it out hours later. (AP Photo/Khaled Kandil)AP - Oil prices fell below $97 a barrel Monday on worries that talks on a Greek debt deal needed to avoid a disastrous default are proving difficult to conclude.



France, German leaders meet amid euro, Syria crises (Reuters)
Reuters - The French and German leaders meet on Monday in Paris for annual talks in which they will seek further economic coordination in the crisis-hit European Union and discuss the escalating violence in Syria.
Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues.
Obama says he deserves re-election, job's not done (AP)

President Barack Obama talks about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles.



Europe's shadow darkens outlook (Reuters)
Reuters - A renewed focus on Europe's banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January employment report.
With sparse data, focus returns to Europe (Reuters)
Reuters - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.
France says Greek PSI talks going "relatively well" (Reuters)
Reuters - France's finance minister said on Sunday talks were moving "relatively well" on the private sector portion of a Greek bailout, but discussions designed to bring its debt down to 120 pct of GDP level by 2020 were difficult.
Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners, saying a failure to address the housing crisis would put the rest of the economy at risk.
Dealer group sees higher US auto sales and prices (AP)
AP - Car buyers will likely pay more for new and used cars this year as the economy improves.
Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. (AP)

In this Jan. 30, 2012, UPS Store employee, Candy Mojica, weighs packages before shipping at The UPS Store in the Lake Balboa area of Los Angeles. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.



Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs (AP)
AP - In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.
Unemployment falls sharply in US, rises in Europe (AP)
AP - Unemployment falls sharply in US, rises in Europe
Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama.
California to borrow internally to raise cash (Reuters)
Reuters - California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Friday allowing the state government to borrow from internal funds to build up its cash, which the controller earlier this week said was quickly dwindling.
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