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Management Diary


The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's

Delegating Responsibility


Too many managers waste both time and energy performing tasks an employee could perform just as well, thereby lowering productivity while raising operating costs. The answer to the problem is easy-delegation.

Five Essential Hiring Practices


Recruiting and hiring are often done in haste, leaving the company to repent in the long run. Today, there's a reason to be concerned about negligent hiring.

30 Ways to be a Butt-Head Boss


1. Trust no one.

Choosing the Right Corporate Training


According to a Gallup Poll, 80 percent of employees said the availability of company-sponsored training programs was a factor in deciding whether to accept a new job or stick with a current one. And yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the average number of hours of formal training per employee per year is only 10.

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: The Role of Character in Leadership


This article relates to the Senior /Top Level Management competency, designed to measure satisfaction levels regarding top-level management at your organization. AlphaMeasure defines senior management as the team of individuals at the highest level of management who have the day-to-day responsibilities of operating the organization.

Management & Leadership - Doing it right in the 21st Century


The Old Way - Command and Control Although workplaces and management styles have come a long way in the last decade, the command and control style of management remains common practice in many companies. This management approach basically means that employees are told exactly what to do, when to do it and even how it should be done.

How Your Feelings and Those of Your Employees Can Make The Difference


How we feel is really more important than what we know. This is because how we feel plays a bigger role in our behavior than knowing what we should or should not do.

Spinning Gold from Straw: Low-Cost Employee Retention and Motivation Tools in a Changing Economy


New York, NY, February 25, 2005 - Employee retention and motivation?why should employers care? A storm is brewing. National productivity was up 3.

Training Managers and New Trainers


Training managers use many of the same interpersonal and analytical skills that other types of departments use. In particular, they need to be good communicators, and highly skillful in interpersonal relations.

Creativity and Innovation Management ? Competition versus Collaboration


There is much confusion as to whether competition or collaboration is most beneficial to creativity and innovation. Though there are negatives to collaboration and it is not easy separating the effects of time pressure and group activity, in general collaboration beats competition.

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Mariner Real Estate acquires loan portfolio - BusinessWeek

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

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Ener1 agrees to sell $65M in senior notes
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Service sector grows at slower pace in August - The Associated Press

Service sector grows at slower pace in August
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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, ...

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

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Canada Stocks Pare Gain as Financials Rise, Gold Shares Drop
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Stocks Rise in Europe, Asia; US Futures Little Changed, Won Strengthens - Bloomberg

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

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Heads up | UMB unit buys asset management company
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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. ...
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Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits - BusinessWeek

Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits
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Japanese Stocks Advance for a Third Day Following US Data; Canon Climbs - Bloomberg

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Japanese Stocks Advance for a Third Day Following US Data; Canon Climbs
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Toyota Motor Corp., an automaker that earns about 70 percent of its sales abroad, increased 2.1 percent. Inpex Corp., Japan's largest oil and gas explorer, ...
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