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Management Diary


The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's

Use QA As Your First Step To Outsourcing


Quality Assurance, or QA, is often given short shrift in a software development organization, especially when budgets are tight. When debating the software development budget at one of my software companies, the CEO finally asked, 'Well, do you really want to hire a QA guy, or a programmer to add features to the software?' It was a tough choice.

Why Employees Are the Best Source of Cost-cutting Ideas


Cost cutting has become a necessary and important reality in the modern corporate world. Yet many executives do not realize that their people are actually the best source of cost reduction ideas.

Planning Your Recruiting Efforts Can Help You Find Great Employees


Today, companies have an ever-expanding list of options available to them when it comes to sourcing new employees, from advertising in newspapers and trade journals to powerful, cost-effective recruiting options available through the Internet. Unfortunately, the growth in the number of recruiting options available has made the competition for top candidates even more fierce.

Lone Rangers Suffer without Tonto


A lone ranger is someone who prefers working in solitude or isolation. Sometimes life circumstances can call for us to adopt this attitude.

Passion for Profits


Business owners and managers are busier than ever. As their businesses grow and become more complex, they find that they don't have the time to be all things to all people.

Turning a Negative Employee Into a Positive Asset


Several years ago, I took over the supervision of a section in a Public Agency. I was a newbie in management, enthusiastic, and excited about the opportunity that lay before me.

Project Managment: Land the Plane Stop Doing and Start Succeeding


We all spend time on planning vacations. If it's not you then it's probably your significant other or travel agent.

Accountability Equals Meeting Success


Leslie was the new manager of the group. She was replacing Tom, a well respected manager who was retiring.

CEOs Role in Family Business


I first met Roland (not his real name) in 1972. He was a high school student working a summer job in his father's business.

Is Chess Good for Management?


The game of chess has been applauded and taught in business school as a game that gingers creative intelligence. Chess is a game involving kings, queens, bishops, knights, castles, and pawns like a real life.

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

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

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Japanese Stocks Advance for a Third Day Following US Data; Canon Climbs - Bloomberg

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

Monarc Corporation (MONA) Corporate Update
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Treasury, Corporate Bonds Trail Build America, Tax-Free Returns in August - Bloomberg

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