Management Diary
The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's
7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change
[This article is based on excerpts from the special report 'Overcoming Resistance to Change' by Dr. Mike Beitler.
A Management Strategy
I witnessed some interesting behaviour from one of our premier management schools this summer. A behaviour that I have since discovered is not uncommon.
Successful Managing Through Delegation
Managers should avoid the tendency to constantly delegate to the same one or two capable individuals. This practice only overloads the best personnel while slighting all others.
10 Ways To Work Through A Business Slowdown
In running any kind of business, it's inevitable that sometimes business will slow down. This might occur due to an upcoming holiday, seasonal variations, or uncontrollable circumstances.
A Winning Way to Handle New Ideas
Janet DiClaudio, who was charge of medical records at two large American hospitals, had an unusual problem.. But, the past master in finding creative solutions to work related problems that shewas, she found an equally unusual solution.
Improvements In A Large Public Electric Utility In South America
The company decided to develop and implement an improvement program. The main thrust was to propose strategies and alternatives for the implementation of a quality program.
Are You Ready to Sell Your Business
Make Sure You Understand Your Motivation for Selling Are you thinking about selling your business? This simple one-question quiz will help you to better understand your motivations behind this thought. A better understanding of your underlying motivations will help you make the right decision.
Turbo Charge Your Career With The Most Powerful Leadership Tool Of All: The Leadership Talk Part 3
To develop and deliver a great Leadership Talk, you must understand that every Talk has three important parts. (1) Audience Needs.
Organizational Culture and Creative Blocks ? the Similarities
Few Decision makers see the link between between creativity and innovation management, as performed by MBA's in firms, and creative endeavours such as screenwriting. In fact, there are very strong linkages.
MANAGING CRISIS; when you?re too good at it
When you are acclaimed for excellence during times of crisis you may not feel so good in a non-crisis environment. You may not shine so bright, perform so well, be quite so acclaimed.
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Bush says backs strong dollar policy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Sunday the American economy was not growing as quickly as he
would like and that his administration supported a strong
dollar policy.
Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
(AP)
 AP - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
Kimmitt confident in economic fundamentals
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert
Kimmitt said on Friday he was confident about the United
States' economic fundamentals in the long term despite a
current rough patch and was quite optimistic about the future.
Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend
(AP)
 AP - Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high.
62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year
(AP)
 AP - The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future.
G8 to tackle inflation, but concrete action elusive
(Reuters)
 Reuters - G8 leaders aim to present a united front
against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food
prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem
requires more than just a strong message from rich nations.
Inflation, not credit crunch, is top concern worldwide: Paulson
(AFP)
 AFP - Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview Thursday.
IBD's Top 10 - Thursday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - 1 The 6th straight monthly payrolls drop was in line with forecasts, though April and May payrolls were revised lower. That bodes ill for the economy, but recessions typically have bigger job cuts. Unemployment stayed at 5.5%, defying forecasts for a dip after May's spike. Factories and home builders slashed staff. Rising jobless claims signal more job losses ahead.
Wall Street firms reduce, banks step up Fed loans
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted it slightly.
Economy extends job loss streak
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers for a
sixth straight month in June for the longest such streak since
2002 and the country's vast service sector unexpectedly
contracted, underscoring the economy's frailty.
Service sector contracts as orders fall
(AP)
AP - Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores.
New York cabbies struggle as fuel costs hack pay
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Tired of pumping his cash right back
into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair
says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his
native Pakistan.
Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the major indexes again posting losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the credit crisis dogged the market.
U.S. cuts jobs for 6th month
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers from
their payrolls for the sixth straight month in June for the
country's longest losing streak since 2002, while the
unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, government data
on Thursday showed.
Jobless lines growing longer
(AP)
AP - The number of newly laid off people signing up for unemployment insurance rose sharply last week.
Paulson says US economy set to strengthen
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here on Thursday that the US economy would most likely be stronger at the end of 2008, even as oil prices surged to new records above 146 dollars.
Don't blame the buck for high oil price: Paulson
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A weaker dollar cannot be blamed for
soaring oil prices as policymakers around the world tussle with
the twin specters of rising inflation and slowing growth, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
Paulson: inflation becoming top global focus
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus
of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take
their toll.
Paulson says US economy enduring 'rough period'
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that the US economy was enduring "a rough period" and warned that home foreclosures would likely remain high in the near future.
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