Category Archives: Management

A recent survey by IAB stated that US companies would spend close to $17 Billion on online advertising in 2007. Fuelled by aquisitions, the worlds leading technology firms iare spending big bucks in order to capitalize on this market. Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are all investing significant sums ($3.1 Billion in Googles case with the … Continue reading

Social Networking sites are having an increasing affect on staff productivity and organizations that fail to act with suitable policy are liable to increasing costs. So says a recent survey by UK Law Firm Pennisula who found that upto 233 million hours are lost every month as a result of social networking sites. With many … Continue reading

In light of globalization organizations can find themselves in an increasingly cut-throat trading environment, remaining competitive in such an environment is therefore a key strategy for many businesses. Supplier associations are increasingly becoming a key element of this strategy as various benefits can be realized including cost reduction and increased flexibility. There have been a … Continue reading

Undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of modern business is effecient and effective processes. As a result process mapping has become one of the defacto tools of office life. Surprisingly there is a broad variety of process mapping techniques and tools that can be drawn on – all with differing techniques and benefits. This … Continue reading

While it may come as little surprise UK supermarkets look set to go under the microscope for reported tactics against thier suppliers. The UK’s sundaytimes reported in August 2007 that supermarket suppliers were suffering financially as a result of pricing practices and disengagement strategy. A recent survey by Grant Thornton found that most suppliers believed … Continue reading

It’s somewhat surprising these days in the world where business planning strategy has become such an important facet of everyday business life that IT tends to get such a raw deal when it comes to planning. While Information Systems (or IS) strategy is nothing new – many organizations claim to have a IS strategy, whilst … Continue reading

By Allison Babb After extensively researching ten thousand leaders and fifty thousand staff members, the authors of the book The Leadership Challenge uncovered 5 principles for how leaders get extraordinary things accomplished in organizations across the globe. While in my senior management roles, I read The Leadership Challenge book and also attended their leadership training. … Continue reading

By Patricia Weber Honeymoon Over There’s a honeymoon period in work that lasts about six months on average. Employees start out with high trust and enthusiasm. The employer is benefiting from both the aptitude and the attitude. After this phase, an employees’ motivation drops. While we hired the best match aptitude, we now have lost … Continue reading

By Steve Hill What makes a good team leader? Should the team leader be very strict, very friendly or something some where in the middle? A few years ago I was promoted to the role of team leader after spending two years as being a member of the same team. I was not exactly sure … Continue reading