Best Practices for Strategic Business Management
We’ve made some changes over the past month at Bizmanualz, most notably, providing additional articles for our readers. I hope you have enjoyed receiving more information on different aspects of...
View ArticleHow Does Top Management Show Commitment to Change and Improvement?
Change management is at the heart of programs like ITIL, lean, ISO, or six sigma. Change and improvement needs to occur on a regular basis, but it does not happen by accident. It takes commitment...
View ArticleHas Information Technology Changed Your Business? – Part 1
From its inception, information technology has been changing the way business is done. IT is changing the basis of business from labor and manual skills to knowledge management. The jobs required by...
View ArticleHas Information Technology Changed Your Business? – Part 2
In the first part of this article, we discussed Workplace Change and the Speed of Information. In part two, we complete our discussion with a look at information technology’s effect on Social Systems,...
View ArticleWho Needs HR Management Policies & Procedures?
Human Resources is a dynamic subject. Federal, state, and local labor-related laws and their interpretation are continually under review. Generally, the review process for labor laws is through the...
View ArticleIs Your Management Strategy Working?
If you’re typical of management, you’re probably thinking you already understand basic strategy. You pick a market, define your customer, and develop methods to reach your customer. Simple, right?...
View Article10 Considerations to Communicating with your Boss
Communicating with authority figures make many people nervous. Your boss holds the power over your performance reviews, salary reviews, and future work assignments. Don’t be intimidated by all that...
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They Laughed When I Took Over, But When Profits Rose!
Up until two months ago, I had never managed anyone else. Now I was in charge. I was afraid I would worsen the mess the company was already in. Employees scrambled to respond to executives commands....
View ArticleDo You Have a Bad Boss?
A lot of people get promoted into a management position because of their skills and accomplishments, yet end up being a bad boss. I am sure you have experienced a bad boss at some point in your...
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Free Capital for Entrepreneurs
Organizations offering Free Capital for Entrepreneurs all require a business plan for raising capital. Developing a sound policy and procedure for capital planning will provide the foundation for...
View ArticleManagement Commitment: The Key to Getting Procedures Used
Our general topic this month is how to get procedures used. Most organizations put at least some effort into creating procedures. Shouldn’t they have a functional role in the organization? Isn’t it a...
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Management Ideas for Making Your New Year New
How are you Making Your New Year New? Management is in charge of the strategy. Managers must determine the pace of change that the management strategy demands. The New Year is a good time to roll out...
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How Managers Use Procedures
If you are a manager of a group of people then you basically have two ways of using procedures, either you are using them to drive consistency and improvement or you’re not. Which way is yours? First...
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What Technical Skills Do Great Managers Need?
Managers today need a variety of skills including both technical and people skills. While there has been a lot written about the soft side of management, what kind of technical skills to great managers...
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