Resistance vs. Sabotage

November 17th, 2009

  These people were involved in both the communication and feedback process, yet because they do not like the change, they are going to resist. These people can drain hours of productive time from an entire organization by dragging their feet, back biting, and generally producing a negative attitude t [ ... ]

SWOT Analysis- To Make Your Business More Profitable

November 9th, 2009

  SWOT Analysis is a well-known method for describing a business or business propositions in terms of those factors that can have the maximum impact. The business owner does this analysis in order to improve the current position of the business. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the business are conside [ ... ]

Planning Under The Influence Of Change

November 4th, 2009

  At the foundation of most Strategic Plans there rests a simple question, "Where do we want our organization to be in five years, and what must we do, and when must we do it, to get there?" That question looks like a good one. The answer will have all the attributes of a sound objective. Asking, "Whe [ ... ]

A Heart-to-Heart Talk about Process and Change Management

November 2nd, 2009

  A friend of yours has just been told by his physician that he needs an artificial heart in order to have any chance of survival. Excited, you realize this situation has created the perfect opportunity for you to explore the relationship between process management and change management. [ ... ]

Maximizing Your Sales Function

October 29th, 2009

  By Darren Bourke Managing the Sales Team Set the Sales Targets. Set the periodic sales targets for individuals, teams and the company. These could be daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half year and annual. They should be stretch targets but achievable. Not too easy not too hard. Autonomy. Having in [ ... ]

BUSINESS PLAN LAYOUT

October 27th, 2009

   TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Legal Structure Company Location and Facilities Founder’s Vision and Mission Statement Current Business Environment Company Objectives Financial Objectives Initial Capitalization and Capital Structure Stockholders and [ ... ]

Strategic Alliance Checklist

October 22nd, 2009

  How will product development decisions be made? Will each party have equal authority? If so, how will a deadlock be resolved and will one or both parties have veto power over certain decisions? How will product development be managed on a day-to-day basis? Will project manager(s) be named and if  [ ... ]

Change Management

October 15th, 2009

  Change management is the process of developing a planned approach to change in an organization. Typically the objective is to maximize the collective benefits for all people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing the change.  [ ... ]

Strategic Planning – the link with marketing

October 6th, 2009

  Businesses that succeed do so by creating and keeping customers. They do this by providing better value for the customer than the competition.  [ ... ]

Strategic Direction

September 28th, 2009

  Most businesses take a lot of care in developing a mission statement. The mission statement is a clear and concise wording, usually no more than two to three sentences, of what the goal of the organization is. The trick is to make the mission statement simple and easy to understand so that all emplo [ ... ]