'Management' Category

• Call Me: Telephone Training Basics

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on April 9, 2012

  Business phone systems should be considered to be core business issues. Business phones are working parts of your business. In many cases they’re also used for actual transactions, document transfer, and administration and are hooked directly into various parts of your intranet. There are multiple issues for staff training here, including basic competence, security and [...]

  Management

• Email Rules for the Small Business Owner

  Posted by Tim Parker on April 6, 2012

  Small business owners often live or die based on their reputation. Because they don’t yet have a product or service that transcends themselves, customers purchase based on their opinion of the owner. This may change as the business grows but until then, reputation management is just as important for a small business as it is [...]

  Management, Technology and Internet

• Employee Assistance Programs – Increasing Productivity through Care

  Posted by Guest on April 2, 2012

  Disgruntled employees are becoming ever more apparent in the modern workplace. The halcyon days when employees trusted their employers and vice versa can, at times, seem a distant memory. This is bad for productivity. A happy worker is a hard worker but no worker will be happy when they view their employer as uncaring. So [...]

  Management

• If You’re Looking For Test Equipment, Here Are 5 Good Reasons Why You Should Consider Hiring

  Posted by Guest on March 26, 2012

  It used to be the case, that to use any sort of test equipment, would cost I great deal. These days however it is possible to get these specialist pieces of technology without breaking the bank. Items such as a thermal imaging camera or a power analyzer can be hired out to a business or [...]

  Management, Technology and Internet

• Avoid These Startup Mistakes

  Posted by Tim Parker on March 23, 2012

  We’ve all heard of serial entrepreneurs. It’s the sexy side of owning a business where the person already went through the process of making a ton of mistakes and has found themselves creating a business, growing it, selling it, and starting another. The facts are that most entrepreneurs don’t fall in to this serial category. [...]

  Entrepreneurship, Management

• How Do You Measure Your Employees’ Value?

  Posted by Tim Parker on March 16, 2012

  There are some well-known rules when it comes to how we manage employees and those rules are centuries old. The rules involving time on the job go something like this: “As an employee of my company you have to be on site for a certain amount of hours that start and end at the same [...]

  Management

• Are You a Victim of the Time Trap?

  Posted by Tim Parker on March 8, 2012

  If you’ve never heard of the time trap, it’s time to put this problem on your radar screen. Think about your average work day. If it lasts roughly eight hours, how many of those eight hours are you engaged in activities that move your business forward? How many of your daily tasks are directly benefiting [...]

  Entrepreneurship, Management

• Taking Inventory of Your Inventory Management System

  Posted by Guest on March 5, 2012

  Inventory management is one of the most important business function a company can master. It is not as “sexy” as marketing or social media management, but its consequences can be either disastrous or fortuitous. For proof, look to the world’s most successful company, Apple. The tech giant was in a heated battle with Samsung for [...]

  Management

• ERP Outsourcing for Small Businesses

  Posted by Guest on February 20, 2012

  Outsourcing has often been seen as an option for large companies who want to make savings in times of financial disarray. Despite this, there is a growing trend for smaller business to outsource but for entirely different reasons. When a small business needs certain specialties or skills that it cannot afford on a permanent in-house [...]

  Management, Technology and Internet

• Does Your Business Need a Cleanup?

  Posted by Tim Parker on February 9, 2012

  Sure, you could wait until the Spring but it’s a new year and what better time to do a little cleanup and cleanout of your business. Maybe you’re different than other business owners but over the course of the year, things get out of place and piled up. Without realizing it, you might have lost [...]

  Entrepreneurship, Management