- Auditing Business Performance
As has been the case for many years now, the business environment is increasingly complex, change occurs more frequently and more rapidly, and performance levels are expected to be raised to even higher levels. Businesses are constantly searching for new strategies and techniques to help them to manage more effectively. However, there is a well established tool, with many variations, that would be of immense help to any business, yet is ignored by many. This is the performance audit. - Marketing Yourself Successfully
This article is designed to provide advice and guidance on strategies and tactics that will make managers more attractive to current and potential employers, or to customers and clients if an entrepreneurial route is taken. - Management Gurus
This article is designed to introduce relatively unknown management gurus, and their ideas, to managers and professionals in all sectors, but is aimed particularly at providing reading suggestions for those who are studying management development courses or professional qualifications, by distance learning or in the classroom, in order to develop their careers. - Preparing For Professional Examinations
Despite the gradual move away from examinations towards assignment based continuous assessment, there are still many professional qualifications that require the student to take formal, externally assessed examinations. In this article we look at how to prepare for professional examinations effectively, in a manner which will greatly increase chances of success. - Solving Time Management Problems
Managing time in the workplace can be difficult. For managers in particular, it can feel as if it is impossible to avoid being controlled by the demands of others and the events happening around them. However, it is possible to regain control, and to manage effectively. The key is to recognise the problems that need to be addressed, and to take appropriate action to solve these problems. - Leading The Strategic Changes
This article is designed to provide guidance for executives, managers, and specialists, who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations. In this article we consider the manner in which they should lead as the strategic plan is implemented and as it establishes new working practices and supports the reshaping of the organisational culture. - How Leaders Cause Stress
Workplace stress is a major problem for organisations throughout the world. The cost of the impact of stress on organisations can vary from many thousands to many millions of dollars. These costs are caused by the rise in absence, the rise in staff turnover, the fall in performance levels, the level of customer dissatisfaction, and increasingly in the cost of successful compensation claims. - How Middle Managers Create Stress
Managers are the great stress-carriers. Stress-carriers are people who, through their behaviour, their actions, their attitude, generate and distribute stress onto other people. In essence, the reason that they create stress for others is that they do not manage well. For all those working in the operational, functional areas of the organisation, most of the workplace stress is created by the team leaders, supervisors, and middle managers. - Developing Leadership Skills
This article is designed to provide guidance for executives, managers, and specialists, who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations. The articles will cover all the main areas of expertise, knowledge, and understanding, that are need to successfully lead an organisation in today’s complex and fast-changing world. - How To Be Successful At Interviews
The key to success is to treat the interview as a project, for which you must gather information, make decisions on feasibility, set objectives, identify the resources needed, draw up a plan of action, and manage the project carefully through to closure. In simple terms, you must be professionally prepared for the interview, in order to have the optimum chance of success. - Practical Time Management
Most of us understand the broad principles of effective time management, and can see that it is important to manage our time as thoughtfully as possible. The difficult part for busy professionals is actually applying time management techniques on a regular basis. - Time Management For Distance Learning
As a mature, professional, student who is studying a course or qualification by distance learning, managing your time effectively is critically important. - Stress Management For Mature Students
Stress can affect professionals of all ages, in all business sectors, and, because of the additional pressures and workload, it can also be a threat to those who are studying by distance learning. - Foundation Management Qualifications
If you are considering a first management course of study, or have started one and have options to select from, this is for you. In this article I will argue that students taking an introductory, foundation level qualification should not be tempted to take specialist options (or pathways or routes, as they are sometimes called). - Creating a Study Area for Distance Learning
If you are studying a distance learning, online, or correspondence course, aiming for a formal qualification or purely as personal development, this is for you. - Maintaining Motivation Whilst Distance Learning
If you are studying a distance learning, online, or correspondence course, aiming for a formal qualification or purely as personal development, this is for you. If you are not currently suffering from lack of motivation, this is still for you because there will come a time when your motivation level falls. If you are currently not very motivated, and your studies are suffering, then this is for you.
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