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WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

By Chris Thomas - Recent studies have shown that industrial supervisors are working at less than 60 % of their potential. Basic management skills training is guaranteed to change all this and at such little cost. (Added: 7-Mar-2006 Hits: 475 )

Performance Measurement: Connecting Strategy, Operations and Actions

By R. Michael Donovan - ADOBE ACROBAT REQUIRED Management consultant R. Michael Donovan outlines the problems and opportunities of performance measurement as an “enabling force” for improving overall business performance. Mike also provides a checklist of the critical traits for performance measurement as a prerequisite to successful Supply Chain Management. http://www.rmdonovan.com/pdf/perform_99_4.pdf (Added: 23-May-2001 Hits: 1152 )

Leadership Secrets - The Responsive Manager/Leader

By Robert Bacal - The Responsiveness Paradigm outlined here is applicable at a number of levels. For example, it applies to organizations in general, and the ability of the organization to respond to the needs of customers, staff and other stakeholders (eg. politicians, etc.). It applies to non-supervisory staff, and their ability to respond to the needs of their managers, customers and coworkers. (Added: 29-Jan-2001 Hits: 4078 )

Improving Communication - Tips For Managers

By Robert Bacal - Research indicates that managers spend somewhere between 50% - 80% of their total time communicating in one way or the other. This isn't surprising, since communication is so critical to everything that goes on in an organization (Added: 14-Nov-2000 Hits: 2929 )

Are Leaders Born Or Made?

By Eric Garner - There is a mystery about how leaders become leaders. Some people are born with all the right qualifications but don’t make it. Others are born into very lowly positions and rise to lead millions. It is hard not to conclude that there is no simple, one-size-fits-all path to leadership, but that leadership depends on a complex and mysterious mix of variables. Here are 7 of those variables. (Added: 7-Mar-2006 Hits: 445 )

Is Your SOP Process Effective?

By R. Michael Donovan - ADOBE ACROBAT REQUIRED Consultant R. Michael Donovan says good sales and operations planning is an absolute prerequisite to high performance manufacturing and effective supply chain management. In the article the author provides self-assessment questions, definitions and an SOP checklist model to help in creating or improving a Sales and Operations Planning process. (Added: 23-May-2001 Hits: 575 )

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