Recently added articles from Canadian Manager:
Message from the national President / Message de la presidente nationale.(CIM NEWS)(Conference news)
Mar 22, 2009; Johnstone, Deb ... The 2009 Semi-Annual Meetings held in Toronto will be remembered as one of those defining moments in the history of CIM. All the delegates became active participants in setting the strategic direction of our Institute. 'Change' became the word and mood of the sessions. There is much work ...
Considerations in common backup processes/Considerations relatives aux procedures de sauvegarde.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Mar 22, 2009; Sweeney, Sean ... Few of us question the need for backing up our data. It is well known that 43% of all businesses who experience significant data loss never re-open (1), and of those that do, only 51% survive an additional two years (2). Surprisingly, less than 1% of all small and midsized enterprises have ...
The right tools for the job: how to find the right technological tools to turbo charge the growth of your business.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Mar 22, 2009; Wardell, Mark ... I've seen it a million times. A small to mid-sized business reaches a point sometime in the first two years of operations when it realizes there must be a better way ... This thought is typically followed by a variety of fill-in-the-blank technology-treatable issues like ' ... to ...
Deb Johnstone, National President of CIM, spoke to business students about the organization at the Lloydminster campus of Lakeland College (on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border).(CIM NEWS)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Deb Johnstone, National President of CIM, spoke to business students about the organization at the Lloydminster campus of Lakeland College (on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border). Lakeland College is affiliated with CIM and many of the college's business ...
Congratulations to Phil Russo, President of the Toronto Branch.(CIM NEWS)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Congratulations to Phil Russo, President of the Toronto Branch, who will be inducted as a Distinguished Alumni by Seneca on May 20, 2009 at the Palais Royale, Toronto. Distinguished Alumni ...
The career benefits of CIM Membership.(EXPERT ADVICE)(Canadian Institute of Management)
Mar 22, 2009; Aoki, Mike ... My grandfather, Kyuichi Aoki, was born in 1896. He lived before airplanes were invented, and died after the Apollo mission put a man on the moon. As a child, he grew up in a house without electricity. By the 1920s, he would hear the latest news on the radio. By the 1950s, his ...
New accreditations/members.(Table)
Mar 22, 2009 ... <Pre> P.Mgr. Thomas Albig Winnipeg Derek Ashcroft Winnipeg Karrie Ann Batchelor Northern Alberta Glenn De Caire Toronto Shanaz Karimullah Toronto Jake L Leavitt Ottawa Hjalmar Leon British Columbia T Rayel Manary ...
Alan Thorlakson: MA, CMC, C.I.M., P.Mgr., F.CIM, FLMI, CTM.(MEMBER PROFILE)
Mar 22, 2009; Sproule, Sheila ... A self-professed "strong advocate of life-long learning", Alan Thorlakson of Winnipeg, MB is an outstanding role model for management and employees alike. Having abandoned school with a grade 9 education, Thorlakson spent five years commercial fishing on Lake Winnipeg. During ...
Optimizing email: stay productive, not busy.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Mar 22, 2009; Lawrence, Kevin ... Does email boost or hinder your performance? It all depends on how you use it. Email offers us countless ways to save time and be more productive, but when we go on 'email autopilot'--checking the inbox repeatedly, typing out messages that should be discussed, copying people who are only ...
Global recession to transform the Canadian technology, media and telecom industries--the weak may not survive and the strong will be made stronger.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Mar 22, 2009 ... 2009 Canadian predictions exhibit recessionary trends: cheaper helps, free is better and sharing is good Toronto, January 20, 2009--Although the ongoing global economic crisis is projected to transform the Canadian technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries, there ...
Playing IT Big Brother: when is employee monitoring warranted?
Mar 22, 2009; Gain, Bruce ... Instant messaging, YouTube videos, personal email accounts, and social networking sites represent an ever-burgeoning number of attention-grabbers that can prevent users from getting their work done. On a business level, time-wasting Internet use represents lost productivity and, ...
The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; Evans, Joyce ... THE OPPOSABLE MIND How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking Roger L. Martin Published by: Harvard Business School Press ISBN: 9781422118924 Hard cover, 224 pages $29.95 Cdn [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roger Martin in his book, The ...
Be Our Guest.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009 ... BE OUR GUEST Published by: Disney Institute Foreword by: Michael D. Eisner ISBN: 9780786853946 Paperback, 208 pages $14.95 Cdn [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All organizations are driving towards the same goal--how best to serve the people who purchase their ...
