Recently added articles from Today's Manager:
Imagine paying for online news.(FOREFRONT)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2009; Chee Teik, R. Tan ... AFTER suffering a nett loss of S$5 billion in the last business year, media giant News Corporation in August 2009 announced plans to charge for access to its online newspapers. It already charges for online access to The Wall Street Journal. The company owns the New York Post, and The ...
Effective teams generate extraordinary results: we have seen professional footballers winning their matches because of excellent team work. With the synergy of teams, companies can progress to the top of the market.
Oct 01, 2009; Teik, Tan Chee ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MANY successful companies encourage team work among their staff. When companies decide to take this route to success, the first question they ask is how to choose the members of a team? The team should not be too large otherwise it is difficult ...
The case of the boss held hostage: the French trade unions have a way to solve disputes with management. They call it "sequestration" which means hostage-taking. Study this case and send your solutions for publication.(MANAGEMENT MEMO)
Oct 01, 2009; Teik, Tan Chee ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BLACK Carbon Co has been mining coal in the hill country of Eutopia for more than 20 years. It has a workforce of 3,000 workers. Because of customers swinging to the move for a green environment and the economic downturn, demand for coal has dropped 18 per ...
Bonita's trump card.(The Case of the Difficult Boss)(Brief article)(List)
Oct 01, 2009; Hui, Ong Kian ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the facts of the case, it is evident Gringo lacks good management skills. Bonita could work with the company's human resource department to identify some good executive coaching courses for Gringo; this would not only help Gringo become a good boss ...
Management by walkabout can show results: management by walkabout, or sometimes called visible management, is one of the essential tools a manager needs to have to get things done right and to do the right things at the workplace. This technique allows you to coach and mentor your staff in their job.(MANAGEMENT)('managing by wandering around'new principal of management)
Oct 01, 2009; Teo, Angeline V. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACCORDING to Tom Peters, a renowned management guru, the key in pursuit of organisational excellence is management by walkabout, MBWA. He introduced the concept in his book In Search of Excellence. He shared case studies and success stories from high ...
Plan carefully before you hire: loyal employees are the best resource any company can have. The human resource department must have good hiring processes in place to ensure that the right applicants are hired.(HUMAN RESOURCE)
Oct 01, 2009; Teik, Tan Chee ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT's easy to hire a new hand but it's heartbreaking when you have to terminate an employee's tenure. Many managers do not think carefully before looking for a replacement for the staff who has resigned. Replacement should not be automatic. Ask yourself if ...
Small business opportunities abound: in an economic downturn, statistics indicate more people start small businesses. While this may not make sense on the surface, it becomes clear when you realise that more people who get laid off in a downturn may go into business for themselves.
Oct 01, 2009; Ravindran, N. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACCORDING to most consultants, most new businesses likely to succeed in a downturn are those which are the tried and true as lean economic times cause consumers to be more cautious about what they buy. Despite the adverse economic climate, ...
Bridging the SME need for enterprise resource management solutions.(BUSINESS)(Small and medium businesses)(Epicor Software Corp.)
Oct 01, 2009; Ravindran, N. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Small and medium businesses require integrated enterprise resource management (ERM) solutions that build in efficiency, cut costs, and help provide valuable operational insights. Epicor, an American-based ERM solutions provider is one firm that is primed ...
Skills for writing persuasive proposals: at the workplace, we often have to write proposals whether it is to tender for a million-dollar project, request for research grants, or to persuade colleagues to change working procedures. This article looks at some of the skills required to write proposals that stand a high chance of being accepted.(COMMUNICATION)
Oct 01, 2009; Teik, Tan Chee ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROPOSALS try to persuade the reader to take some form of action: to authorise a project, accept a product or service, or to support a plan for solving a problem. Proposals could be written for internal or external parties. The primary goal of ...
Learning from Japan's "lost decade".
Oct 01, 2009; Siam-Heng, Michael Heng ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The collapse of Japan's property and stock markets in 1990 ushered in a long period of recession lasting from 1990 to 2002, known as the "lost decade". Because of certain essential similarities between the Japanese and Singapore economies, it may be ...
Leading in turbulent times: being a business leader in a downturn can be a daunting affair. The situation calls for decisiveness tempered by prudence and the ability to still stay ahead of competition. Ram Charan, the author of Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty and speaker at SIM's 28th Annual Management Lecture shares how this can be done.(Company overview)
Oct 01, 2009; Ravindran, N. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR Ram Charan is a highly sought-after business advisor and speaker who is well-regarded for his ability to solve tough business problems. For more than 35 years Charan has worked behind the scenes with top executives at large multinational companies like ...
Arts and social science degree programmes becoming more popular.
Oct 01, 2009; Aggarwal, Neelam ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More students are opting for the study of arts and social science degrees in Singapore. Employers will increasingly see the value of arts and social science degrees, as these disciplines inculcate multiple knowledge and skills that are applicable and ...
Hard drive maker moves beyond hard disk manufacturing.(IT UPDATE)
Oct 01, 2009; Ravindran, N. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Faced with a supply glut and a global downturn, hard disk drive manufacturers are repositioning themselves. Western Digital is one such hard drive maker that designs and produces high-performance drives for computer firms as well as its own range of ...
Save money through printing efficiency.(IT UPDATE)
Oct 01, 2009; Bandi, Maurizio ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Your organisation can benefit from the ability to share printers. Rather than trying to connect every single workstation to its own printer, it's time you considered the advantages of networking. This helps everyone share files and resources, which saves ...
Thai restaurant joins the Bukit Timah eateries: you don't need to travel to Thailand to savour Thai cuisine. Thai Central has joined the many restaurants adjacent to the historic Beauty World site at Upper Bukit Timah Road.(EXQUISITE DINING)
Oct 01, 2009; Ping, Poon Swan ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The upper Bukit Timah area is a curious mix of private condominiums and landed residences, and mature shopping centres. The potential of the area, lying adjacent to the prime Bukit Timah district, is not fully developed ...
