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Target and Define Your Organization's Mission Statement
Targeting and creating your organization's mission statement is a defining moment for your company and has lasting repercussions. As the mission statement delineates the purpose of your organization, how it can fulfill needs, and the values it ascribes to, its importance is clear. This article addresses how to create an effective mission statement -- one that inspires those inside and outside the organization.
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Making The Business Case For Corporate Performance Management
Anyone involved in high value capital sales, such as enterprise software, will know life can be a roller coaster. One day everyone is on a high as a major deal is secured. Another day everyone is distraught when after many months of work, it comes to nothing. Losing out to another vendor is an accepted part of the game.
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Consider Doing Business in Pakistan
Why should I put my money in a place I've never even heard of before? Even for those who do know something about Pakistan, courtesy of CNN (and sometimes the BBC) have seen pictures of violence – people burning effigies of President George Bush, rioting, army personnel swarming over so-called terrorist camps and, of course, not to forget, a whole lot of bloodshed. No wonder it is usually confused with other places like Iraq and Afghanistan, which are actually going through very bad times.
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Forklift Attachments
Forklift attachments are used to increase the number of functions performed by a forklift. Forklifts are basically designed to lift rectangular loads and carry them from one place to another. With the help of attachments, it can perform a number of varied tasks.
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The Traveling Office: Organizing Your Car
How many times have you been offsite, meeting with a client, only to discover you were missing a form or a brochure that would have helped you wrap up a discussion? Follow these basic car interior organization tips to avoid being unprepared and embarrassed.
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How to Compete in a Commoditized Industry
What is a commodity? According to the Webster Dictionary the word commodity is defined as a a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price.
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Testing Services
Testing services are well catered to by certain providers who've got their own specialties to boast of. If you are a business proprietor, you want to give your customers nothing but the best. So, it is always wise to partner with testing services providers that can be of service to you. Obviously, you've got a name to protect. A company's reliable reputation when it comes to doing business is the main factor that attracts clients.
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5 Keys to Choosing Plate Rolls
Unfortunately, many buyers end up purchasing equipment that lacks the capability and flexibility to meet production volumes and tolerances, simply because they don't understand all available options and considerations.
Between diminishing factory orders and increasing labor and energy costs, companies that use plate metal in their fabricating processes are finding their profit margins increasingly pinched.
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Franchise Buyers Just Do Not Get It
Recently a franchise buyer who works in a government agency contacted our franchise company for opportunities. In doing so he told us that civil servants were hard working and honest and that politicians were bad.
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Indian Anime
An analysis of the animation film industry and the developments in India.
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A Primer In Executive Compensation In Not-For-Profits
A tremendous amount has been written about Executive Compensation, and lately, most of this information has been extremely unflattering. Much of the criticism has resulted from the gross excesses, misinterpretations of regulations, and the rash of criminal cases brought against the top management of a number of large firms, such as WorldCom, Tyco, Enron, and a host of others. Virtually every day another egregious example of corporate greed has come to light. The effect has been a huge increase in media attention, which in turn has acted as the stimulus for new government regulations aimed at curbing these abuses.
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The Softer Benefits of Corporate Giving
People tend to be aware that there are financial benefits to corporations for donating to charities and that corporations want to be good, forward-acting citizens. What people—and many organizations—don’t realize yet is that there are still other motivators and benefits for corporate giving.
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Establishing Retention Guidelines
After you’ve completed the inventory of existing files, the next
step is to establish user-friendly retention guidelines. Often,
offices are glutted with paper and computer files because people
using them aren’t given guidelines about what to keep and what to
eliminate. Ironically, some organizations do have such
guidelines, but they’re not communicated to the people who really
need them, or not provided in a user-friendly form...Establishing Retention Guidelines
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Gender Jive: Communication Between Men and Women
As men and women constantly redefine their roles, our work and home lives become increasing confusing. This insightful article explores several basic communication patterns that can interfere with harmonious co-existence and provides solutions to prevent communication breakdown between men and women.
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