Archive for the ‘Operations Management’ Category
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
This is a very old, old maxim, but I think it's worth repeating. Every experienced PM and manager has heard this before: the more complicated the problem you face, the smaller the steps you should break it down into to solve the problem. This applies to everything from organizational and ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
When working with outside entities- whether it is another department, a partner company, a vendor, a contractor, or whatever, you should remember something about how they make their staffing decisions. Whenever they partner up with you, they are going to evaluate your staff and staff accordingly. That is, if the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Bureaucracy is a natural part of any business. The longer the business runs, the more meetings and reports come to be. You can usually measure a company’s age by the number of reports and meetings it has.
This happens for many reasons. As the business grows, people have to deal with larger ...
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