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- Quality Assurance in Performance: Evaluating Mono Benchmark Results
- Performance is an important aspect of software quality. To prevent performance degradation during software development, performance can be monitored and software modifications that damage performance can be reverted or optimized. Regression benchmarking provides means for an automated monitoring of performance, yielding a list of software modifications potentially associated with performance...
- White papers 2005-08-09
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- If Change Is So Great, Why Is It So Hard?: Part 1
- Change is integral in turnarounds, re-engineering, re-organizations, growth strategies, systems implementations, new product development - basically every initiative required to improve performance. Within the context of organizational performance, change is important, if not 'Great'. And yet, every year organizations undertake changes approved in the business planning cycle, all appropriately business...
- White papers 2009-04-14
- Choosing Strategies for Change
- Faced with stiffer competition and dizzying technological advances, companies often must change course to stay competitive. But most change initiatives backfire. That's because many managers take a one-size-fits-all approach to change. They assume they can combat resistance, a notorious obstacle, by involving...
- Articles 2008-07-18
- Researchers to Managers: Employees CAN Change
- The Find: Managers who believe in their employees' capacity to change and grow are more likely to provide them support and to spot changes in performance than those who believe you can't teach an old dog new tricks. The Source: "Managers' Implicit Assumptions About Personnel" in...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Change Management at Gardenway Inc.
- This paper examines the effect of change management, motivation theory, and performance appraisal techniques upon an organization's competitiveness. Specifically, the effect upon the workforce of organizational policy and processes regarding these areas is analyzed. The theoretical concepts are briefly described, and then applied to the recent events of Gardenway, Inc....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Your Company's Secret Change Agents
- The Idea in Brief Some business problems--lackluster performance, escalating costs, interdepartmental conflict--persist no matter how hard companies try to fix them. Why? Most leaders impose top-down change tactics--importing outside experts or "best" practices, which never...
- Articles 2008-02-13
- Managing Change And Stress
- A change is always for the better. Human beings regularly need change for displaying better performance. Status quo becomes monotonous for them. Just as humans need change, similarly organizations also thrive on change. Change makes the organization better its performance. However, the challenge before the organization is to overcome the...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- NY AG and AES Agree on Climate Change Disclosures
- « Ohio AG Sues Rating Agencies | Main | SEC & CFTC Issue Joint Orders on Security-Based Futures Contracts » New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an agreement that requires the AES Corporation AES - a global energy company operating in 29 countries with annual revenues exceeding...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Introducing a Performance Management System During Organisational Change
- Performance Management Systems have traditionally been viewed as instruments for 'Re-freezing' the organisation or consolidating gains resulting from a change program. Unfortunately, the rate and extent of change currently expected of organisations in Australia, North America and the UK allows no time for re-freezing. Can a Performance Management System be...
- White papers
- The CEO's New Rules for Driving Strategic Change
- Most of us have lived long enough corporate lives to recognize this scenario. CEO announces sweeping strategy shift for company. Managers and employees buy in enthusiastically -- everyone is on board! And the result is... Nothing. Change doesn't take hold....
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Achieving High Performance In An Era Of Climate Change
- Demands are increasing on businesses to do their part to respond to the threat of climate change based on their influential position within the global community. But what, exactly, are the impacts of climate change on businesses? What are some specific steps businesses can take to respond to both the...
- White papers 2008-01-17
- Uncompromising Leadership - How To Combine Speed And Commitment To Drive Change
- Job one for a business leader is to improve business performance by executing change and by exploiting emerging opportunities for growth. But change has its downsides, like resistance from management and line employees. To avoid these common hurdles, while realizing gains in business performance, focus on four overlapping implementation strategies....
- White papers 2005-01-28
- Shaking Off Change Fatigue
- This paper focuses on a situation called "Change Fatigue". It takes a look at how to stop this from spiraling and paralyzing performance. It states that economic recovery and improved financial performance will help. But apart from improving the bottom line, the senior management should seriously demonstrate commitment to their...
- White papers 2004-03-08
- Incentives And Performance Measurement
- An effective performance appraisal system is an asset to the organization. It enables precise identification of skill gaps existing in the employees and rewards them accordingly. This gap identification is crucial at the time of change management in the organization. The paper examines the planning-performance-participation model and explores the relationship...
- Presentations 2002-04-01
- Researchers to Managers: Employees CAN Change
- Researchers to Managers: Employees CAN ChangeRE: Researchers to Managers: Employees CAN ChangeAbsolutely agree. The growth mindset is key to our competitive advantage in any company and the ability to make change. I am a VP of HR and have always supported this philosophy. Employees have always risen to the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- PDC 2009: Microsoft cares about Web browser performance
- By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews I know when I've hurt a man's feelings. In a segment of the technology business that has recently become fiercely competitive, it's difficult to report bad news about a team that tries very hard to build a...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Managing Yourself Through Change
- Major change is difficult. Unexpected change is even more difficult. Some possibilities for navigating change more effectively. A model of change, is presented which describes the stages we go through as we respond to change. Then ideas are being offered about how to respond more effectively in each stage. Possibilities...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Conducting Performance Appraisals
- Conducting Performance AppraisalsConducting Performance AppraisalsSuggestion: create a folder in Outlook for each employee and park relevant emails to / from the employee there. Go into the folder and review the emails prior to the review. Many reviews are annual - you won't remember the details of employee interactions 12...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- Measuring Supply Management Change
- Past experience in both the Army and the private sector has shown that organizations are slow to change and are aggressively unsympathetic toward change unless it results in a dramatic and immediate improvement in service level or financial status. Six Sigma uses customer-focused goals and measurements to drive continuous improvement...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Identifying -- And Achieving -- Best Practices In Business Performance Management
- This webcast talks on identifying and achieving -- best practices in business performance management BPM. The BPM is an independent, industry wide organization that is advancing the thinking and practice of BPM. It is applied within almost every industry. With the change in time the corporations and their execs have...
- Webcasts 2003-10-08
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