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- Presentations: Wow 'Em Like Steve Jobs
- Want to give better presentations? Learn from the example of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the most charismatic pitchman in business today. Simple Secret: Ignite Your Enthusiasm Steve Jobs is passionate about designing cool, fun, and easy-to-use computers, digital music players, and now...
- Articles 2008-03-17
- Getting Incentives Right: The Economics of Motivating Employees
- Every manager wants to know how to motivate her employees to perform better. A common solution is to throw money at the problem. It might seem like sound economics, but yesterday Knowledge@Wharton spoke to an economist who suggests that managers rethink their system of incentives. Tyler Cowan, an economics professor...
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- How To Get Rid of a Bad Director
- So you're the chief executive officer of a company and you rely on your board of directors for sound advice and counsel. But there's one director who isn't delivering. He or she doesn't read the meeting materials before hand. Dozes during the meeting. Goes on long-winded rants not related to...
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Taking Different Approaches to a Problem
- We are under such time pressures at work that we tend to solve problems based on what has worked in the past. This approach precludes us from finding new and effective solutions. Instead, we look for "quick fixes." Considering a problem from different perspectives helps us solve...
- Articles 2007-12-03
- Planning the Campaign Cycle
- Every sales prospect goes through a "customer journey," moving from a prospect with little or no awareness of a company and its products to a loyal, repeat customer. At each stage of the journey, companies can use specific marketing tools and activities to engage prospects and communicate with them effectively....
- Articles 2007-11-30
- Solving Problems with Proven Techniques
- Humans have been solving problems since the beginning of time. Our problem-solving skills are responsible for spurring social and technological advancement. However, over time, our individual skills become less innovative. Oftentimes, as we gain experience, we resort to solutions that have worked in the past instead of broadening our scope...
- Articles 2007-11-12
- Getting to the Root of a Problem
- Organizations often respond to financial and market imperatives by resolving problems with short-term solutions. Often, there are procedures in place to guide people's actions so that they spend minimal time on original thinking and then focus on the immediate requirements of the job. However, constantly relying on quick fixes requires...
- Articles 2007-10-11
- Managing Pressure at Work
- For many people, being part of the business world comes at a substantial personal cost: stress. "It's a high stress job," people often say, as if this testifies to the position's prestige. For people whose ability to cope is at crisis point, however, stress is no longer a matter of...
- Articles 2007-10-05
- How Wal-Mart Will Save Wal-Mart
- The retailer's executive team in Bentonville knows they can't afford to stand still. What are they doing to put Wal-Mart back on the fast track? The Problem: Opening new stores in big cities Wal-Mart's Solution: Launch efforts to support local businesses and introduce new...
- Articles 2007-08-08
- The Dollar Falls and Volkswagen Looks West
- Who would've thought a Fortune Global 500 company would be looking at the United States as a low-cost manufacturing site? But with the dollar's recent dismal performance on foreign exchange markets, Volkswagen finds it hard to justify importing to the U.S. market. The logical solution is either to start building...
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Danone Milks New Optimization Technology
- Groupe Danone, the French packaged foods giant suffering from its agonizing China venture, is still moving ahead in other areas of its $18.5 billion business. The company recently implemented one of the most advanced supply chain planning solutions in a large dairy products plant located in México. The software is...
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- Making Un-Boring Presentations
- Ask your co-worker if she can remember the last time she walked out of a presentation and thought, “Gee, I wish it wasn't over. I just wish he had kept power-pointing for ten minutes more…†That doesn’t happen. But why doesn’t it happen? The high-king of information...
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Troubleshoot Bad Boss Behavior
- It's an occupational hazard: Even the best bosses sometimes act like jackasses. Boss Problem: Chronic Micromanagement Your Solution: Build a detailed plan for your projects, with regular milestones where you will report back for feedback. Invite your boss to review the plan and adjust it...
- Articles 2007-03-07
- Homeloan Management Limited: Provider of Back-Office Processes to the Financial Services Industry Takes Control of a Growing Business
- Homeloan Management Limited is the UK's foremost provider of systems and process outsourcing solutions to the mortgage sector. HML needed a solution that could help it proactively diagnose issues with both its own and its customers' systems to ensure that service level agreements were met. The solution provided was a...
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- Sample Solution Architect Resume
- This sample solution architect resume will give you a quick start on building an effective and optimized resume for your job application. One can feel free to customize and edit this sample solution architect resume as per their requirement for job application.
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- The Top 6 Things To Consider When Choosing A PPM Solution
- According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for Project and Portfolio Management PPM solutions is rising in response to the weakened economy. Many businesses are choosing to implement PPM solutions in order to "Identify which IT projects are mission critical and to help them execute...
- White papers 2009-06-27
- Are Open Source ERP Solutions Right For Me?
- Most IT managers are asking themselves the same question these days - how can I cut on IT costs? Pressure from top management makes software procurement a sensitive process. When it comes to ERP solutions, there are two things you can do to cut costs: go for a SaaS model,...
- White papers 2009-05-30
- SAP Business All-in-One Fast-Start Program: Creating affordable, flexible solutions for faster value
- Read this solution brief to see how the SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program for midsize companies enables you to configure an affordable and predictable enterprise business solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor...
- White papers 2008-02-27
- From Problem To Solution In 4 Steps: Facilitator's Guide To Participatory Decision Making
- Got a problem to solve? This facilitator's guide to participatory decision making will get you from problem to solution in 4 steps. With a bit of guidance, groups can effectively evaluate alternative solutions, systematically work out what trade-offs exist and agree a working solution. This paper gives four steps on...
- White papers 2007-08-04
- Kids Talk: How to Fix the Recession
- In upstate New York, some youthful sources offer a fresh perspective on the economic crisis -- as well as some recession stories of their own.
- Videos 2009-07-08
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