Canadian Manager articles from December 1993

Canadian Manager archives from December 1993

Continuous improvement - managing the risk successfully.
December 22, 1993... Central to an organization's ability to continuously improve is a culture which encourages innovation and action. By their very nature, innovation and creativity are risky. No guarantees exist to ensure that new ways of doing things will be...

Are your products alive, dead or in between?
December 22, 1993... The products sitting on your shelves are just like people. Some are just beginning life. Others are teenagers, growing fast, slightly uncoordinated, unfazed by competition, and ready to take on the world. Still others are middle aged, or, perish...

Team goals: aligning groups and management.
December 22, 1993... Doug Smith shifted uneasily as he stood before the Chairman and CEO who had, several months earlier, assigned him to explore the possibilities of expanding and developing new facilities. Clearly something was terribly wrong when the CEO...

Looking beyond hiring traditions.
December 22, 1993... Managers today are being asked to do a lot. They are expected to motivate, develop skills, and be positive role models for the people they manage. Unfortunately, they are often frustrated in trying to motivate employees who resist all efforts at...

Pen-based computing: the new wave of computing.
December 22, 1993... New computer and software technology is becoming more user-friendly, thanks to a new application which links the pen and paper age to the computer age. Pen-based computing is the next step, using a pen instead of a keyboard to input information....

Recruiting for potential should be based on work complexity.
December 22, 1993... Operation Desert Storm was an event that remains etched in our memories. Deep behind its success was primary management research that could have significant impact as to how businesses recruit for the future. In 1988, the United States Army...

Federally backed business improvement loans worth a look.
December 22, 1993... If you are a small business owner or a professional with your own practice, you may have heard of the federal government's business improvement loans program. What you may not have heard is that various changes to the program now make it very...

Well-designed performance measurement is the strongest tool for controlling your business objectives.
December 22, 1993... Traditional measures as applied to manufacturing, for example, are helpful in understanding performance but they may not be appropriate for use throughout the organization. Experience shows that inappropriate measures prompt inappropriate...

Multicultural Management: New Skills for Global Success.
December 22, 1993... Insightful, powerful, and practical are adjectives that describe Multicultural Management: New Skills For Global Success, a "must read" guide for business executives and community leaders seeking success in working with people from other...

Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure.
December 22, 1993... What does humour have to do with health, creativity, our careers and lives? Everything! We've all seen a well-timed smile defuse a tense situation, rebuild a team or get a job rolling again. We've also felt the medicinal effect of laughter in...