Canadian Manager articles from December 1997

Canadian Manager archives from December 1997

Metropolitan Toronto Police Services.
December 22, 1997... As the largest municipal police organization in Canada, the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (MTPS) is committed to first-rate standards and training for management. In fact, one of the current organizational goals is, in part, "to develop and...

Executives waste over a month each year trying to find things.
December 22, 1997... Comparative Survey Shows Problem is Ongoing and Widespread Sometimes it feels like it takes more than a month to find misplaced files, addresses, memos or reports. Actually, it does. In a recent nationwide survey, executives reported that they...

Speak your way to success: presentation skills - myth vs. reality.
December 22, 1997... Presentation Skills - Myth vs. Reality Fire, electrical blackout, locust, earthquake... thus the apprehensive speaker prays. For him and thousands of men and women like him, speaking in front of a group is the experience to be feared most....

The 3 principles of decision-making.
December 22, 1997... Your job as a manager, apart from the duties and responsibilities outlined in your job description, is really quite straightforward: maximize shareholder wealth. I don't mean to imply that your job is easy. Far from it. What I am saying is that,...

Getting them to see things your way.
December 22, 1997... Based on the new book, When Talking Makes Things WORSE! The prevailing view about how to persuade someone is that you've got to be a great communicator. Your personality has to be so charming and your arguments have to be so polished that you...

Performance improvement counselling. (employee motivation)
December 22, 1997... Do you have an employee who is not achieving his or her full potential or whose job performance or interpersonal relationships are deteriorating? There are many reasons for performance deterioration. Common ones include poor or failing mental...

Human resource information systems improve management decision-making.
December 22, 1997... Until the past few years, the HR function within business has long been the poor cousin to other management priorities. As a result, the automation of the human resource function has been slow for many Canadian companies. As competitive...

The Midas touch. (Burlington Taxi Inc's development of its own dispatching software)
December 22, 1997... By spinning in-house software into marketable products, you can turn prohibitive automation costs into pure gold. Many entrepreneurs dream of automating all of the dollar-draining processes at work in their business - until they discover the...

Lack of aggressiveness is the number on barrier to Canada's international competitiveness.
December 22, 1997... Canadian businesspeople are well respected internationally, but their lack of aggressiveness is holding the country back from being even more competitive, according to a Deloitte Consulting survey. More than 90% of respondents said Canadian...

The three C's of participative management.
December 22, 1997... We've all heard of the benefits of participative management - employees are motivated because they are involved, change is accepted more readily, and the quality of decision-making goes up. But participative management also has its problems...

Five network nightmares: you can solve with job scheduling solutions.
December 22, 1997... You Can Solve with Job Scheduling Solutions While IT professionals from the mainframe environment have enjoyed the efficiency of batch processing tools, those who work in the client/ server distributed environment have struggled with completing...

Retirement realities. (Registered Retirement Savings Plans)
December 22, 1997... Did you know that the number of Canadians retiring will grow by 50% in the next 10 years? Your retirement years should be worry-free. It's an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of your labour, and the precious gift of time. During the prime...

Business drivers reimbursement survey.
December 22, 1997... Nearly 9 in 10 Canadian companies reimburse employees for the business use of their personal vehicles and the average reimbursement is 28 cents per kilometre, according to the latest survey from Runzheimer Canada, the Toronto-based management...

Getting Back to Work: The Ultimate Jobseeker's Guide for Canadians Over 45.
December 22, 1997... A few years ago, Dianne Twombly was asked to help put together a program for older, unemployed people in Nanaimo, B.C. While doing preliminary research, Dianne asked herself "what makes this group different from the other one in ten Canadians...

Competing in the Third Wave: The Ten Key Management Issues of the Information Age.
December 22, 1997... Managers today are bombarded with advice about how to run their businesses. In fact, many are wallowing in "overchoice" - caught between yesterday's fad and tomorrow's silver bullet. Ironically, in most companies the "new" prescriptions that are...