Canadian Manager articles from June 1996

Canadian Manager archives from June 1996

Appreciate employees to get best results. (strategies for rewarding employees)
June 22, 1996... The bottle of champagne was sitting by his front door when Bert Bachmann came home after his first marathon, a 42-kilometre slog through the streets of Vancouver. Tied to the bottle with a white ribbon was a card - from his boss at B.C. Backers...

Twelve steps to walking the talk. (strategies for improving operations management)
June 22, 1996... What does an organization need to do to reach its goals, and how can it best do so? These are the questions that haunt many a manager. This article outlines a 12-step process to help organizations improve their operations by learning how to...

Wide area networks - the key to enterprise productivity.
June 22, 1996... Information has become critical to the productivity and competitiveness of business today. And as information becomes increasingly available only in electronic form, internetworking is becoming as indispensable to meeting the needs of...

Computer assisted empowerment. (Organization Works software for performance management)
June 22, 1996... A new Windows[TM]-based computer system for managing performance called Organization Works[TM] empowers employees by giving them immediate access to their performance requirements and meaningful participation with their supervisor in managing...

Non-traditional education: an important option for changing times. (rules for selecting a non-traditional degree program) (includes a tabular data of non-traditional degree programs)
June 22, 1996... Selecting a Non-Traditional Degree Program This article is the last of a series of four articles on nontraditional education. It considers how to evaluate a program of study and concludes with a listing of universities offering reliable...

Critical to success: effectively managing projects. (business planning and management)
June 22, 1996... While companies regard projects or initiates as a viable means to improve their business, most have an incomplete understanding of the changes involved in implementing projects and what it takes to successfully mange them. There are many war...

Anyone can use humor to calm irate customers. (strategies for customer relations)
June 22, 1996... Jerry Hanson, successful Montana entrepreneur, swears that he never hires anyone who cannot spell "perusal" and also define it. In my speeches to management groups, I sometimes suggest that a sense of humour is an important qualification for...

Diversity at Work: The Business Case for Equity.
June 22, 1996... Diversity at Work: The Business Case for Equity will help organizations everywhere deal with one of the most inflammatory and sensitive management issues today: managing differences in the workplace. The individual situations and concerns people...