Canadian Manager articles from March 2001

Canadian Manager archives from March 2001

NATIONAL PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... In October we began Strategic Planning for the Canadian Institute of Management. By the end of the day we had determined a National vision that was both clear and concise: "The primary purpose of CIM is to create and support a CIM designation...

BUSINESS SCHOOL STILL REIGNS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... MBA Valuable for Advancement to Executive Positions An MBA may still be the fastest way up the career ladder, suggests a recent survey. Eighty-six percent of top executives polled said a graduate degree in business is important to reach...

NEWS FROM NATIONAL.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... At the October 2000 strategic planning workshop a vision for the future of CIM was developed. At the same time a list of both short- and long-term objectives was created in support of the national vision. On the morning of February 3 a second...

Establishing Unique Customer Relations Using Data Warehousing.
March 22, 2001... The Royal Bank of Canada, Canada's leading provider of personal and commercial banking, has chosen a strategy of building unique relationships with individual clients, using a product that provides insights into client information, behaviour...

Frustrated with office politics? ... LEAD FROM WITHIN.
March 22, 2001... Your boss is walking toward your office door. You can see by the smoke coming out of his ears that he's a little ticked off. He comes in, slam dunks you with his problem and leaves. What do you do? 1. Walk into his office and tell him where...

Gives Your Name a Double Life.(preventing identity theft)
March 22, 2001... Can you imagine someone masquerading as you, using your name to obtain credit, a job, an apartment or mortgage, and living your double life? It can happen, and the fallout is not pretty. You may not know about it for years. Until one day. You...

Powerful Performance Evaluations.(Excerpt)
March 22, 2001... In her latest book, "Powerful Employment Policies'; Lauren Bernardi covers the increasingly important topic of employee policies and handbooks. The book is organized into three main parts: sample policies, personnel forms and a manager's manual...

6 SECRETS TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING GREAT EMPLOYEES.
March 22, 2001... Almost overnight, a severe skilled-labour gap has begun to put applicants in the driver's seat and turn employers from confident recruiters into grovelling pursuers desperately holding their fingers in the dike of employee turnover....

The Power of Niche Marketing.
March 22, 2001... In the current atmosphere of the competitive, changing world of business, you may find yourself asking "What do I do to stay competitive, distinguish my services, and still be able to charge higher rates while at the same time attracting more,...

IF THERE'S NO BRAND, THERE'S NO BUSINESS.(marketing and brand name)
March 22, 2001... Harvard University responded decisively when a company came along with notHarvard.com. The edu-commerce company that provides online universities didn't waste any time changing its name to Powered.com. According to university officials, Harvard...

When You're The Top Dog.(leadership)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Three Keys to Leading Like a Professional Judging by the way we elect some of our political leaders, you'd think that the three most important qualities to leadership are: popularity, an outgoing personality, and loyalty to your...

Mining the Middle Ground.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Developing Mid-Level Managers for Strategic Change David N. Williams CRC Press 2000 N.W. Corporate Blvd. Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868 ISBN: 1-57444-295-3 $39.95 (245 pages, hardcover) Throughout the late 80s and 90s...

Hold on to Your Money.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Financial Survival for Today and Tomorrow Martina Wood, CMA Blue Spruce Publishing A12 - 1250 Eglinton Ave. W., #318 Mississauga, ON L5V 1N3 ISBN: 0-9687439-0-0 $21.95 (168 pages, softcover) Hold on to Your Money...