Employee Benefits for Motivation and Productivity of Work

Employee benefits are essential for the development of corporate industrial relations. According to Herzberg's two-factor theory (motivation and hygiene), an employee benefit programme is a necessary and sufficient working condition. The hygiene factor will affect employees' work motivation and thus productivity.

A New Hire and An Aquarium

What does an aquarium have to do with a new hire? More than you think. Read on and see how an experience in ignoring the rules of good aquarium management resulted in a lesson that has much broader application.

Including a Corporate Chaplain to Your Toolbox

Every Christian CEO or business owner needs a tool box to use as he or she leads their company for Jesus Christ. Some of these tools may be bibles, tracts, booklets, cards, grief kits, or character training materials. I believe that one of the primary tools that are needed in every CEO's tool box is a corporate chaplain program.

KPI or Key Performance Indicators - Learn How To Design, Fill With Data And Use

KPI is a well-known concept approach, you will need to get your indicators, collect some data and as a result you will have a decision making data represented in a proper way, sounds simple, but there are some problems that you might face.

Executive Skills - 7 Critical Upgrades for Personal and Professional Use

These are tricky times for the executive suite. Results are expected in compressed time frames and the forces impacting performance more subtle than they seem. The situation calls for a tune up. The only challenge will be the receptivity to learn.

Electronic Document Management (EDM) - Steps Towards Better Workflow

With the electronic mail revolution and with computerisation in general, business communications have undergone massive changes in recent years. Traditional corporate communication methods have been downgraded in terms of importance for day-to-day business communications. But with the changes have come some fresh challenges. Here Jimi St. Pierre highlights two of these, and the solutions provided by EDM.

Managing Between The Process and The Output

One of the main roles of a judge in a trial is to defend the (fair) process. The judge has only a minor influence in the outcome (or result) of every trial... Business management is much more output driven. This is because people know WHAT they want and this knowledge is a bases to guide the management process. Specification of the output is the main ingredient in project management, but also for operational management. Yet it is not always clear how this output should look like. Then What (or How)?

Training Needs Analysis (TNA) - The Use Of Online Surveys In The Training Needs Analysis Process

A well constructed staff skills audit and training needs analysis process will assist with training vendor selection and budgeting, help improve employee retention levels, and help to significantly improve overall staff satisfaction.

Commercial Debt Collection

Commercial debt collection is required when a company fails to pay for goods or services supplied on credit.

Opening A Dollar Store - Merchandise Handling Equipment

Are you opening a dollar store? If your plans include a larger or a higher volume store, then think about merchandise handling and storage before you open your store. Pre-plan so that all of the equipment is in place and ready to use prior to opening. Pre-plan so that the right amount of space has been delegated to back room storage. Insure that back stock storage shelves have been installed prior to the excess inventory arriving.

Getting Your Price Right - Is Your Business Really Profitable?

How do you know you are asking the right price for your products or services? Is it enough to know that you make a profit at the end of the day? Does your business pay for your retirement? Is your business competitive? This article will give you an answer to these questions.

5 Best Practices for Retaining Your Best Talent

Because employees now know they are potential free agents, they are looking for the best package, not just more money. Who are the people you would hate to lose? It's time to use these five best practices for retaining your top talent so they aren't as eager to see if the money is greener on the other side of the fence.

Opening a Dollar Store - Excess Inventory Costs Money

Are you considering opening a dollar store? Then begin by establishing rules about receiving and the placement of merchandise into back room excess stock areas. If there happens to be excess merchandise find a place to store and display that merchandise on the sales floor so that there is a chance for it to sell.