Long considered the world's greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker's teachings continue to inspire leaders. In this excerpt from his new book A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher (AMACOM, 2007), William Cohen describes a lesson he learne
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Interview with Amy Binder, CEO of RF|Binder Partners, to discuss the current and future state of the PR business.
Preventive management is a way to minimize problems in process or operations; a method for continuous improvement.
Cue the scary music. Just in time for Halloween, <i>Performance & Profits</i> offers a sample of tales about presentation nightmares that are guaranteed to give you goose bumps. Don't read this alone....
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When times get tough, productivity becomes an overriding priority. Your organization has to get the most out of every resource, even while cutting nonessential costs. But which productivity-enhancement practices are most effective? In May 2008 the...
How to safeguard your company from purchasing fraud.
Dips in morale for whatever reason need the attention of every manager, plus HR responsibility.