filed in General on Jun.12, 2011
Last December when Apple acquired the music service LaLa, most thought that it would be an easy plug-in to use this technology to give Apple a broader music footprint. Launched in 2006 and shut down by Apple in May 2009, LaLa possessed a unique technology that scanned hard drives for existing music libraries and then [...]
filed in Business Management on Dec.10, 2010
Communication is a fundamental building block for creating a team of members that do not only work well on their own, but with each other. It is important to foster this line of information sharing at all levels within a company, but perhaps none so much as with its leaders. More often than not, you [...]
filed in Business Management on Sep.14, 2010
Successful businesses are the cornerstone of any well performing economy. The ever increasing pressure on business and governmental agencies to enhance performance at local, national and international levels is a constant reminder of this. As the quality of the management team directly affects the performance of any business, there is growing demand for competent and [...]
filed in Business Planning on Sep.05, 2010
Strategic planning is a coordinated and systematic process for developing a plan for the overall direction of an organization and the allocation of resources to optimize future potential. Many businesses start out with only an idea and a desire to succeed. Sometimes it works; more often, it does not. According to the US Small Business [...]
filed in Business Management on Aug.31, 2010
The chief executive of a non-profit organization asked me to come to a meeting of her management team to talk about the performance of staff. When I arrived, she ushered me into a conference room. The four other members of the management team were already at the table. “We want to tell you what’s going [...]