When it comes to your paper management, your style comes into play more than you think. Managing daily paper flow is, in part, dependent upon whether or not you need visual cues. This is important to know when organizing your desktop and it impacts your space management as well. When it comes to time management, …
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50 Tips for How to Manage Time Chaos
What does time management have to do with setting goals? Everything. Achieving goals involves identifying activities and completing a series of related tasks. Planning time allows you to complete tasks and accomplish goals. And remember to always… Clear your desk. Clear your mind. Organize it
Learn How to Take Control of Shipping Spending
Stop assuming. Start saving. Learn what you’re overlooking in your shipping and how to take control of your spending. We all make assumptions from time to time. Just don’t let them cost you. Things are changing every day in the shipping industry, and if you’re holding tight to any outdated ways, you’re probably paying too …
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Book Summary: American Turnaround – Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way to Do Business by Ed Whitacre and Leslie Cauley
Ed Whitacre, the former CEO of AT&T and GM, teams up with writer Leslie Cauley on this entertaining, informative autobiography. Under Whitacre’s management, Southwestern Bell became AT&T, and GM traveled from bankruptcy to profitability within 16 months. Filled with anecdotes and asides, this is no ordinary business book. Pithy phrases defining his basic management principles …
Book Summary: Ackoff’s Best His Classic Writings on Management by Russell L. Ackoff
This book collects provocative, insightful essays by Russell L. Ackoff, architect turned city planner turned behavioral scientist turned professor. True to his convictions about systems thinking, his pieces form a coherent whole. Like a successful system, the whole of this book is greater than the sum of its parts. And what parts: the roots of …
Article Summary: The Modern Supply Chain Is Snapping, The coronavirus exposes the fragility of an economy built on outsourcing and just-in-time inventory
Can’t find your favorite shampoo or toothpaste in the store anymore? Blame the modern supply chain. Indeed, the coronavirus crisis has revealed how fragile our global supply chains have become. Find out why so many Western manufacturers today are left scrambling to find crucial ingredients and components for their products in today’s summary: