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Business and Finance
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Market Action and Reaction
by: Rick Ratchford
Newton's Third Law of Motion states that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Such 'action' can be by direct contact, such as from friction, tension or applied forces. Then you have such 'actions' as a result of gravity, electrical and magnetic. Forces come in pairs. For every action, there is opposite reaction. The size of the reaction is equal to the ... (read more)
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Recruiting Questions From Hell
by: Dr. John Sullivan
I'm a prolific writer, with well over 500 articles and four books produced. When people ask me what my favorite article I've written is, I answer without question that it's the HR "questions from hell" article that I wrote several years ago. As a follow up to that article, which covers all aspects of Human Resources, here is a companion article that focuses exclusively on recruiting. I ... (read more)
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Innovation Means Looking Beyond What is to What Could Be
by: Jim Clemmer
Customer and market research, competitive benchmarking, and focusing on market share could be detrimental to your organization's future performance. These approaches are critical improvement tools. Top performing organizations have turned them into a disciplined and useful science. But they can also lead to "me-too" followership or -- even worse -- commodity products and services that compete o... (read more)
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Innovation and Organizational Learning Pathways and Pitfalls PART THREE of THREE
by: Jim Clemmer
"In examining the history of the visionary companies, we were struck by how often they made some of their best moves not by detailed strategic planning, but rather by experimentation, trial and error, opportunism, and — quite literally — accident. What looks in hindsight like a brilliant strategy was often the residual result of opportunistic experimentation and purposeful accidents." — James C. C... (read more)
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Innovation and Organizational Learning Pathways and Pitfalls PART TWO of THREE
by: Jim Clemmer
"The way to avoid mistakes is to gain experience. The way to gain experience is to make mistakes." — Laurence J. Peter, Peter's Competence Principle • If your team or organization doesn't have a disciplined management system and supportive leadership culture, innovation and organizational learning is just wishful thinking. • The only place you should try "doing it right the first time" is wi... (read more)
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How to Leverage Your Intellectual Property for Maximum Profit
by: Suzanne Falter-Barns
I don't know about you, but I would like to "squeeze" as much potential (read "profits") out of every minute I work as possible. If I create something once, I better use it in at least three different ways, or I consider it a waste of time. Now this might mean different things to different people, but here is what it means to me: 1. Save all emails you send to clients and turn them into article... (read more)
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Innovation and Organizational Learning Pathways and Pitfalls PART ONE of THREE
by: Jim Clemmer
"Finding is reserved for the searchers. We don't find what we need; we find what we search for. Needing is not a prerequisite to getting value. You can't be a needer, you have to be a searcher." — Jim Rohn, successful entrepreneur and personal effectiveness author and speaker • Make sure the "voice of the market" pervades every part of your organization. Bring customers into your company off... (read more)
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Blocks to Customer Focus
by: Jim Clemmer
Despite all the proclamations, catchy advertising slogans, and customer service publicity, service levels have improved only marginally in the last few years. As Harvard Business School professor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, puts it "Despite the recent media coronation of King Customer, many customers will remain commoners... most businesses today say that they serve customers. In reality, they serve th... (read more)
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Choosing an ID Card System
by: Marcela Devivo
Choosing an ID card system is less difficult than it seems at first. Once you get past the jargon, there are really only several components that you need, and choosing them is based on what you need, what type of business or company you are, and how much security you require. An ID card system consists of a digital camera and software, a computer, a printer with software, an encoder, and a specifi... (read more)
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Wise Tax Ideas
by: Mark Peoples
Most people don't really look forward to filing their tax returns and paying their taxes. As it is, there really isn't much to look forward to because it is a tedious process that can take weeks to complete. Some people even have the bad luck to raise the interest of the IRS. The trouble is, most of these people's mistakes are not intentional. They just lack proper tax preparation, and in... (read more)
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