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Whitepapers
Management Skills for Every Leader
Oct 2011
What are the skills required to be a manager, and how do they relate to each other? What is leadership and how is it different from management? The Egan management Skills Model provides answers to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Goal Setting - The Key To Success
Oct 2007
Goal setting is a critical step in achieving success in your life. By setting goals, you will be able to accomplish all your tasks in a timely, organized manner. Planning out your goals can help...
Provided by Articlesisland.com
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Webcasts
Professional Edition Demo
Jan 2009
This SuccessFactors' demo gives you the brief tour of its Professional Edition, featuring special introductions to the Performance Review, Goal Management, Employee Profile and Organization Chart,...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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White Papers
Visions Provide The Energizing Context To Reach Our Goals
Jan 2009
Like mission and vision statements and values, goal setting and visioning labels often get confused and used interchangeably. Generally that doesn't matter. As long as the people on our teams and...
Provided by CLEMMER Group
-
White Papers
Building A Successful Company Goals Are Key To Getting Things Done
Jan 2009
Goals are set through an interactive and iterative process lead by the CEO and individually determined by each member of the team. Goals aren't set until the entire team believes in their...
Provided by Sevin Rosen Funds
-
White Papers
How To Identify An Effective Goal Setting System
Jan 2009
A goal setting system should never be complex to use; in fact it should be very easy, almost to the point that it is seemingly non-existent. Apart from being easy to use, it should definitely be...
Provided by Colin P Dunbar
-
White Papers
Benefits Of Goal Setting To An Organisation
Jan 2009
Try to make your goals realistic and achievable. Don't set a goal which is too difficult, but likewise don't set a goal which is so easy that it will fail to excite and inspire you. Set lots of...
Provided by Goal Settings Guide
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White Papers
Your Project Does Have A Goal
Apr 2009
Projects don't (or at the very least, really shouldn't) start because there are some developers sitting around twiddling their thumbs, time on their hands, nothing to do. No, a project starts...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Locke's Goal Setting Theory - Understanding SMART Goal Setting
Jan 2009
Goal setting is a powerful way of motivating people. The value of goal setting is so well recognized that entire management systems, like Management by Objectives, have goal setting basics...
Provided by Article Brain
-
White Papers
How Important Is Goal Setting?
Jan 2009
Without goals, there is no direction; no focus; no reason to become involved in anything worthwhile. More importantly, controlling that which we wish to achieve is how we live; how we operate our...
Provided by Vineyardesigns.com
-
White Papers
The Importance Of Vision In Goal Setting
Jan 2009
Vision is a topic which can often be overlooked, when setting goals. Creating a vision is one of the best steps any goal setter can take. This paper discovers more about the importance of having a...
Provided by ContentGuild.com
-
Downloads
Simplifying Windows Vista Management and Deployment
Jan 2009
Learn about rapid deployment program tool sets and simplifying Windows Vista management and deployment with Dell Services.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Plan Your Way To Success And Increase Sales
Jan 2009
If you are like many salespeople you hit the ground running without doing much planning or having clear objectives for the next quarter much less the next twelve months. However, successful...
Provided by Peter DeHaan Publishing
-
White Papers
Set Goals To Increase Sales
Jan 2009
Establishing goals is challenging. Poor goal setting leads to increased costs and can lower morale. If you sell in a volatile market you may consider goals with shorter time frames. In addition...
Provided by Evan Carmichael
-
White Papers
Starting A Home Based Business And Setting Goals!
Jan 2009
In order to get started with any home-based business you need to start by developing a business plan. Once this step is complete and you move forward with your decision your home-based business...
Provided by contentdig.com
-
White Papers
The Fight Between ^Urgent^ And ^Important^
Feb 2008
When something is urgent, you rush to do it. When something is important, you prioritize it. In our everyday lives, we are forced to manage urgency and importance simultaneously. Especially in the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Improve Your Vision In Five Easy Steps
Sep 2009
For each success factor, list a key objective or measurable goal. Use the list you just developed to spark a discussion of the major goals. Combine ideas, wordsmith, refine and remove - whatever...
Provided by American Express
-
Related Offers
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Exclusive Offer
Feb 2010
Many of you want to move between platforms, but business realities slow you down. You may be dealing with IT resource limitations or application migration challenges. Even training costs can keep...
Provided by Novell
-
White Papers
Interaction With the Environment: Sensor Data Visualization in Outdoor Augmented Reality
Sep 2009
Proliferating sensor systems provide a rich source of data for understanding the dynamic characteristics of the environment. Visualization of, and interaction with, such data in outdoor augmented...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
Fundamentals Of Preparing An Effective Business Plan?
Feb 2009
Commencing a new business can be easy or difficult and the most essential step when starting a new business is to have an effective business plan. So the question arises, what actually is a...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Important Steps In Writing A Business Plan
Aug 2009
Writing a good business plan requires a lot of time. Business plan is a roadmap of success for any startup, as well as an already established business. It tells where you are, and where you want...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Ownership Structure, Profit Maximization, And Competitive Behavior
Jul 2009
The authors question the broad applicability of the assumption of profit maximization as the goal of the firm and investigate how variance in objective functions across different ownership...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
China's quiet confidence
Jun 2010
China's premier, Wen Jiabao, has said that 2010 will be a very difficult year for the country's economy, yet in Q1 its performance was remarkable. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 11.9...
Provided by INSEAD
-
Case Studies
Itour for SAP Business Objects - Flash Capabilities Commercial
Jul 2010
In today's complex business environment, even the smallest decisions can lead to big opportunities. How do you proactively ensure that your decisions are smart, strategic, and timely? Watch this...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Goal Setting: How Do You Score?
Apr 2008
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have the ability to accomplish a lot? They know where they are headed and exude an enviable confidence. Effective goal setting is one of their keys...
Provided by American Management Association
-
Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
Jul 2007
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Goal-Based Leadership
Jan 2008
Why are so many goals not relevant for the organization? A Fortune cover story "Why CEO´s fail" discussed the difficulties of organizations to implement their strategies. It was estimated that...
Provided by Krister Forsberg
-
Whitepapers
DWBI - New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet: Driving Business Optimization with IBM Analytic Solutions
Aug 2010
Business leaders today are making decisions with major blind spots. But with advanced analytics, you can become a smarter, more fact-based enterprise. Read this white paper to see how IBM...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Getting More From Lean: Seven Success Factors
Mar 2010
When Toyota created its lean production system in the late 1950s - drawing on the thinking of Henry Ford and W. Edwards Deming - the Japanese company revolutionized auto manufacturing. Since then,...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Goal Alignment - What's In It For You?
Jan 2010
There is a strong correlation between a successful company and an effective goal setting process, and you are the owner of that process. Managers and the entire executive team should be a part of...
Provided by SuccessFactors
-
White Papers
Taking R & D Global: Meeting The Challenge Of Getting It Right
Aug 2009
A global technology leader, one of the first to recognize the market potential of the next billion, began to globalize its R&D in the late 19905. This effort, which is still ongoing, will see the...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
Webcasts
Conor Neill: The Chile Mine Rescue, Reflections On Leadership In Extreme Situations
Oct 2010
Setting realistic goals, celebrating small wins, caring for your team: IESE's Conor Neill gleans leadership lessons from the sensational Chilean miners' rescue by focusing on three key figures -...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
A Practical Guide To Business Continuity
Apr 2010
One of the most important, but seemingly most overlooked, aspects of a complete data protection solution is a Business Continuity plan. The list of why's are endless, and common: the cost of...
Provided by Overland Storage
-
White Papers
New Directions In Goal-Setting Theory
Nov 2007
Goal-setting theory is summarized regarding the effectiveness of specific, difficult goals; the relationship of goals to affect; the mediators of goal effects; the relation of goals to...
Provided by University of Maryland
-
White Papers
Goal-Setting, Social Comparison, And Self-Control
Oct 2009
This paper addresses the role of self-set, non-binding goals as a source of internal motivation to attenuate the self-control problem of a hyperbolic discounter. Agents have linear...
Provided by Princeton University
-
White Papers
On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, And Scholars Gone Wild
Apr 2009
In this paper, the authors define good scholarship, highlight the points of disagreement with Locke and Latham (2009), and call for further academic research to examine the full range of goal...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects Of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting
Feb 2009
Goal setting is one of the most replicated and influential paradigms in the management literature. Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated...
Provided by Harvard University
-
White Papers
Learning From University-Community Partnerships (Past And Present) For Sustainable Development
May 2009
As universities attempt to expand their societal relevance by responding to an engaging with local and regional societal challenges, new university-community partnerships designed to promote...
Provided by Clark University
-
White Papers
The Feedback-Seeker In His Social Labyrinth: The Mediating Role Of Goals And Cooperative Norms In Linking Empowering Leadership To Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Nov 2008
This paper examined how feedback seekers' and targets' characteristics affect how feedback-seeking acts are evaluated. The authors studied how two aspects of the pattern of feedback seeking, the...
Provided by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
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Whitepapers
Top 10 Benchmarking Misconceptions
Aug 2012
Become a performance benchmarking guru Easily ensure database benchmarking success by following the expert tips in this free white paper. You’ll learn about the 10 most common benchmarking...
Provided by Dell Software
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Whitepapers
American Shipper Best Practices in Intl Transportation Management
Mar 2012
This report draws on American Shipper's benchmarking series and highlights actionable best practices for professionals involved in global supply chain management. This includes suggestions for...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Business Execution: Executive Buyer's Guide
Mar 2012
The workforce represents 40 to 60% of a company's operating expenses, and is the most important asset in business execution. Companies that narrow the gap between strategy and results can achieve...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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Whitepapers
Management Skills for Every Leader
Oct 2011
What are the skills required to be a manager, and how do they relate to each other? What is leadership and how is it different from management? The Egan management Skills Model provides answers to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
-
White Papers
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals In Government Procurement Contracting: An Analysis Of Bidding Behavior And Costs
Jan 2011
Programs that encourage the participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) as subcontractors have been a part of government procurement auctions for over three decades. In this paper,...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
Motivational Goal Bracketing
Oct 2009
It is a puzzle why people often evaluate consequences of choices separately (narrow bracketing) rather than jointly (broad bracketing). The authors study the hypothesis that a present-biased...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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Webcasts
Wal-Mart's Journey Toward Sustainability And Greater Value
May 2009
Almost four years ago, Wal-Mart announced three major goals that have since driven the company's operations internally and externally. In this webcast, the speaker gives us an insider's update on...
Provided by GreenBiz Group
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White Papers
Conference To Explore U.N. Millennium Development Goals
Mar 2011
In 2000, the United Nations estimated that more than a billion people worldwide lived in extreme poverty, a condition that organization described as "Abject and dehumanizing" - translating into...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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Webcasts
Assessing The Millennium Development Goals
Sep 2010
The Millennium Development Goals were set in 2000 to address the needs of the poorest of the poor internationally, from ending poverty to improving child and maternal health. In this webcast, the...
Provided by Brookings Institution
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White Papers
The Relationship Between Intra- And Intergenerational Ecological Justice. Determinants Of Goal Conflicts And Synergies In Sustainability Policy
Sep 2009
The guiding principle of sustainability is widely accepted in today´s international policies. The principle contains two separate objectives of justice with regard to the conservation and use of...
Provided by Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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White Papers
Projecting Progress Toward The Millennium Development Goals
Nov 2007
The Millennium Development Goals have become the frame of reference for most of the development community: the standard by which performance will ultimately be judged. Given their importance,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Case Studies
Cegetel: Web Portal Redesign Helps Achieve Strategic Goal To Be Top Provider
Jan 2011
French telecommunications provider Cegetel decided to tackle its biggest problem head on: its Web portal was preventing the company from achieving its strategic goals. The company chose CSC to...
Provided by Computer Sciences Corporation
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White Papers
The Fast Track To Operating Gains - Practical Principles For Achieving Aggressive Objectives
Jan 2011
Most executives will agree that we have left behind those days when single-digit percentage improvements in performance were good enough. Even though industry has come through a protracted period...
Provided by Rath & Strong Management Consultants
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White Papers
The Feedback-Seeker In His Social Labyrinth: The Mediating Role Of Goals And Cooperative Norms In Linking Empowering Leadership To Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Nov 2008
This paper examined how feedback seekers' and targets' characteristics affect how feedback-seeking acts are evaluated. The authors studied how two aspects of the pattern of feedback seeking, the...
Provided by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
-
White Papers
Learning From University-Community Partnerships (Past And Present) For Sustainable Development
May 2009
As universities attempt to expand their societal relevance by responding to an engaging with local and regional societal challenges, new university-community partnerships designed to promote...
Provided by Clark University
-
White Papers
Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects Of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting
Feb 2009
Goal setting is one of the most replicated and influential paradigms in the management literature. Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated...
Provided by Harvard University
-
White Papers
On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, And Scholars Gone Wild
Apr 2009
In this paper, the authors define good scholarship, highlight the points of disagreement with Locke and Latham (2009), and call for further academic research to examine the full range of goal...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Goal-Setting, Social Comparison, And Self-Control
Oct 2009
This paper addresses the role of self-set, non-binding goals as a source of internal motivation to attenuate the self-control problem of a hyperbolic discounter. Agents have linear...
Provided by Princeton University
-
White Papers
New Directions In Goal-Setting Theory
Nov 2007
Goal-setting theory is summarized regarding the effectiveness of specific, difficult goals; the relationship of goals to affect; the mediators of goal effects; the relation of goals to...
Provided by University of Maryland
-
White Papers
A Practical Guide To Business Continuity
Apr 2010
One of the most important, but seemingly most overlooked, aspects of a complete data protection solution is a Business Continuity plan. The list of why's are endless, and common: the cost of...
Provided by Overland Storage
-
Webcasts
Conor Neill: The Chile Mine Rescue, Reflections On Leadership In Extreme Situations
Oct 2010
Setting realistic goals, celebrating small wins, caring for your team: IESE's Conor Neill gleans leadership lessons from the sensational Chilean miners' rescue by focusing on three key figures -...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Taking R & D Global: Meeting The Challenge Of Getting It Right
Aug 2009
A global technology leader, one of the first to recognize the market potential of the next billion, began to globalize its R&D in the late 19905. This effort, which is still ongoing, will see the...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Goal Alignment - What's In It For You?
Jan 2010
There is a strong correlation between a successful company and an effective goal setting process, and you are the owner of that process. Managers and the entire executive team should be a part of...
Provided by SuccessFactors
-
White Papers
Getting More From Lean: Seven Success Factors
Mar 2010
When Toyota created its lean production system in the late 1950s - drawing on the thinking of Henry Ford and W. Edwards Deming - the Japanese company revolutionized auto manufacturing. Since then,...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
Whitepapers
DWBI - New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet: Driving Business Optimization with IBM Analytic Solutions
Aug 2010
Business leaders today are making decisions with major blind spots. But with advanced analytics, you can become a smarter, more fact-based enterprise. Read this white paper to see how IBM...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Goal-Based Leadership
Jan 2008
Why are so many goals not relevant for the organization? A Fortune cover story "Why CEO´s fail" discussed the difficulties of organizations to implement their strategies. It was estimated that...
Provided by Krister Forsberg
-
White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
Jul 2007
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Goal Setting: How Do You Score?
Apr 2008
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have the ability to accomplish a lot? They know where they are headed and exude an enviable confidence. Effective goal setting is one of their keys...
Provided by American Management Association
-
Case Studies
Itour for SAP Business Objects - Flash Capabilities Commercial
Jul 2010
In today's complex business environment, even the smallest decisions can lead to big opportunities. How do you proactively ensure that your decisions are smart, strategic, and timely? Watch this...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
China's quiet confidence
Jun 2010
China's premier, Wen Jiabao, has said that 2010 will be a very difficult year for the country's economy, yet in Q1 its performance was remarkable. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 11.9...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Ownership Structure, Profit Maximization, And Competitive Behavior
Jul 2009
The authors question the broad applicability of the assumption of profit maximization as the goal of the firm and investigate how variance in objective functions across different ownership...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Important Steps In Writing A Business Plan
Aug 2009
Writing a good business plan requires a lot of time. Business plan is a roadmap of success for any startup, as well as an already established business. It tells where you are, and where you want...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Fundamentals Of Preparing An Effective Business Plan?
Feb 2009
Commencing a new business can be easy or difficult and the most essential step when starting a new business is to have an effective business plan. So the question arises, what actually is a...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Interaction With the Environment: Sensor Data Visualization in Outdoor Augmented Reality
Sep 2009
Proliferating sensor systems provide a rich source of data for understanding the dynamic characteristics of the environment. Visualization of, and interaction with, such data in outdoor augmented...
Provided by Columbia University
-
Related Offers
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Exclusive Offer
Feb 2010
Many of you want to move between platforms, but business realities slow you down. You may be dealing with IT resource limitations or application migration challenges. Even training costs can keep...
Provided by Novell
-
White Papers
How To Improve Your Vision In Five Easy Steps
Sep 2009
For each success factor, list a key objective or measurable goal. Use the list you just developed to spark a discussion of the major goals. Combine ideas, wordsmith, refine and remove - whatever...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The Fight Between ^Urgent^ And ^Important^
Feb 2008
When something is urgent, you rush to do it. When something is important, you prioritize it. In our everyday lives, we are forced to manage urgency and importance simultaneously. Especially in the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Starting A Home Based Business And Setting Goals!
Jan 2009
In order to get started with any home-based business you need to start by developing a business plan. Once this step is complete and you move forward with your decision your home-based business...
Provided by contentdig.com
-
White Papers
Set Goals To Increase Sales
Jan 2009
Establishing goals is challenging. Poor goal setting leads to increased costs and can lower morale. If you sell in a volatile market you may consider goals with shorter time frames. In addition...
Provided by Evan Carmichael
-
Whitepapers
Management Skills for Every Leader
Oct 2011
What are the skills required to be a manager, and how do they relate to each other? What is leadership and how is it different from management? The Egan management Skills Model provides answers to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
-
White Papers
Visions Provide The Energizing Context To Reach Our Goals
Jan 2009
Like mission and vision statements and values, goal setting and visioning labels often get confused and used interchangeably. Generally that doesn't matter. As long as the people on our teams and...
Provided by CLEMMER Group
-
White Papers
Building A Successful Company Goals Are Key To Getting Things Done
Jan 2009
Goals are set through an interactive and iterative process lead by the CEO and individually determined by each member of the team. Goals aren't set until the entire team believes in their...
Provided by Sevin Rosen Funds
-
White Papers
How To Identify An Effective Goal Setting System
Jan 2009
A goal setting system should never be complex to use; in fact it should be very easy, almost to the point that it is seemingly non-existent. Apart from being easy to use, it should definitely be...
Provided by Colin P Dunbar
-
White Papers
Benefits Of Goal Setting To An Organisation
Jan 2009
Try to make your goals realistic and achievable. Don't set a goal which is too difficult, but likewise don't set a goal which is so easy that it will fail to excite and inspire you. Set lots of...
Provided by Goal Settings Guide
-
White Papers
Your Project Does Have A Goal
Apr 2009
Projects don't (or at the very least, really shouldn't) start because there are some developers sitting around twiddling their thumbs, time on their hands, nothing to do. No, a project starts...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Locke's Goal Setting Theory - Understanding SMART Goal Setting
Jan 2009
Goal setting is a powerful way of motivating people. The value of goal setting is so well recognized that entire management systems, like Management by Objectives, have goal setting basics...
Provided by Article Brain
-
White Papers
How Important Is Goal Setting?
Jan 2009
Without goals, there is no direction; no focus; no reason to become involved in anything worthwhile. More importantly, controlling that which we wish to achieve is how we live; how we operate our...
Provided by Vineyardesigns.com
-
White Papers
The Importance Of Vision In Goal Setting
Jan 2009
Vision is a topic which can often be overlooked, when setting goals. Creating a vision is one of the best steps any goal setter can take. This paper discovers more about the importance of having a...
Provided by ContentGuild.com
-
Downloads
Simplifying Windows Vista Management and Deployment
Jan 2009
Learn about rapid deployment program tool sets and simplifying Windows Vista management and deployment with Dell Services.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Plan Your Way To Success And Increase Sales
Jan 2009
If you are like many salespeople you hit the ground running without doing much planning or having clear objectives for the next quarter much less the next twelve months. However, successful...
Provided by Peter DeHaan Publishing
-
White Papers
Set Goals To Increase Sales
Jan 2009
Establishing goals is challenging. Poor goal setting leads to increased costs and can lower morale. If you sell in a volatile market you may consider goals with shorter time frames. In addition...
Provided by Evan Carmichael
-
White Papers
Starting A Home Based Business And Setting Goals!
Jan 2009
In order to get started with any home-based business you need to start by developing a business plan. Once this step is complete and you move forward with your decision your home-based business...
Provided by contentdig.com
-
White Papers
The Fight Between ^Urgent^ And ^Important^
Feb 2008
When something is urgent, you rush to do it. When something is important, you prioritize it. In our everyday lives, we are forced to manage urgency and importance simultaneously. Especially in the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Improve Your Vision In Five Easy Steps
Sep 2009
For each success factor, list a key objective or measurable goal. Use the list you just developed to spark a discussion of the major goals. Combine ideas, wordsmith, refine and remove - whatever...
Provided by American Express
-
Related Offers
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Exclusive Offer
Feb 2010
Many of you want to move between platforms, but business realities slow you down. You may be dealing with IT resource limitations or application migration challenges. Even training costs can keep...
Provided by Novell
-
White Papers
Interaction With the Environment: Sensor Data Visualization in Outdoor Augmented Reality
Sep 2009
Proliferating sensor systems provide a rich source of data for understanding the dynamic characteristics of the environment. Visualization of, and interaction with, such data in outdoor augmented...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
Fundamentals Of Preparing An Effective Business Plan?
Feb 2009
Commencing a new business can be easy or difficult and the most essential step when starting a new business is to have an effective business plan. So the question arises, what actually is a...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Important Steps In Writing A Business Plan
Aug 2009
Writing a good business plan requires a lot of time. Business plan is a roadmap of success for any startup, as well as an already established business. It tells where you are, and where you want...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
Ownership Structure, Profit Maximization, And Competitive Behavior
Jul 2009
The authors question the broad applicability of the assumption of profit maximization as the goal of the firm and investigate how variance in objective functions across different ownership...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
China's quiet confidence
Jun 2010
China's premier, Wen Jiabao, has said that 2010 will be a very difficult year for the country's economy, yet in Q1 its performance was remarkable. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 11.9...
Provided by INSEAD
-
Case Studies
Itour for SAP Business Objects - Flash Capabilities Commercial
Jul 2010
In today's complex business environment, even the smallest decisions can lead to big opportunities. How do you proactively ensure that your decisions are smart, strategic, and timely? Watch this...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Goal Setting: How Do You Score?
Apr 2008
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have the ability to accomplish a lot? They know where they are headed and exude an enviable confidence. Effective goal setting is one of their keys...
Provided by American Management Association
-
Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
Jul 2007
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Goal-Based Leadership
Jan 2008
Why are so many goals not relevant for the organization? A Fortune cover story "Why CEO´s fail" discussed the difficulties of organizations to implement their strategies. It was estimated that...
Provided by Krister Forsberg
-
Whitepapers
DWBI - New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet: Driving Business Optimization with IBM Analytic Solutions
Aug 2010
Business leaders today are making decisions with major blind spots. But with advanced analytics, you can become a smarter, more fact-based enterprise. Read this white paper to see how IBM...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Getting More From Lean: Seven Success Factors
Mar 2010
When Toyota created its lean production system in the late 1950s - drawing on the thinking of Henry Ford and W. Edwards Deming - the Japanese company revolutionized auto manufacturing. Since then,...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Goal Alignment - What's In It For You?
Jan 2010
There is a strong correlation between a successful company and an effective goal setting process, and you are the owner of that process. Managers and the entire executive team should be a part of...
Provided by SuccessFactors
-
White Papers
Taking R & D Global: Meeting The Challenge Of Getting It Right
Aug 2009
A global technology leader, one of the first to recognize the market potential of the next billion, began to globalize its R&D in the late 19905. This effort, which is still ongoing, will see the...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
Webcasts
Conor Neill: The Chile Mine Rescue, Reflections On Leadership In Extreme Situations
Oct 2010
Setting realistic goals, celebrating small wins, caring for your team: IESE's Conor Neill gleans leadership lessons from the sensational Chilean miners' rescue by focusing on three key figures -...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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A Practical Guide To Business Continuity
Apr 2010
One of the most important, but seemingly most overlooked, aspects of a complete data protection solution is a Business Continuity plan. The list of why's are endless, and common: the cost of...
Provided by Overland Storage
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New Directions In Goal-Setting Theory
Nov 2007
Goal-setting theory is summarized regarding the effectiveness of specific, difficult goals; the relationship of goals to affect; the mediators of goal effects; the relation of goals to...
Provided by University of Maryland
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Goal-Setting, Social Comparison, And Self-Control
Oct 2009
This paper addresses the role of self-set, non-binding goals as a source of internal motivation to attenuate the self-control problem of a hyperbolic discounter. Agents have linear...
Provided by Princeton University
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On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, And Scholars Gone Wild
Apr 2009
In this paper, the authors define good scholarship, highlight the points of disagreement with Locke and Latham (2009), and call for further academic research to examine the full range of goal...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects Of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting
Feb 2009
Goal setting is one of the most replicated and influential paradigms in the management literature. Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated...
Provided by Harvard University
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Learning From University-Community Partnerships (Past And Present) For Sustainable Development
May 2009
As universities attempt to expand their societal relevance by responding to an engaging with local and regional societal challenges, new university-community partnerships designed to promote...
Provided by Clark University
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The Feedback-Seeker In His Social Labyrinth: The Mediating Role Of Goals And Cooperative Norms In Linking Empowering Leadership To Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Nov 2008
This paper examined how feedback seekers' and targets' characteristics affect how feedback-seeking acts are evaluated. The authors studied how two aspects of the pattern of feedback seeking, the...
Provided by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
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The Fast Track To Operating Gains - Practical Principles For Achieving Aggressive Objectives
Jan 2011
Most executives will agree that we have left behind those days when single-digit percentage improvements in performance were good enough. Even though industry has come through a protracted period...
Provided by Rath & Strong Management Consultants
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Business Process Management II: Best Practices of Boeing and UPS
Oct 2006
This executive summary is a follow up report to APQC's 2005 "Business Process Management" Best- practice Report. It digs deeper into how organizations are navigating the transition from...
Provided by APQC
