An operations manager takes on tasks designed to improve productivity and assist in the growth of the organization. Some of the functions directly affected by the operations manager are purchasing, ...

Human resources functions are significantly different from HR practices. Functions are comprised of transactional activities that can be handled in-house or easily outsourced. Practices are part ...

For new supervisors or managers, the standard PLOC (planning, leading, organizing, controlling) framework is still useful in preparing for their new role. Of these four basic functions however, ...

Equipment management is a complex and difficult task that affects almost every aspect of a company’s operations. The skills required vary from the master mechanic to the finance specialist, and ...

Phirippidis, CEO of the consulting firm KerrHill, offers a highly practical treatise on the primary functions of management in this inviting and useful work. Extracted from the author’s management ...

Equipment management is a complex and difficult task that affects almost every aspect of a company’s operations. The skills required vary from the master mechanic to the finance specialist and ...

LONDON/NEW YORK(Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) - This is the first of two articles looking at policy management. It focuses on basic policy management principles, while the second will look ...

Since each of us has had good and bad managers, it's tempting to wonder if there's a brain-based distinction between them. At times I've worked with managers so appallingly unfit for their role that ...