Talent Management is planning ahead. Sometimes Family Businesses don’t do enough Talent Management. Sometimes Family Businesses don’t recognize the value of Deming. When studying organizations and their control systems, it may be easy to load the structure into a PDCA-queue. PDCA equals Plan – Do – Check – Act. The company motto, vision statement, [Continue Reading]
Mad Men in a Modern Family World
“If fidelity to freedom and democracy is the code of our civic religion then surely the code to our humanity is faithful service to that unwritten commandment that sate we shall give our children better that we ourselves received.” Mad Men is an American period drama television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. Mad [Continue Reading]
Organizational Structure: “The more things change, the more they stay the same”
The more things change, the more they stay the same — plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Organizational Structure At the turn of the century in three different parts of the world three different men published treaties on business, organizational structure and organizational theory. Many of their ideas are still used today. The [Continue Reading]
Labor Day
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Part of the season is children returning to [Continue Reading]
Is More Business Innovation Created by Entrepreneurs or Intreprenuers?
Business innovation today comes both from entrepreneurs and intreprenuers. But what is an intraprenuer? An intraprenuer is an person employed to drive innovation within a business in order to revitalize and diversify its business. Tiger Woods, Severe Weather, Brittany Murphy, Avatar, Health Care and Yemen are six of the top ten searches this week. Grab [Continue Reading]