12/15/2005· Criminology
Embezzlement: Are you at risk?
There is an unusual rash of embezzlement scandals. Newspapers report that governments and organizations small and large are at considerable risk to white collar crimes. Even regional educational organizations are vulnerable as evidenced by one NY BOCES in which $3 million dollars was supposedly taken to illegally enrich an individual’s pockets
8/7/2006· Business Management
Managing Frontline Employees for Customer Success: A Toolbox of Employee Satisfaction Ideas
By: Dorothy Pederson
For decades there has been a chasm between frontline employees, typically hourly, and management. Frontline employees recognize a problem and feel powerless to "fix it." They blame management and expect them to "fix it!" They perceive that management does not listen to them. They feel discounted. So they rebel
8/7/2006· Business Management
By: Dorothy Pederson
The business of service is an interesting one to say the least. The subtle path to success lies in knowing ourselves. You might ask what I mean. What I am saying is that it is only in gaining understanding into our own feelings, reactions, and habits that we master the real art of relationship. It is always all about us
3/23/2009· Business Management
Sir George Martin: Lessons from the CEO of The Beatles
By: Dr. Linnda Durré
Treating people equally, focusing on the work, honest communication and doing what you love -- four basic values that legendary record producer Sir George Martin, "the CEO of The Beatles," used with the most successful, creative, zeitgeist-changing, consciousness-raising band in the history of musi
5/18/2018· Business Management
My Life as a Microsoft Dynamics Expert Witness
By: Eric Kimberling
I have been involved with Microsoft Dynamics implementations for nearly 20 years now. I have also spent the last decade providing Microsoft Dynamics expert witness testimony in implementation failures and lawsuits.
10/15/2004· Crisis Management
Dealers, Healers, Brutes And Saviors: Eight Winning Styles For Solving Giant Business Problems
By: Gerald C. Meyers
Strong, well-organized labor can quickly cripple a miscalculating company.Any company bent on progress with a minimum of labor interference must keep its workforce watered and well-fed, and keep labor relations in apple-pie order
4/10/2007· Professional Skills
By: Mike Kerr
Business author Paul Hawken said it best, "We lead by being human. We do not lead by being corporate, by being professional or by being institutional." Perhaps that’s why many leaders are embracing one of the most undervalued human resources they have at their disposal - their sense of humor
12/28/2018· Intellectual Property
Commercially Reasonable Efforts - How an Expert Can Help
By: Peter Crosby
Imagine this scenario: Early stage company Smallco develops an exciting new technology, which it uses to create the prototype of its first product - Brakethroo! A large company in the same field, Bigco, becomes aware of Brakethroo, and realizes that if the product works as hoped, it could be a valuable addition to Bigco's product range. Bigco offers to buy the technology and product from the shareholders of Smallco. The merger and acquisition (M&A) agreement specifies an up-front payment, and one or more payments dependent on achievement of milestones. Bigco agrees to use "commercially reasonable efforts" to achieve the milestones. Smallco and Bigco sign the agreement, the shareholders of Smallco get an immediate payout and look forward to further milestone payments.
3/28/2019· Business Management
Email Can Destroy You - How To Stay Out Of Legal Trouble
By: Peter Crosby
Emails can be dangerous. In the business world, emails can be not only dangerous but also very expensive.
6/21/2001· Crisis Management
Crisis Management Teams: Who Needs Them?
By: Peter G. Power
Experience has shown that when suddenly faced with a catastrophe, crisis managers have a tendency, from the outset, to try and follow familiar or routine systems. The more disturbing the situation the stronger the urge to take refuge in familiar procedures
by Dr. Rod Ghani
by H. Michael Mogil
by Frederick J. Passman, PhD
