New Paradigm = Realism
Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
The new paradigm of project management requires that project managers take a more realistic view of projects, thereby avoiding a paint-by-numbers approach. The emphasis shifts to viewing projects as dynamic systems, relying as much on relationships as well as tools and techniques.
Unfortunately, a systemic approach towards managing projects is rarely taken, […]
Situational Leadership
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | 1 Comment
The situational perspective is another approach for looking at leadership. Experts define it generally as the relationship between a leader’s style and his or her environment to influence the performance of subordinates. The overriding assumption is that a leader can adopt an “appropriate” style under certain circumstances. One of the most […]
Read More..>>Behavioral Leadership
Posted on June 26, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
One of the most well-known behavioral theories is Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Y. [17] While not a leadership theory per se, it provides an insight into leadership styles. A subscriber to Theory X reflects a manager’s negative view of subordinates, believing subordinates dislike work, avoid responsibility, and lack ambition. A […]
Read More..>>All about roomster
Posted on June 25, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
get bored with friendster? try to answer this question, what have you get for joining friendster? money, friend? i you ask me for this question, i said NOTHING but waste your times. Last week i found many “me too” websites that friendster minded. such as Roomster…just visit this site and i want to hear your […]
Read More..>>Traits of Project Managers
Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | 1 Comment
Although no pattern on the physical aspects of project leaders appears to exist, there are some patterns of actions that relate to the “soft” side of project management.
Warren Opfer, Timothy Kloppenborg, and Arthur Shirberg, although not discarding the need for technical and administrative skills, note that project leadership requires strength in […]
Cleaning for the Novice
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | 2 Comments
You unpack that great new computer you just bought, connect everything as shown in the diagram, and flick the switch. The monitor flickers on and you see all the lights flash for the first time. Nothing is more exciting! Your speed demon computer starts so fast that you don’t even see the listing of hardware […]
Read More..>>Healthy and Fit
Posted on June 11, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | 1 Comment
The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness. Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quality of our health and fitness, and our lifespan, is largely determined […]
Read More..>>The Great Question
Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
Many years ago, I began asking the question, “Why are some people more successful than others?” This question became the focal point of a lifelong search, taking me to more than 80 countries and through many thousands of books and articles on the subjects of philosophy, psychology, religion, metaphysics, history,
economics, and business. Over time, the […]
Communication Roles for Leaders
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
We believe that the most practical way to approach these challenges is to describe and examine a set of specific communication roles that leaders can play. Each role can be learned. Each must be thoughtfully
and skillfully exercised. Taken together, these communication roles can help shape focused, motivated, and inquiring employees; a workplace characterized by social […]
Rebuilding Trust
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
Creating and sustaining a climate of trust and a sense of community within the organization must be a priority for any organization’s leadership. How leaders extend trust, share information, provide direction and orientation, and in general develop a feeling of a common stake in the organization’s future represents, in sum, what is preeminently a communications […]
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