management
The Dictionary of Project Management Terms competition
Finance Week is running a competition in conjunction with ESI to win 10 project management dictionaries.
Both sides of the coin: a study in project success and project failure
J. LeRoy Ward, who has helped organisations manage projects for 33 years gives his views on how project management can be good or bad and examines the two sides of the same coin - success or failure. He uses two fictional case studies as exemplars.
Managing a pricing crisis and staying afloat
Eight tips to help financial service providers, and other companies, to find their way out of the financial crisis, stabilise their pricing and look to a stronger future.
Steps to handling cuts in project budgets
In the current economic crisis, project budgets are being slashed. Denise DeCarlo provides some insights on how to best manage and gives 13 steps to help get things back in order after your cost target changes.
Outlook 2009: Private equity managers will become more interventionist
A survey shows that private equity leaders name portfolio improvement as top priority in 2009.
ACT working capital series: An ethical attitude to payments critical
The ACT ran a seminar examining working capital in Manchester recently with another coming up Reading this month. Five of the expert participants gave their views on how to handle a working capital crunch and what to look out for. Below Rachel Chan, chair, Manchester and construction north west branch, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply gives her view on why companies shouldn't always take the easiest decisions.
Risk management: Getting employees to change behaviour
Management can examine risk and draft all-encompassing and detailed health and safety policies, but what happens when employees' behaviour doesn't reflect the procedures? Jon Crook examines the legal and management problems companies face when attempting to change employee behaviour to reduce the risk. He also offers some solutions.
How to lead staff during a recession
As the governor of the Bank of England uses the "R" word, recession, there is increasingly a focus on how businesses can cut costs and streamline operations. Stephen Archer explains how to address and lead staff during these times to increase retention as well as commercial effectiveness.
Best practice for correcting your company budget
As more analysts push business intelligence (BI) and dissatisfaction with spreadsheets grows, William Soward, offers a step-by-step guide of moving your company to a better organised budget.
Better insurance claims handling will benefit the balance sheet
As credit becomes tighter and companies more litigious, management can at least reassure corporate finance departments that improved insurance payment times have arrived. Balance sheet working capital can but benefit from the new electronic claims system sweeping the insurance industry, writes James Sterling.
The Bottom Line: Britain still great for business
Political strategy needed to show that Britain is still great for business, says Richard Thomas
"Out of one side of his mouth, Gordon Brown is saying he will make Britain an attractive place to invest, but out of the other he is clobbering higher earners with 50%, which sends out the opposite message.