During the past few years, the Department of Defense and Air Force’s senior leaders have focused their efforts on the topic of Air Force transformation. According to the Air Force Pentagon (2006), transformation is the “process by which the military achieves and maintains an advantage through changes in operational concepts, […]
Management
Symbosis Centre For Distance Learning: Imparting World Class Education
More than 2 Lakhs students from India and 42 countries worldwide are enrolled in different regular, part time or corporate courses of the centre. To keep pace with the changing demands in the field of education, the centre has all the modern facilities like well equipped class rooms, video conferencing, […]
Chapter 4 Of The Army Training Management Cycle – Planning Strategies
Once army leadership develops the mission essential task list, the last four stages of the army training management cycle are ready: planning, execution, assessment and feedback. The first of the concluding four stages is planning, chapter 4 of the army training management cycle. Using the mission essential task list and […]
Understanding Project Management As Related to PMP Certification
This article will provide an overview of projects, and the relationship between portfolios, programs, and projects, an overview of the processes within project management and discuss it in the content of PMP certification and the PMBOK, the project management book of knowledge. Many organizations today have a renewed interest in […]
Why Deploy Neem Accredited Trainees In Your Organization?
India is one among the fastest developing countries having a lot of manpower resources but it is not being properly utilized. Industries and service sectors looking for employees with good communication skills, team work and collaboration, research scholars should equip themselves to meet the demand. National Employability Enhancement Mission of […]
Book Summary: “Transformational Leadership” by Randy Dobbs
I was thrilled when I learned that Randy Dobbs, a friend and mentor from my days at General Electric, was writing a book about his leadership experiences. In the early 1990s I worked with Randy at GE Motors in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and then again at GE Medical Systems when […]
Careers in IT – Information Technology Management
In the previous “IT Diversity” articles I discussed Information Technology’s two main career paths – IT Systems and IT Application Development. While you can spend a lifetime working on the basics in either of these sectors, people often desire to advance their careers and move up the ladder into Information […]
Multiperson Comparison Performance Appraisal Systems and 360 Degree Feedback
Developed in the 1970s, 360 or multiperson comparison performance appraisal has been a people development tool that has been underutilized ever since it arrived on the scene. Why is this? Most organizations fail to plan for the culture change that needs to occur in order for the feedback system to […]
