Management

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 […]

One approach would be to go through each of the steps in the Step Wise framework, identifying the products created. You might end with something like this. 0. Select project: feasibility report 1. Identify project scope and objectives Terms of reference 2. Identify project infrastructure Standards, procedures relating to progress […]

TIME TO FOCUS ON THE BIGGEST PIRATES IN NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY I think it is really ironic that when we talk about piracy in Nigeria, all we ever talk about are the marketers in markets like Alaba and elsewhere. To almost everybody in the Nigerian music industry, entertainment writers and […]

It’s easy to get caught up in leadership skills and development. Plus, when things are going well, it’s even easier to ignore any measurements that tell you how effective the leadership really is in your organization. There are numerous ways to measure effectiveness, but all of these analytics occur in […]

Human Resource Management (HRM) is the branch of management that concerns itself with the management of an organization’s most vital resources – the people who individually and collectively contribute to the organization’s growth and development. Earlier referred to as “personnel management”, HRM basically deals with staffing, developing the capabilities of […]

If you are considering joining a proprietary trading firm, how do you evaluate the different companies – particularly if you have never worked or traded for one before? There are so many firms out there, and they offer so many different combination of fees, environments, training, remote/onsite, market specialization, training, […]

Today’s business literature is replete with models of leadership and an entire industry has grown up around coaching leaders. Leadership is arguably one of the most valuable of human activities, yet despite the vast literature on the topic, many people remain unable to identify the basic building blocks that define […]

The Titanic was one of the greatest maritime disasters of all time and still continues to fascinate us today even though almost 100 years have passed since the tragedy. One of the facts about the tragedy that makes it significant was the number of lives that were lost: over 1,500 […]