23rd December 2009
In the 20th century, management was largely handled by managers and supervisors who communicated with the people doing the work. In most cases, workers were responsible for managing their own time to get work done.
Near the end of the 20th century, glob...
16th December 2009
In 21st century management, two of the greatest challenges are matching peoples’ skills and availability to the work being done, and keeping work flowing productively. For people to be productive and happy, they need a steady flow of relevant work that...
27th November 2009
Over many years of consulting and research in the workplace, I have found that one of a manager’s greatest needs is to “know what is actually happening”, whereas the greatest need for people doing work is to “know what to do”.
Managers need to...
18th November 2009
Keeping work organized is a major challenge. There is a strong relationship between the effectiveness of work organization and productivity; so better organization usually improves ROI.
People do work, so work organization is largely about how people ar...
30th October 2009
I have found the greatest weakness of most planning is that a plan is made initially but not kept up to date. Usually planning is done before all the information about the work is clear, so the plan becomes less relevant as time goes on. To stay relevan...
22nd October 2009
I have found that work is managed at many levels in organizations and in the community. A means to dynamically seamlessly integrate all management levels will provide a great leap forward.
In broad terms, the levels can be described as:
• Strategic ...
09th October 2009
Work management is an essential subset of management used to get work done. Typical work management activities are:
• Managing goals
• Sorting out relevant tasks
• Planning tasks
• Organizing work
• Managing meetings
• Involving people ...
02nd October 2009
Calling all work a task???
In most workplaces, people consider everything that needs to be done as tasks. Tasks can be related to each other to create bigger tasks, such as projects or strategies. While smaller tasks can be used to create ToDo lists.
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18th September 2009
Social networking has revolutionized the way people can find out what is happening outside work. Work networking will revolutionize the way people find out what is happening at work.
In most workplaces, people find out what i...
19th August 2009
Most productive people use some form of a work plan to sort out what they need to do and to guide them when they are doing the work.
People generally agree that they need a work plan for new work, but often feel that planning takes too long and it is b...
04th August 2009
In the real world, everyone needs to manage their life. We all have 24 hours a day to get the things we need to do done. Some people manage their time and effort better than others.
When we work with other people, we need to coordinate our time and eff...
30th July 2009
When people are mobile, they need an easy method to participate in projects. Accessing web project management software on a notebook computer provides some capability, but it is not always convenient to start up a notebook computer to see what is happeni...
23rd July 2009
Business Continuity and Contingency Plans provide an effective means to implement a plan when little time is available and the price of failure is high. Plans need to be developed well before the event and where possible be rehearsed to ensure that nothi...
13th March 2009
This article identifies basic prerequisites for stakeholders to understand and fully engage with any organizational change. Without engagement and acceptance by stakeholders, it is unlikely that a change will deliver the potential benefits promised.
Def...
