Management

Articles, interviews, self-assessments, survey results, book excerpts, the latest trends and a customized “Manager’s Tool Kit” to help you achieve your business goals. PLUS links to AMA’s seminars, books and wide range of learning resources.

	10 Keys to Workplace Excellence Based on surveys of over 100,000 managers and employees from hundreds of organizations around the world Peter Stark has uncovered the motivational strategies used by the “Best of the Best” organizations.

Additional Management Articles of Interest:

• The Project Manager’s Guide to Getting It Done Move your projects along by overcoming the seven most common project clogs, from “feature creep” to chaotic work environments.

• Inheriting an Employee with Disciplinary Problems They say you can’t choose your relatives. Sometimes the same is true of your direct reports. In these situations, there are ways to rise to the challenge by letting your leadership ability shine.

• Remote Teams Are a “Virtual” Reality for Businesses While managing remote employees presents unique challenges, today’s organizations must meet those challenges to survive in our global economy.

• Budgeting Demystified If you don’t know what a pro forma balance sheet is, this article is for you.

• Are You a Micromanager? Here’s a secret about micromanagement: it isn’t always a bad thing. The key is recognizing when you’re indulging in the practice—and knowing when it’s warranted (and when it’s not).

• Cultivating Effective Corporate Cultures A new AMA/Institute for Corporate Productivity survey on corporate culture shows that a positive corporate culture correlates with successful talent management, better leadership development, higher productivity, more ethical behavior, and much more.

• Go Teams! Firms Can't Do Without Them A new study shows that while reliance on teams—especially the virtual variety— is not without challenges, today’s emphasis on collaboration ensures that teamwork remains a high priority for businesses.

• Stop Fighting Fires DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) was first used in manufacturing environments as a project-execution roadmap. Now use of the system has spread to service businesses, governments, and non-profits.

• Coaching: What Really Works Coaching remains an untapped opportunity for many organizations. Unfortunately, they’re missing out on a strategy that leads to significant global competitive advantage.

• How to Be a Super Supervisor These 11 “differences that make a difference” are guaranteed to bring out the best in your people.