Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

Performance management starts before the employee even reports to work on his first day -- it begins during the recruitment and selection process and continues throughout the employment relationship.

You have to wonder why performance management in a business usually falls so flat. Heaven knows, it isn’t for a lack of tools. Annual or quarterly reviews. Key performance indicators (KPIs). Coaching.

As businesses, policymakers and organizations look to solve grand technological, social, health and economic challenges, they increasingly rely on multiple sources of data, multiple disciplinary ...

Old-school performance management doesn't work. The dreaded annual review alienates managers and their reports alike. But companies the world over have discovered the positive changes a new approach ...

In this session, participants will develop an understanding of what it means to be a quality manufacturing organization with a quality product in the 21st century. In this session, you will develop an ...

Overconsumption of material goods is a problem with significant consequences, from environmental crises—it's a key driver of resource depletion—to diminished personal well-being—it can lead to a host ...

MANAGEMENT is one of the most successful industries of the past century. In 1914 it was a mere infant. The Harvard Business School (HBS) was just six years old. Management literature consisted of ...