Business Management

There are some business practices that are almost mandatory in order to build a loyal customer base. Unfortunately, many businesses have taken their customers for granted, providing them with...

Don’t you love just Year-End? Closing out the old and beginning anew. The seemingly endless sea of W2s and 1099s and adjustments and reconciliations. I know a lot of you are cringing at my...

This Article is about Managing a Hotel or a Resort.

As a business owner you most likely have an instinctive feeling about how well your business is operating. However, you can get a more accurate assessment of what your business is doing by...

Outsourcing of web designing, web development projects, software development or legal process outsourcing has propelled companies from across the globe to come together on a common road to...

Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place, much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global...

Both incorporated businesses (corporations) and unincorporated businesses (limited liability companies, limited partnerships) register with state agencies. If you want to purchase an...

Selling air purifiers can be a lucrative business that provides steady, recurring income. Air purifiers are proven to reduce symptoms of allergies and can help your customers improve their overall...

Across the United States, cities and counties continue to experience greater challenges in fully funding their law enforcement agencies. Police departments and sheriff's offices from coast to...

Estimating is one of the most important skills a house painter can have. Bid a project too high, and you will likely lose the contract. Bid too low and you may not make money. Different painters...

House painting can be a lucrative job, but knowing how to estimate is critical. Bidding too high for a job will knock you out of the running, while estimating too low can actually cause you to...

Credit risk management is about understanding, measuring and mitigating the risk that a company will not be paid back by the counterparties that owe it money. Solutions that manage credit risk...

Available in more than 190 countries and 24 currencies worldwide, Paypal offers users a safe, easy and quick way to get paid online or to complete transactions conducted over the Internet. Users...

Strategic risk management is not a complex idea. Strategic risk refers to corporate actions such as physical expansion, technological innovation and new market strategies and investments that...

Management reporting has evolved along with technology. What traditionally occurred as verbal reports to leadership within companies has grown into ever-more sophisticated analysis and...

Operational risk is most often associated with natural disasters, such as hurricanes and terrorist attacks. However, it is increasingly inclusive of the risks associated with a corporation's...

Fortune magazine began its list of the 500 largest U.S. companies by gross revenue back in 1955. It has become an important, if not symbolic, indication of a company's arrival in the big leagues...

We cannot solve today's problems with yesterdays way of thinking-Ephran Taylor.

There is a disconnect out there; engineers are getting all the "good" jobs, but they can't keep them, primarily because of the very skills that enabled them to become engineers in the...

If you are on the stage of your life when you are about to rent your house or condo, or even a room, check this article out for tips on how to be a landlord.

So often people come up with great product ideas but imprison them in their dreams instead of making them a reality. Why? Because too often women in particular find the process too intimidating...

Late nights, not much money. All the work and few of the rewards of business ownership. Plus the worry. How can you get through the severe downturn your business has taken? How can you deal with...

It is not unusual for a company to have all their departments run reports on various measurements they are responsible for. And week after week, month after month, the reports are run, submitted...

Class tracking is one of the best kept secrets in QuickBooks. It's QuickBooks term for Departments. Once you figure out how to use Class Tracking you unlock a whole new level and power of use...

This article is for the many people who have to work around a lot of money that don't want to rely on a pen to spot a counterfeit bill.

This is the most affordable and easiest to use strategic planning tool I've ever come across. Plus you'll actually use it instead of it staying on a self.

Understanding a business can be tough but it is nearly impossible if one can't read financial statements. This article will go over the basics of a balance sheet.

Oil drilling project investments usually come in two forms. You can invest in a private investment opportunities or you can invest in a public company. This article will concentrate on private...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an automated information system that integrates all departments within an enterprise. First developed by manufacturing companies, ERP systems generally use...

If you work as a contractor you already know how important safety is for your business. Contractors and construction personnel work with potentially hazardous tools and equipment on a daily basis,...

Financing a large truck or industrial machine is a standard practice that many companies in need of this equipment manage by borrowing money from a bank lender so they can purchases it, or using a...

From the very beginning of our nation, people joined voluntary organizations to aid their less fortunate neighbors. Early communities had volunteer fire and militia groups, women's societies and...

Time management is not so much a strict discipline as understanding how to do the right things at the right time for you personally. There are many things that can get in the way of reaching your...

We have all noticed how people want to avoid sitting in the front row at meetings. It is not necessarily because they do not want to be called on. Often times it is easier to sit closer to the...

So it’s Monday, and your staff has arrived at work only to plant themselves at their work stations and watch the clock for the first sign of a lunch break. We have all felt the dread of being at...

Standardized SOX sampling has drawbacks and can be misused or misinterpreted without a technical understanding of Sampling methodologies and techniques in general. This guideline provides an...

Six Sigma is a form of business evaluation and management strategy designed to improve business profits and efficiency. Many businesses use this method to improve their customer relations and...

So how to pass this year end 2009 in better conditions? To this question, I have answers and ideas. My frame of reference: I need to spend as little as possible.

Worm farms may not necessarily be what comes to mind when you think of opening a profitable business, but many factors make a for-profit worm farm quite attractive. Most materials for a worm farm...

Creating positive morale in the workplace is often overlooked in a business environment, even though it's crucial to sustaining customer relationships and loyalty, reducing staff turnover and...

Business strategy is nothing more than the business's plans to succeed. A business strategy involves the reasoning behind why a particular industry or market was chosen, how the business would...

Federal unemployment tax liabilities have specific deposit requirements. The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) requires that a federal unemployment payroll tax be paid by most businesses that...

The Thai baht is the currency of the Kingdom of Thailand, a constitutional monarchy of 65 million people, located in the center of Southeast Asia, with a robust economy but full of political...

Pay rolling is the practice of using a pay rolling or staffing agency so that all aspects of employment can be handled by the agency. This practice is used for contract workers who will not be...

Assessing job performance is a process that is critical to ensuring that employees are performing at satisfactory levels. Additionally, this is important in coaching employees to higher levels of...

A budget for a daycare playground helps prepare for unexpected costs and offers a clear picture of the project. With a budget, a daycare can petition for grant funding, since prospective donors...

Caterers in Virginia must work with their local health departments to license their operations as retail food businesses. In addition, they are required to hold all licenses required for...

This is a very tough recession. So many businesses across the board have had to close their doors, it has left whole shopping centers shuttered and dark. For many companies, the financial picture...

The single most common trait behind successful people ---whether millionaires, doctors, lawyers, businessmen-- is an extraordinary gift for time management. In this highly complex, technical,...

Today, professional communication is based primarily on thinking about the goals and situations surrounding the need to write. In addition, workplace writing is persuasive writing.