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  • Disciplining an unethical employee is something you should always do with a certain degree of care. Find out about the steps to take when disciplining an unethical employee with help from a business…

  • Many different kinds of organizational assessment measures are available to employees. Learn what kinds of organizational assessment measures are available to employees with help from a business…

  • HMC is an abbreviation for Hardware Management Console. HMC in AIX refers to a workstation running the AIX operating system, which is dedicated to a number of IBM servers. AIX stands for Advanced…

  • After you build a website with the Drupal content-management system, you may still have work to do. If your site doesn't meet your standards -- it loads too slowly, for instance -- it's time to tune…

  • Hobbyists normally stand up when they use workbenches, which are tables designed for construction or craft activities. Though such tasks can be performed using ambient room lighting for visibility,…

  • Programmable integrated circuit, or IC, is not a term that the average computer user hears often. When you get a computer, you probably turn it on without thinking too hard about the electrical…

  • Running Adobe LiveCycle with its default factory settings may not meet your specific needs. In addition, a number of outside influences affect how well Adobe LiveCycle performs. Every business is…

  • Insubordination is like a virus that can spread from one student to another, so long as students know they can get away with defiant behaviors. Classroom management is an integral part of being an…

  • Electronic amplifiers boost the voltage or current of incoming signals. The signals take the form of waves, alternating between positive and negative peaks at a variety of frequencies. All real-world…

  • MATLAB is a computer program used primarily by engineers and scientists to perform various analyses and processes on numerical data. MATLAB is actually a computer language in itself, and after…

  • Aeration helps air, water and nutrients better penetrate the ground to reach grass roots, encouraging the decomposition of thatch and new root growth. Aerate once yearly and when you fertilize, but…

  • Optimize VBA performance in Microsoft Word by familiarizing yourself with how much memory different data types, operators and functions use. For example, "integer" variables are…

  • Various forms of online social communication media have evolved rapidly in the past decade. Social networking sites, blogging sites and online forums are websites people regularly use and add…

  • The best strategic thinkers have the innovation and motivation to change lives and create their own success. Eton Lawrence of the Public Service Commission of Canada, influenced by Dr. Henry Mintzberg…

  • The Mac OS X operating system shares many characteristics with the Unix environment. Like Unix systems, OS X always has a number of hidden processes running in the background to keep the system going.…

  • Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell for system administrators. By typing commands into PowerShell, administrators direct the operating system to carry out specific tasks. Working in PowerShell,…

  • Computer science problems often involve more than one solution, and each solution is reached by following a set of rules, also known as an algorithm. Big O notation provides a method of describing the…

  • The Oracle Enterprise Performance Management suite has four key components that make up the EPM system. You can integrate the system's modular components with non-Oracle as well as Oracle…

  • Lateness is a problem that employers deal with daily. While an employee will occasionally report to work late, it becomes a serious matter if the behavior becomes the norm. Lateness affects the…

  • Technicians have used the term "bug" to describe mechanical or electronic errors since the late 19th century, but the term "debugging" became literal in 1945 when a moth caused a…

  • Employee performance affects a company at all levels, because all employees affect corporate costs and customers' perceptions by the way they perform their jobs. Companies that aren't growing and…

  • Boolean logic was conceived by the 19th century English mathematician George Boole, who was the first person to successfully apply algebraic methods to logic. In the Boolean system, the two possible…

  • Annual evaluations help you assess your employees while giving them a chance to reflect on the year as part of a self-analysis. The questions you ask give you information you need to analyze…

  • Disobeying a direct order from a supervisor does not always require discipline, such as when the employee is confused about the instructions given. However, it's important for the company to have a…

  • When you own or operate a business, your customers are your lifeblood, and it's important to treat them well so they will continue to come back. If you have a difficult employee who is rude or…

  • Mills operated by computer numerical control (CNC) can be programmed with G-code instructions to create arcs up to and including a 360-degree circle. You can mill a circle using the clockwise and…

  • When companies terminate an employee, a process exists that they generally must follow, even in the absence of an employment contract. Firing someone without just cause leaves a company open to a…

  • Communication is crucial for a streamlined organization. Using tools that increase the amount of discussion between employees and departments can help your staff feel engaged and boost productivity.…

  • Employee evaluations are often uncomfortable for an employee to hear or read, especially if it turns out to be a negative review. Some employees feel as if they have no recourse except to take the…

  • Writing a performance review is an important part of the job of any manager. It is an opportunity to provide positive and constructive feedback to employees, discuss future goals and growth…

  • Employee appraisals provide organizations with detailed information about their employees so that they can assess their strengths and weaknesses. Many companies use employee appraisals to communicate…

  • A team can be described as a group of people that have a common goal and recognize that their success is depended on the success of others. The purpose of team building is to enable work groups to…

  • Keeping track of the hours employees work is a major part of workforce management in most businesses -- without a record of hours worked, it is hard for the human resources and accounting departments…

  • Blogging was first coined as a word as a shortened form of the word "weblog." In a corporate environment, some firms have either employed bloggers or encouraged company employees to blog to…

  • Salaried employees are paid a set amount in base compensation each week regardless of the number of hours they work or how productive they are. Because of this, it can be more challenging for…

  • Employee evaluations sometimes require delicate handling. Your professional reputation rests on how you handle negative feedback in them. When your boss rates you poorly in certain areas of your job…

  • Peer groups and co-workers can offer a comprehensive representation of an employee's performance that can help a company more accurately use that employee's talents. One form of peer group performance…

  • A workplace can be affected by an inefficient employee who gets things done slowly or whose weak attendance affects deadlines. Her lack of initiative may set a domino effect in an office environment,…

  • Operating income of a company is one of many tools available for an analyst to measure the performance of a company. Other tools include net income, free cash flow, and earnings before interest, taxes…

  • Human resources staff and managers dread terminating an employee, even if the reason for firing the employee is completely justifiable. Affecting another person's livelihood and ability to sustain a…

  • If you supervise law enforcement employees, you can offer feedback on each employee's performance through an employee appraisal. Since the skill set for law enforcement is different from most jobs,…

  • As much as employees dislike performance evaluations, supervisors also struggle with this task. The ability to conduct a professional and fair employee evaluation starts with preparation and continues…

  • As a supervisor, you are responsible for conducting employee performance reviews; in most cases, these reviews occur at least once a year. The review process begins when you complete a written…

  • Dealing with an employee’s poor performance is an essential part of any manager’s role. Handling it effectively in the least stressful manner is a key management skill. Poor performance…

  • The key to dealing with difficult employees is understanding what causes their behavior. Difficult employees can be aggressive, complainers and victims. Difficult employees can be found at all levels…

  • An investment in your job performance is like making an investment in the future of your career. In some cases, better performance leads to better pay at your job when your supervisor notices the…

  • Maintaining a low logistic cost, while ensuring a high product performance is key to making your production business profitable. Logistic costs include all costs beyond the basic production costs for…

  • The idea of usability in interactive systems design is an abstract one. Because of the complexity of the concept of usability, system design engineers divide usability into two types. First, there is…

  • Cyclical assets are assets that have fluctuating performances. Moreover, cyclical assets tend to be those that fluctuate with the economy's regular business cycle. When an economy performs well, so do…

  • Insubordination is exhibited in many ways, including rudeness, refusal to take orders, rolling of eyes, unfriendly body language or sheer arrogance. But you don't want to take a swing at such an…