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Hiring and Retaining Employees Part I
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Non-Fiction
There is probably nothing more important to a high tech company's long-term success, than hiring and retaining employees.

Layoffs and Bureaucracy
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Non-Fiction
A while back Id been reading the stories on the last major layoff at HP, and it really struck a nerve. HP announced that week that they are going to reduce their workforce by 14,500 people over the next 18 months.

Software and Technology Customer Service Part II
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
In part I of this article, we examined the effects of management ignoring customer service to focus on "sexier" parts of the business, and introduced a couple of the negative things that can happen as a result. Let's continue on:

Should You License Your Technology?
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Sales
So when should you license your technology to other companies? This can be a complicated question, since I always say "no one sells your product like you do."

Favoritism in the Workplace--How to Avoid Even the Perception of It
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Non-Fiction
I'm going to address a topic that isn't often discussed formally by top management within a business, certainly not out in the open. It's a major topic in HR circles, I'm sure. It's also a major topic, in hushed tones, around the water cooler and during lunch among friends.

The Rise and Fall of Novell
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
Once again one of the great brand names of High Tech has been prominently in the news, for disconcerting reasons (if you're a fan or shareholder, anyway). This time it's Novell, Inc. A while back Novell announced that they are to lay off 1000 people, roughly 20% of their workforce.

Outsourcing Software Development Projects Offshore Part II
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Software
In the first part of this article we gave an introduction to why you might want to consider outsourcing. Now let's delve into the specifics

Outsourcing Software Development Projects Offshore Part I
By: Phil Morettini | 21/10/2006 | Software
Outsourcing Software Development Offshore This is a strategy that has "taken off" and is rapidly becoming mainstream in the software industry.

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Diversity Management
By: Janine Sergay | 16/10/2008
Opportunity for all Is it not every individual's right to be afforded opportunities to put forward their best efforts? To develop their potential? And to show their worth through the results they produce? Not only is this a moral and ethical imperative but, within many countries, a legal one too. Simple statistics...

Inventory Management System for Proper Demand and Supply
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Inventory management system is being popularly used by many companies and organization worldwide.

Executive Coaching India : How Does Coaching Work?
By: Vaishally Nath | 14/10/2008
Executive Coaching India www.executivecoachingindia.com The Orange Academy (www.executivecoachingindia.com) is one of the front runners of coaching in India. The organization has in its fold world class coaches with sizeable experience and insights at the leadership levels. Their expertise gives The Orange Academy an edge to provide the best of coaching results. This article outlines the coaching process and answes some frequently asked questions by the users consumers of coaching services.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
By: Robert | 14/10/2008
six sigma green belt certification as an employee can increase your effectiveness as an employee and save you thousands or millions of dollars as a business owner.

Tips on Looking for a Good Venture Capital Business Firm
By: Trisha Rich | 14/10/2008
Numerous ventures are experienced with the challenging task of increasing thier venture capital. If you are one them, then this process might be helpful on finding the right venture capital firm for your business. Although this may look easy.

Improve Employee Performance by Letting "talkers" Speak
By: Barbara Brown, PhD | 14/10/2008
If you have employees who love to talk, consider using their passion for talking as a way to encourage greater cooperation and contributions. This article explains the usefulness of this approach and gives you four situations where you might apply it.

Payroll Frequency: the Difference and the Cost Savings
By: Rebecca Beckett | 14/10/2008
It is essential that companies consider payroll frequency when looking for a way to cut costs. Choosing the frequency best for your company will make for a smooth process.

Problem-solving Success Tip - Know the Job is Really Done
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Know a job is REALLY done by using completion criteria. You don't want to tell someone who has worked really hard to complete a task that what they did isn't what you meant. This tip tells you how to avoid this common problem.

More from Phil Morettini

Flattening of the Growth Curve Part I
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Sales
In every company's history there comes a time (or two or three or four times!) when your momentum slows, and the sales curve begins to flatten. This can be one of the most trying and frustrating times for software and technology companies.

Flattening of the Growth Curve Part II
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
In part I of this article we discussed the issues that lead to flattened growth. So what's a befuddled and perplexed tech company CEO to do?

The Importance of Strategic Advantage
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
How does a company compete in the long run? I'm not talking about day to day stuff--but what sets your company apart, and gives it a place in the marketplace that allows it to survive, and hopefully, thrive?

Promoting your content through RSS feeds
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Viral Marketing
To many of you, this article will be preaching to the choir. In fact, quite a few people already read these articles via an RSS feed in a newsreader, browser, or on their Google, Yahoo or MSN personalized homepage.

The Rise and Fall of Novell
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
Once again one of the great brand names of High Tech has been prominently in the news, for disconcerting reasons (if you're a fan or shareholder, anyway). This time it's Novell, Inc. A while back Novell announced that they are to lay off 1000 people, roughly 20% of their workforce.

Software and High Tech Product Planning
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
There are many ways to skin a cat, so the saying goes. Planning high technology software and hardware products seems to fit in the same category.

Software Product Development--the Unsolved Mystery of High Tech Part II
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
We've covered a lot of what goes wrong in the software development process in Part I. Let's continue that discussion, and look for some answers:

Software Product Development--the Unsolved Mystery of High Tech Part I
By: Phil Morettini | 22/10/2006 | Management
One of the most puzzling things in high technology, especially for executives on the business side of things, is the software development process. It's the high tech equivalent to the "Black Hole" phenomenon made famous in Astronomy. Endless resources can be poured into a software development project, yet there never seems to be an end in sight.