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Riding the Information Highway
Think library, and the image that flashes the mind are endless rows and stacks of books, neatly arranged in displayed and categorised according to subjects, interests or authors. It is a very meticulous task, managing scores of books, which is the respon

Build a superior supply chain
The holy grails of supply chain management are high speed and low cost--or are they? Though necessary, they aren't sufficient to give companies a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals. Consider these disturbing statistics: Though supply chains be

World day for safety and health at work
The UWI Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) Programme will join the international community in celebrating World Day for Safety and Health at Work under the theme Managing Risk in the Work Environment: my life, my work, my safe work.

Balancing work and entrepreneurship
Holding down a steady job brings a sense of security; but sometimes it becomes boring for those who harbour the entrepreneurial spirit. You wake up in the morning, brew your coffee, and head to work, all the while trying to think of some great idea...

A colleague or a friend?
The new millennium has changed the way we work, the office environment is changing and the hierarchy is going 'flat'. Gone are the days when the boss's cabin used to be a sanctum accessible to a privileged few.

Composing knockout sales letters
A sales letter is a low-cost selling tool; in fact, an email version is one of the most cost-effective ways to reach customers. A good letter by itself may be enough to get the message across. However, in most cases, sales letters are best used...

Working flexi hours out of a virtual office
The world is shrinking, and at a faster pace than we can imagine. As Information Technology (IT) is bringing continents closer, it has also brought down the physical barriers of the working space. In the modern paradigm, an office is no longer confined to

Move up by moving sideways first
Given the proportion of your time that you spend working, you probably want your job to be an interesting part of your life. It used to be that to keep things interesting you needed to keep getting promoted. In today’s lean and flattened workplaces, frequ

Heart over mind - charting Emotional Intelligence
There are leaders who have the qualifications and then there are yet others who 'Born Leaders'; one usually tends to stop at the phrase itself, seldom trying to go into the depth of the phrase.

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