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We divide business plans into three categories: candy, vitamins, and painkillers. We throw away the candy. We look at vitamins. We really like painkillers. We especially like addictive painkillers!

Content: Quotation | Source: ATV | Subject: Business Plans

This site focused on project management seems very comprehensive (though oddly there is no About link). Features include: a PM Knowledge Base, PMTalk Newsletter, PM Desktop Tool, Training, Bookstore, and various resources.

Content: Online Resource | Source: The Hampton Group Inc. | Subject: Project Management

“The New Economy is based on the production of knowledge. The Old Economy is based on natural resources and the production of physical goods. Now the line between them is beginning to blur. A New Old Economy is making productivity surge and ushering in an Age of Plenty.”

Excellent article looks specifically at the Oil industry and how it has moved into the modern technology era. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jonathan Rauch | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Economics, Trends / Analysis | Industry: Petro / Chemical

Content: Book | Authors: Dudley Lynch, Paul Kordis | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

This site focused on reengineering is in the process of being rebuilt (unsure how long it has been in that state). The features offered are limited, but the library of articles is of value.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Coe-Truman Technologies | Subjects: Best Practices, Management

founder of Mirabilis, the company that created ICQ

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management

Companies are fine-tuning their price strategies – and it’s paying off.

Content: Article | Author: Peter Coy | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Pricing

A business plan should be used as an opportunity to sell your company, not your product.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Business Plans

Content: Book | Authors: James A. Belasco, Ralph C. Stayer | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

This site from Welcom, a company providing project management solutions to corporations worldwide, has many useful resources pertaining to project management. On the site you will find the OnTrack newsletter; white papers covering a variety of project management software topics; a collection of project management articles; a project management glossary; and various links.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Welcom | Subject: Project Management

Do managers think they know more than they actually do? Are they overconfident? If so, what does this mean for their ability to make decisions? Wharton marketing professor Wes Hutchinson and Joseph Alba, a colleague from the University of Florida, examine these questions in a study that explores the links between confidence and accuracy. One conclusion: If you’re 90% sure you’ll hit a target, the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Management

Article from Accel Partners (VCs) spells out the following important issues to consider:
– Gathering the team
– Quality
– Turning a technology lead into a market position
– Credibility
– Financing
– Organizing for change
– Defining the contribution
– Developing individual potential
– International sales
– Balancing optimism with objectivity
– Nurturing initiative
– Management information
– Legal
– Achieving value pricing
– … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Accel Partners | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

“Handsomely-bound strategic plans are a dime a dozen, but successfully implemented ones are rare. Similarly, many managers and executives know what they should do to achieve better employee and firm performance, but seem stymied when it comes to execution and action. Why is there such a big disconnect between many firms’ strategic knowledge and their actions? This book, written by two of Stanford University’s foremost … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

What is business intelligence (BI) and how can it benefit your organization? This article offers two examples to show how a company might use BI and then asks several questions to help you determine how well you’re putting this intelligence to work.

Content: Article | Author: Dan Pratte | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Management

Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management have changed and will continue to change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Forward-looking and forward-thinking, Management Challenges for the 21st Century combines the broad knowledge, wide practical experience, profound insight, sharp analysis, and enlightened common sense that are the essence of Drucker’s writings and “landmarks of the managerial profession.” –Harvard … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Subject: Management

This site by Professor Michael Rappa is the home for a graduate course (Managing the Digital Enterprise) taught at North Carolina State University. The course is unusual in that it depends solely on the Web for class content, and does not use a standard textbook. The course is divided into fifteen topics that serve as the basis for discussion amd cover a wide range … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Michael Rappa | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management

Content: Book | Author: Richard H. Axelrod | Subjects: Change Management, Management

Marc Andreessen is interviewed by Fast Company and discusses what he believes is still true – and what never was – about the Internet.

Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis

Information systems – even the ones with all the right technologies – often fail for reasons related to human behavior and culture. Information itself – or more specifically, how it is given meaning – is a highly social construction. Tom Davenport offers these Ten Commandments of Organizational Computing to deal with the organizational and human side of computing.

Content: Article | Author: Thomas H. Davenport | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Information Technology