There's a common saying in business that something well-planned is half done. Planning in business management is absolutely critical to the proper functioning of an organization. Business owners and ...

Change in the organization may flow from the strategic planning process or from the vision of the leadership. It may be incremental as annual goals are achieved. It differs from reengineering in that ...

There are best practices, standard operating procedures and several types of processes in the business world. Processes help maintain order and provide guidelines for a smooth workflow. They are what ...

Priorities include liberal arts education, student formation, research, and connections to Boston and communities around the world. April 28, 2016—Self-studies are the current focus of the University ...

I remember when I first started my leadership development business 30 years ago, strategic planning was considered a top-down effort. I worked with leaders to help them create strategic plans that ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

Successful HR executives from Forbes Human Resources Council offer leadership and management insights. Human resources departments must ensure that employees meet the needs of a business before they ...

Fundamental to the management of any successful program is an understanding of and agreement on program goals and objectives. A program is generally deemed successful if it meets predetermined ...

Getting inventories right is hard—but why? In this age of advanced technology, ERP systems, and AI, one would expect companies to leverage these tools as a competitive advantage or, at the very least, ...

Whether adding a new manufacturing line, evaluating product formulation changes or upgrading facility utilities or infrastructure, a defined process whereby all internal stakeholders participate is ...