A recent survey of more than 320 senior finance executives in North America and Europe showed that over 68% of companies have developed and deployed rolling forecasts. However, most of these executives still feel they need to improve the accuracy of their financial forecasts as well as the time it takes them to produce these forecasts.

An interesting aspect of the proposed new Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations on Executive Compensation relate to the need to supply justification for their decisions (see February 2006 issue for details of the proposed regulation).

How you can create a dramatic difference in your business and why this should be considered your first priority.

On this digital Century the business administration is radically moving for new ways, for the Next-Generation of Business Administration. For that reason, this series of articles will show some tips on that new way of doing business.

Great leaders surround themselves with great and skillful people. As leaders, we should want for every person in our care to be excited about getting up in the morning and coming to work. If we can help them find this, we won't have to motivate them.

Most of the work that is done in a medical billing program is data entry. As a result, the first area where you will have problems is with your database. We discuss some of the more common problems in this review.

Have you ever wondered how Australian beef appears on your table during your dinner? Are you not even surprised how on earth a famous caviar from Russia reaches your entr?e plate? You may begin to think that some kind of magic must have been done to make that food remain fresh when served on your table.

It was not slaves who built the great pyramids. It was gangs of motivated, dedicated, and well organized individuals who had a purpose - And over 4500 years later, when viewing the astonishing accomplishments of the great pyramid builders through modern Directive Communication™ psychology, we find patterns. And the pyramids themselves conceal a mysterious code that illuminates the force of superior leadership.

A business card is usually a piece of paper containing the name, address, and contact information of the person giving the card. Information contained on this piece of paper also includes the business name or the company affiliations of the giver.

If you are implementing Six Sigma in your organization, then you know that the task of data collection is cumbersome, yet critical. This article will introduce you to data collection tools that will make data collection and your implementation a breeze!

You can throw out most of the management ideas you find in colleges, graduate schools, company training programs, and the like if you’ll do just one, incredibly simple thing: PAY YOUR PEOPLE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, Fortune 1000 consultant, top speaker, and best-selling author of 12 books and more than 700 articles.

Norman Woodland, a 27-year-old graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia developed the first code system that automatically read product information during checkout. Woodland and his friend Silver were awarded a patent for their application titled Classifying Apparatus and Method on October 7, 1952. Many experts are of the view that the Woodland and Silver bar code was the basis of what would soon become a global phenomenon.

Who is in charge of your company? Who determines the course? How do you see your employees: as a cost-factor or as your investment into your future?

More noted for their regional jets, Brazilian manfacturer Embraer is now a provider of private jets for corporate travelers