In the field of business management, at least in our country, a quick and unstoppable evolution is advancing which, in an exaggerated form, it can be represented graphically as a path from the origins of direct and personal management (Order face to face, phone call, fax (strange but I found it in a company) to […]
Making a comparison with any computer operating system, a company can operate efficiently without an organizational structure that integrates and manages the different elements that are part of it? The answer is clear: no. As does an operating system of a machine, companies need organizational structures to ensure the coherence and consistency of the activities […]
Lately I’m participating in different workshops where the topic of discussions I what structures we should create in order to foster entrepreneurship and business creation. Without underestimating these efforts, personally I feel that rather than talking about new companies, should be to focus on larger companies. From idescat data I highlight the following: In short, […]
The first time I took over the Performance Management department of a large organization I wondered, as some of you probably, what exactly includes this concept. In order to do a good job, I started looking for information about it and as I was getting further into it, I saw that the power of it […]
Some people think that being a project manager is a job that everyone can do: Just coordinate people, control indicators, tasks follow up and that’s it, but talking about a project manager, a lot of other necessary skills and issues are missed. For me, 70% of the project success goes through getting a good project […]
From many years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to carry out projects, such as in Spainand beyond. These projects have had different typology according to current economic situation: On one hand, production optimization and increase plant efficiency. On the other hand, reduction cost (mainly labor cost) and relocation (offshoring). Problems typology, working method used, process/product […]
In the current companies, almost everything is studied, analyzed and evaluated and there are few variables left tochance. It seems incredible, but even today; it happens in many companies (large and small) decisions are taken just to be taken. Managers or those most responsible for the final decisions, often make the strategic decisions or business […]
What company does not have an internal Management System? Some have Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 or ISO / TS 16949), others have Environment Management Systems (ISO 14001), and others have Occupational Risk Prevention Management Systems (OHSAS) and, finally, many have two or more of these systems. Effective management of a Quality Management System can […]
You are probably wondering to what extent a company’s in-house processes are related to its strategy. The answer is clearly that they are very closely intertwined. If we begin by basing ourselves on the fact that the basic concept of strategy is the practical definition of what we should and should not do, we will […]
In the business world and within our company, instability to which workers are subjected is one of the features that we found more often and more damage do in the company. Workers have to respond with speed and accurately to the changes and different types of problems they encounter daily in their work. However, many […]
