Recent Articles

• Why company culture is so important

  Erica Cohen Healthcare Administration

  Unless you've spent the last decade or so living under a rock, you've definitely heard the phrase "company culture" being bandied about. And while it's become the center of attention in many discussions about how to build a successful company, I have to wonder if everyone who talks about company culture actually understands what it means and how to create and maintain an authentic one. Let's consider the definition of company or organizational culture and why it matters.

• Using dental practice software to make management decisions

  Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental Healthcare

  As the office manager for a dental practice with seven dentists, 25 staff, 18 operatories, I was responsible for the business side of the practice. When I was hired, my first assignment was to select the best dental practice management software for our practice — and then to make the most of this software to run a successful dental practice.

• Pet wellness is poised to go mainstream

  Doug Gleason Pet Care

  ​Almost everyone in the pet industry is aware of a trend called wellness — we've all heard something about the increased interest in pet wellness and the response of manufacturers and retailers. But what has been a relatively small niche up until know is about to take off. Interest in wellness in the human world is going mainstream, and that's bound to translate to the pet world.

• Smart buildings and smart cities will take center stage in 2014

  Allan McHale Facilities & Grounds

  Capital-intensive renewable power projects are now at a place where governments around the world are delaying their commitment to spend — at a time of economic austerity and fear of political suicide if they allow electricity charges to go up. In addition, the centralized structure of the electrical utility industry through which most of the renewable power will be traded is not the most appropriate and is not yet fully on board.

• The end of gas prices as we know them

  Stefanie Heerwig Natural Resources

  Many have heard about fears that exports of natural gas in the U.S. could lead to comparatively higher domestic gas prices, potentially hampering the growth of the U.S. economy. Antiexport proponents are mostly energy-intensive groups like the chemical and metal industries. On the contrary, a study done for the U.S. Department of Energy by the economic consultancy NERA in 2013 suggests that natural gas exports would actually benefit the U.S. economy, despite rising natural gas prices.

• Hunting in poor conditions

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  Most hunters are familiar with the ideal conditions for hunting big game (namely white-tailed deer) with respect to the rut, wind speed and direction, the phase of the moon, and ambient temperatures. That is all well and good if you live in close proximity to your hunting area or have a schedule flexible enough to hunt when things are as close to perfect as possible.

• Be careful when using unpaid interns

  D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  The federal Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has become much more aggressive in identifying and seeking damages against employers who fail to pay interns for the work they perform.

• The challenges of academics and recruiting: Part II

  Ross Tucker Sports & Fitness

  The hardest part of recruiting for most of the academically elite schools is putting together the class once you know where every prospect is from a test score and transcript standpoint. For schools in the Ivy League, for example, it is a complex puzzle that rivals the NFL salary cap.

• Patient-generated data likely to grow as meaningful use moves forward

  Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare Administration

  ​Stage 3 of the meaningful use incentive program will almost certainly expand the collection and use of patient-generated data, which could give a boost to technology such as home-monitoring devices and patient portals.

• A guide to Google+ for small businesses

  Mayur Kisani Marketing

  With more than 340 million users and adding 25,000 new users every day, Google+ is no longer a "ghost town." You might be missing out on reaching your target audience if you choose to ignore this social network.

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