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Confessions of a miser: 6 tips to a strong budget
Bob FortuneBudgetary decisions often times require courage because difficult financial choices affect everyone within an organization. Belt tightening, cutbacks and general business decisions are a necessary and healthy part of the business cycle, and few people cheer when a tricky budget cut or choice is made.
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Top causes of absenteeism and how to fix them
Joy BurgessCompanies expect employees to use some sick days from time to time. Life happens, and family issues, injuries and sickness will interfere with the work schedule of a company's employees. However, excessive absences can quickly become costly for employers.
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Dealers beware: Fraudulent companies may be eroding the sands of your beach
Marilou Vroman, CPA, CFE​Dealerships are viewed as cash cows with deep pockets with substantial assets and revenues flowing through the operation. As ocean waves subtly carry grains of sand away from the beach, diversion of cash and physical assets may occur in small increments over the course of time and go virtually undetected.
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5 tips for commercial property management
Bambi MajumdarWith the economy stabilizing, global markets settling down and the job markets opening up, there is renewed growth and hope for the commercial real estate industry. In the immediate future, construction and high-end commercial property management present intelligent buildings for new-age businesses.
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How to avoid another market downturn: 3 ways to handle investment risk
David B. Mandell and Jason M. O'DellFor the purposes of this article, we are going to review how market risk can affect your investments and potential ways to mitigate the risk. However, the true value of your portfolio is determined by more than just its raw return or value at any one time. Inflation, taxes and the time value of money are important considerations when evaluating the real return on any investment.
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Best to book soon — and consider a multiyear strategy
David GabriThe marketplace has simply changed. Have you? The increased demand for meetings, conventions and group incentive programs is rapidly changing the landscape in the meetings marketplace, particularly in the luxury-level and upper-tier sectors. Combine this with an upswing in attendance at both corporate and association programs, and planners may be increasingly at risk when it comes to securing the sites, facilities, precise patterns and terms and conditions they desire for their programs.
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5 reasons every employer should have job descriptions
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNo state or federal law requires job descriptions. However, job descriptions can be helpful tools for employers for both practical and legal reasons. This article will outline five of the many ways in which job descriptions can benefit employers.
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EAPs keeping families healthy and strong
Jessica WoodsEmployee assistance plans only help if they are utilized. It seems like such a simple statement, but in reality there are many people who never use their EAP to their best benefit.
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A guide to LinkedIn company pages
Mayur KisaniLinkedIn now has a user base of more than 200 million members, making it the world's largest professional network. That is a huge potential audience for your company to reach out to and a large venue to promote your products and services. Although it is common for companies to just set up a company page, most companies are not able to harness the full potential of the platform.
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Advanced disaster planning and management for retail facilities
Bambi MajumdarRetailers face multiple challenges daily to keep their stores in optimum working order. Facility management is in itself a complex task. When faced with an unexpected disaster, management of facilities and business takes on a whole new dimension.
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