Email list management

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Criticisms of project management software

The following may apply in general, or to specific products, or to some specific functions within products.

    * May not be derived from a sound project management method. For example, displaying the Gantt chart view by default encourages users to focus on timed task scheduling too early, rather than identifying objectives, deliverables and the imposed logical progress of events (dig the trench first to put in the drain pipe).

    * May be inconsistent with the type of project management method. For example, traditional (e.g. Waterfall) vs. agile (e.g. Scrum).

    * Focuses primarily on the planning phase and does not offer enough functionality for project tracking, control and in particular plan-adjustment. There may be excessive dependency on the first paper print-out of a project plan, which is simply a snapshot at one moment in time. The plan is dynamic; as the project progresses the plan must change to accommodate tasks that are completed early, late, re-sequenced, etc. Good management software should not only facilitate this, but assist with impact assessment and communication of plan changes.

Approaches to project management software

DesktopProject management software can be implemented as a program that runs on the desktop of each user. This typically gives the most responsive and graphically-intense style of interface.

Desktop applications typically store their data in a file, although some have the ability to collaborate with other users (see below), or to store their data in a central database. Even a file-based project plan can be shared between users if it's on a networked drive and only one user accesses it at a time.

Desktop applications can be written to run in a heterogeneous environment of multiple operating systems, although it's unusual.

Web-based
Project management software can be implemented as a Web application, accessed through an intranet, or an extranet using a web browser.

Organisation and management structures

Managers are people who steer an organisation towards meeting its' objectives. Management has been described as: 'the process of planning, organising, leading and controlling the efforts of organisation members and of using all organisational resource to achieve stated organisational goals.' A manager's job is to maintain control over the way an organisation does things, and at the same time to lead, inspire and direct the people under them.

In a company the shareholders will elect a board of directors to represent their interests. A Managing Director will be appointed who has overall responsibility for running the company.
The managing director with help from other directors will appoint senior managers to run the company.

The type of managers appointed will depend on the structure of the company. Possible structures will include:

Basic Management

Management consists of the five processes, namely, planning, organizing, leading, co-ordinating and controlling. Management is basically an organization activity, the organization of work and resources, to achieve success. The successful organization of work and resources requires careful planning. Effective planning involves foresight of the potential obstacles and readiness to fight them. It is important to head the team and guide the team members on their way to success. While organizing and leading a group of people, management plays a vital role in the achievement of co-ordination and the exercise of control. 

Management is such a vast subject that it becomes difficult to restrict the definition of management to a few processes. Management is complex and critical and hence it is not right to confine its description to some management processes. Believing in the vastness of this subject, some prefer defining management as ‘all that managers do’. But what does a manager do? A manager is responsible for the successful implementation of management skills. A good manager needs to adhere to the basic management principles and exhibit the basic management skills in his/her personality.

Tasks or activities of project management software

Scheduling
One of the most common purposes is to schedule a series of events or tasks and the complexity of the schedule can vary considerably depending on how the tool is used. Some common challenges include:

* Events which depend on one another in different ways or dependencies
* Scheduling people to work on, and resources required by, the various tasks, commonly termed resource scheduling
* Dealing with uncertainties in the estimates of the duration of each task

About Human Resource Management

Functions of Human Resource Management:- Ensure the appropriate personnel can be identified and selected
- Facilitate employees with knowledge and skills up-to-date
- Ensure that employees wear a competent organization with high performance

Environmental factors that mempengatuhi human resources:
- Gathering of labor / employee who has the potential to launch their protest against the organization with the approval together and collectively
- Law and government regulation -> example: managerial restrictions in terms of recruitment, promotion, and dismissal of employees

Design and Organizational Structure

Is that the organizational structure? The organizational structure is a formal arrangement of the division of tasks that exist within an organization. Besides having the structure, the organization also has a design organization.

The design of this organization is a process that includes six elements:
- Specialization of work: the division of labor that is divided into several sections.
- The division of the department: According to the function, product, geographic location, process, and the type of costumer
- There is a chain of command: So many employees examine below should be restricted to be effective and efficient

Whether it is Financial Management?

Financial management is the process to achieve financial goals through financial arrangements carefully. Your financial goals can include buying a house / land, save for worship Umrah / Hajj, education for your child or your pension plan preparation and also have some insurance as required.

Basically, financial management is needed to determine clear objectives for managing our personal finances or family. Without a clear financial management, we will not be able to manage the revenue / expenditure us well. Without good financial management, we would be inclined to spend money we earn with difficulty. without necessarily the direction and purpose.

The leader and The main task

The leader is the essence of management. This means that management objectives will be achieved if there is a leader. Leadership can only be exercised by a leader. A leader is someone who has leadership skills, have the ability to influence the stance / opinion of the person or group of people without asking the reasons. A leader is someone who actively make plans, coordinate, conduct experiments and lead the work to achieve goals together (Panji Anogara, Page 23).

leadership

What is the meaning of leadership? Historically, the term "leadership" emerged inthe 18th century . There is some sense of leadership, among others:

1. Leadership is interpersonal influence, in certain situations and directly through the communication process to achieve one or more specific purposes (Tannebaum, Weschler and Nassarik, 1961, 24).

2. Leadership is a personal attitude, which led the implementation of activities to achieve desired goals. (Shared Goal, Hemhiel & Coons, 1957, 7).

Supervision (controlling)

Supervision (controlling) is a management function which is not less important in an organization. All the previous functions, will not be effective without the oversight function. In this case, Louis E. Boone and David L. Kurtz (1984) gives the formulation of supervision as: "... the process by which managers determine wether actual operation are consistent with plans".
Meanwhile, Robert J. Mocker, as presented by T. Hani Handoko (1995) suggests the definition of supervision in which contains the essential elements of the regulatory process, that:
"Supervision of management is a systematic effort to define standards of performance for the purpose - the purpose of planning, designing information systems feedback, comparing the real events with a pre-set standards, define and measure deviations and take corrective action necessary to ensure that all corporate resources are used in a way the most effective and efficient in achieving corporate objectives. "

Implementation (actuating)

From the whole set of management processes, implementation (actuating) is the most important management function. In planning and organizing functions more related to abstract aspects of the management process, while the actuating functions are even more emphasis on activities that relate directly to the people in the organization

Organizing (organizing)

The next management function is organizing (organizing).
George R. Terry (1986) points out:
"Organizing is the act of seeking relationships that effectively conduct between people, so they can work together efficiently, and gain personal satisfaction in performing certain tasks, in particular environmental conditions in order to achieve certain goals or objectives."

Planning (planning)

Planning is nothing but an activity to set goals to be achieved along with the means to achieve that goal. As presented by Louise E. Boone and David L. Kurtz (1984) that: planning May be defined as the process by which managers set objectives, asses the future, and develop courses of action Designed to accomplish these objectives. While T. Hani Handoko (1995) points out:
"Planning (planning) is the selection or setting organizational goals and determining strategies, policies, projects, programs, procedures, methods, systems, budgets and standards required to achieve the goal. Decision-making involved in this function. "

Management Functions

Stated above that management education is an activity. Activities referred to was none other than actions which refers to the functions manajamen. With regard to these management functions, H. Siagian (1977) express the views of several experts, as follows:

Understanding School Management

In the context of education, is still found controversy and inconsistency in the use of the term management. On the one hand there are still inclined to use the term management, which is known as management education. On the other hand, not a few others use the term so that the technical term administration of educational administration. In this study, the authors tend to identify them, so these two terms can be used with the same meaning.

Leadership, Communication & Change

Leadership has as its corner stone, the ability to communicate.  When we use the  word communicate, we are referring not only to the words one uses to transfer  factual information to others, but also to other "messages" that are sent and  received.

What might these other messages be?  Related to change the leader sends a good  number of messages.  These are listed below.    

Front and Center - Leadership Critical To Managing Change

When change is imposed (as in downsizing scenarios), clearly the most important determinant of "getting through the swamp", is the ability of leadership to...well, lead. The literature on the subject indicates that the nature of the change is secondary to the perceptions that employees have regarding the ability, competence, and credibility of senior and middle management.

If you are to manage change effectively, you need to be aware that there are three distinct times zones where leadership is important. We can call these Preparing For the Journey, Slogging Through The Swamp, and After Arrival. We will look more carefully at each of these.

Effective organizational communication: a competitive advantage

Effective organizational communication, from an HR viewpoint, focuses on openness in communication between senior management and employees, resulting in improved employee engagement and productivity. In a cross-cultural environment, building and maintaining rapport for business relationships depends on the effective use of language and understanding differing communication styles. These and other aspects are discussed to bring awareness to opportunities to foster better communication at all levels of the organization.

Communication Assessment: Promising Practice For Meeting Management

by John Helie
We may never attain a participatory democracy and it may not be desirable to eliminate our system of representative governance, but we are moving toward engaging many more people on important issues. Town hall meetings are increasing, expanding and addressing more issues. (See "Listening to the City" below.)

Operations Management

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD
Operations management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services. Usually, small businesses don't talk about "operations management", but they carry out the activities that management schools typically associate with the phrase "operations management." Major, overall activities often include product creation, development, production and distribution. (These activities are also associated with Product and Service Management. However product management is usually in regard to one or more closely related product -- that is, a product line.

Operations management is in regard to all operations within the organization.) Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control, quality control, storage, logistics and evaluations. A great deal of focus is on efficiency and effectiveness of processes. Therefore, operations management often includes substantial measurement and analysis of internal processes. Ultimately, the nature of how operations management is carried out in an organization depends very much on the nature of products or services in the organization, for example, retail, manufacturing, wholesale, etc. (http://managementhelp.org)


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Vision, Strategy, and Tactics

    * Vision: What you want the organization to be; your dream.
    * Strategy: What you are going to do to achieve your vision.
    * Tactics: How you will achieve your strategy and when.

Your vision is your dream of what you want the organization to be. Your strategy is the large-scale plan you will follow to make the dream happen. Your tactics are the specific actions you will take to follow the plan. Start with the vision and work down to the tactics as you plan for your organization.