Project Plan
Writing a Project Plan: This is How You Lay the Foundation for a Successful Project
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How you make sure that your project will be a success? With a well-thought-out project plan. When creating a project plan, you should make the work stages clear, as well as the requirements that the project has to be successful. In doing so, you’ll always know what the next steps are in the project, and if you are still on schedule and within your budget.

Writing a Project Plan: This is How You Lay the Foundation for a Successful Project
Accounting-apps
Accounting apps in comparison: The best solutions for mobile accounting
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Many self-employed people and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have to manage their own accounts to schedule invoices and keep track of payments and payroll. Accounting apps deliver those services straight to your mobile device and enable you to work from your smartphone or tablet. Here, we introduce you to the best mobile accounting apps.

Accounting apps in comparison: The best solutions for mobile accounting
Workforce management
Workforce management (WFM): objectives, methods and tools
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Hiring qualified employees is just half the battle. Engaging them effectively is the real challenge. Workforce management is intended to ensure that positions within a company are filled by the most qualified employees for them. It is also supposed to prevent bottlenecks or surplus within the company.

Workforce management (WFM): objectives, methods and tools
Facilitation Techniques
Moderation Techniques for Efficient Meetings
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Meetings that aren’t moderated often drift off-topic, leaving the important matters at hand overlooked. Moderation is therefore essential; there are a range of moderation techniques that enable you to avoid these situations. Conversation strategies help you keep meetings on course, prevent unnecessary discussions, and involve everyone present.

Moderation Techniques for Efficient Meetings
Continuous Improvement Process
CIP – Continuous Improvement for Your Company
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Constant increases in quality: That works best with ongoing, small improvements. CIP – the continuous improvement process – provides the right framework for this. Every employee should see it as their task to recommend improvements for their area of work. And that can be quite simple: Even reorganizing the workplace can have a great impact.

CIP – Continuous Improvement for Your Company
Nonverbal communication
Understanding and using nonverbal communication
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If you only pay attention to verbal language and ignore nonverbal communication, you’ll eventually encounter problems in your personal and professional life. How you understand other people ultimately depends not only on what they say, but how they say it. If you want others to perceive and understand you as you intend, you need to know how nonverbal communication works.

Understanding and using nonverbal communication
Microsoft Exchange alternatives
Microsoft Exchange: What are the alternatives?
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Microsoft Exchange is the leading collaboration software, which you can use to manage emails, appointments, and contacts. But it’s not the only software for that. If you’re looking for an Exchange alternative, there are a number of tools with a similar range of services, including free and open-source options. Just make sure to check that your chosen solution fits the IT infrastructure of your...

Microsoft Exchange: What are the alternatives?
Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect
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The bullwhip effect, also known as the Forester effect, describes the phenomenon in which fluctuations in market demand can increase at every point in the supply chain. Even small changes in demand that a retailer will hardly notice can have a major impact on a manufacturing company at the beginning of the supply chain. The bullwhip effect is therefore important for supply chain management.

The bullwhip effect
How to conduct a meeting
How to conduct a meeting
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Having to conduct a meeting is a challenging, often underestimated task. Many workplace meetings fail because of unprepared participants or showboating colleagues who talk endlessly without getting to the point. But it doesn’t have to be this way, and learning how to conduct a meeting is easier than you might think. With these effective meeting tips, a little preparation, diplomatic moderating...

How to conduct a meeting
Working from home with children
Working from home with children: Reduce stress on both sides
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Working from a home office with your kids around can prove to be a challenge for even the best multi-taskers. The double burden of work and keeping your little ones entertained in a confined space can push both parents and children to their limits. Our best tips and tricks can help you manage conflict and ease tension at home.

Working from home with children: Reduce stress on both sides

Productivity

Productivity plays a leading role in running a successful business. From relevant tools, to project management and collaboration, including self-motivation and time management, this section gives employers and employees a wide selection of tips on nurturing productivity in the workplace.