It’s Okay Not To Know How To Write A Business Plan

May 21, 2012 admin Management

A business to be successful needs to have a good foundation. One solid foundation is by having a good laid out business plan. Knowing how to write a business plan can be a good way to start a business. But this doesn’t mean that if you do not know how to write one you are going to fail.

There are lots of business plan templates available today online. There are specialized sites that provide new business organizations templates that can help them structure a successful business plan. This will eliminate the need to fully know how to write a business plan. All you have to do is follow a sort of map of what is needed. A template is just like a fill up the blanks questionnaire.

But why do we actually need a business plan? » Read more..

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Soft Skill Training – A Must-Have in Today’s Organisation?

May 14, 2012 admin Management

Soft Skills Training today is a part of any Management programme across the world because it helps shape one’s personality and thereby plays an important role in his/her professional development. Organisations across the world have realised the importance of Soft Skills as a part of Management Curriculum since good soft skills help maintain long term relationships with customers and thereby facilitate business success. Hence, organisations have started feeling that it is worthwhile to invest in imparting soft skill training to their employees. Imparting soft -skill training not only helps improve service transactions but also makes the employees feel that the organisation has taken a keen interest in their professional development, which goes a long way in employee retention.

Research studies conducted all over the world have shown that soft-skills such as cultural sensitivity, business etiquette and good communication skills go a long way in generating global business and are therefore indispensable to an organisation’s well being. » Read more..

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Which Comes First – Technical Skills, Process Or Relationship?

May 7, 2012 admin Career Advice

Ask any technologist what comes first in building quality systems and the answer will be technical skills, process and (maybe) business relationship. After interviewing several CIOs and Business Applications Executives, they will tell you the same thing. They were successful because they used the latest technical skills while following a process to deliver the system.

Delving deeper into the specifics of these successful projects, I uncovered a similar pattern. Yes, the individual’s technical skills and the process they followed were important. However, some of the projects didn’t follow a defined process but were still successful. Some of the projects didn’t use the latest and greatest technology and were still successful. What these projects had in common with those that did was the relationship the technologists had with the business (user) community. » Read more..

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