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Business management

Articles and guides on effective business management and the processes of planning, organising, and and achieving sustainable growth.

Entrepreneurs

Are long hours and money worries affecting your business?

More than a quarter of business founders are working over 60 hours a week to keep their company afloat.

Entrepreneurs

The 3 biggest business blunders of our time

Learning from your mistakes is a vital skill for business owners. But what can you learn from the blunders of some of the world's biggest companies.

Growth Planning

Why managers should use inherent biases to make better decisions

Researchers believe that rather than trying to think rationally, managers and business strategists should use their own biases to come to better decisions.

Entrepreneurs

5 ways that delegating work can save you time and money

When you build and lead a business, you’ll be wearing many hats, so learning how to delegate tasks to your team with efficiency is a vital skill to learn.

Human Resources

3 major myths about flat organisational structures

Here's why adopting a flat structure may benefit your company more than you think

News

Five questions to ask when reacting to business surprises

Here's how research into police data helped academics pin-point a failsafe five-point process to dodge unwanted surprises in business.

Growth Planning

Can management consulting help small firms grow?

As an entrepreneur or the owner of a small firm, you’re no doubt aware of the importance of leadership development and the effect that passionate management can have over a business.

Human Resources

How can you keep your staff onboard during periods of change?

Change is necessary for all companies to grow: but how can you address understandable anxiety among staff when it happens?

Leadership

Beyond finance: creative MBAs that can lead to entrepreneurial success

MBAs are often seen solely as qualifications in narrow financial disciplines: but casting your net wider afield can bring unexpected benefits.

Leadership

Be transparent, expect transparency – Lord Sugar's advice to businesses

Renowned businessperson Lord Alan Sugar has been providing his tips for entrepreneurs, via business data site Company Check.

Technology

Is now the time for an email amnesty?

Constant email stress is becoming a fact of life for the majority of workers now: is an amnesty over selected times the way to solve it?

Financial Management

Internal efficiencies: the key to reducing red tape

Red tape is consistently cited as one of the main barriers to business growth: so how can businesses adapt their own working methods to minimise its impact?