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• The case of the boss held hostage: the French trade unions have a way to solve disputes with management. They call it "sequestration" which means hostage-taking. Study this case and send your solutions for publication 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BLACK Carbon Co has been mining coal in the hill country of Eutopia for more than 20 years. It has a workforce of 3,000...

  10/01/09 by Tan Chee Teik · More from publication

• Plan carefully before you hire: loyal employees are the best resource any company can have. The human resource department must have good hiring processes in place to ensure that the right applicants are hired 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT's easy to hire a new hand but it's heartbreaking when you have to terminate an employee's tenure. Many managers do not...

  10/01/09 by Tan Chee Teik · More from publication

• Bridging the SME need for enterprise resource management solutions 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Small and medium businesses require integrated enterprise resource management (ERM) solutions that build in efficiency,...

  10/01/09 by N. Ravindran · More from publication

• Save money through printing efficiency 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Your organisation can benefit from the ability to share printers. Rather than trying to connect every single workstation...

  10/01/09 by Maurizio Bandi · More from publication

• Bonita's trump card 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the facts of the case, it is evident Gringo lacks good management skills. Bonita could work with the company's human...

  10/01/09 by Ong Kian Hui; Angelynna Tan Liang Kee · More from publication

• Small business opportunities abound: in an economic downturn, statistics indicate more people start small businesses. While this may not make sense on the surface, it becomes clear when you realise that more people who get laid off in a downturn may go in 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACCORDING to most consultants, most new businesses likely to succeed in a downturn are those which are the tried and true...

  10/01/09 by N. Ravindran · More from publication

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