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Converters can learn from Obama: his successful campaign strategy can also be applied to your plant.(PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS)
Paperboard packaging converters can learn some valuable management lessons from the successful journey of an obscure Illinois politician,...
Official Board Markets, 11/29/08 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Unions' power could grow: under the new proposed legislation, they could use a "card check" to organize a company's employees.(BATTLE LOOMING)
Legislation is being introduced this spring to change the rules by which unions can organize employees of private companies, obviously including...
Official Board Markets, 03/03/07 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Organized cleaning? A proposed law may soon make it easier for organized labor to unionize private businesses such as drycleaning plants.(LABOR RELATIONS)
Legislation is now being introduced to change the rules by which unions can organize private employers--including those in the commercial laundry...
American Drycleaner, 03/01/07 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Foundries fearful of new unionization drives: as the Employee Free Choice Act enters legislatve debate, employers must understand how the proposed law will ease union organizing efforts.(Unionizatinn)
Legislation is being introduced this month to change the rules by which unions organize workers at private companies, obviously including workers...
Foundry Management & Technology, 03/01/07 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Getting prepared for higher profitability: to survive and prosper in a hyper-competitive market, executives must motivate employees at all levels to deal successfully, in order to withstand the increasing pressures to control costs, improve quality, and s
Over the past year or so a number of readers have contacted me about my article "Meeting and Beating The Imported Competition," published in the...
Foundry Management & Technology, 12/01/06 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Are you ready to boost productivity with a gainsharing plan? To survive and prosper in our hyper-competitive environment, board converters must motivate employees at all levels.(PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE)
Why are more and more companies becoming interested in starting a gainsharing program in their plants? To improve productivity, lower per-unit...
Official Board Markets, 11/25/06 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
How to profit through your supervisors: if management does not properly organize their employees' work, productivity will remain mediocre.(MANAGE EMPLOYEES' WORK, NOT BEHAVIOR)
Everyone knows that successful box plants train their supervisors. But when we studied why the financial results of 35 Midwest box plants varied...
Official Board Markets, 07/08/06 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Molding supervisors to fit your profitability pattern: a consistent difference between profitable foundries and substandard performers is the ways they prepare their mid-level managers, provide them with the right managerial tools, and reward them for suc
Several years ago, in our report "Improving Your Profitability Pattern," (see FM&T, September 2002), we reported on a study of a cross-section of...
Foundry Management & Technology, 03/01/06 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Want better results? Act, don't talk: how to eliminate subordinate confusion about the urgency of meeting needed goals.(FOUR COMMON TRAITS TO AVOID)
Executives frequently trumpet their companies' successes. But we rarely read about executives who are frustrated by the system. Few books discuss...
Official Board Markets, 09/24/05 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication -
Managing Hispanic workers: bridging the cultural gap; Management skill combined with cultural knowledge helps companies to maximize workplace results for this important, growing segment of the industry's workforce.
The statistics are in. Not only is the growing wave of Hispanic immigrants having a profound effect on American society, but it is greatly...
National Provisioner, The, 08/01/05 by Imberman, Woodruff · More from publication
