November, 2005

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Diversity In The Workplace

Chad Barr

Diversity in most organizations is no longer a matter of counting statistics and attempting to do the right thing, it is now vital to business success. In order for companies to sell locally and globally they need to better understand their target audience mix and include a diverse perspective of their employees. Top executives will also need to better understand cultures in countries around the world.

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Management Is About Human Beings

Chad Barr

The brilliant thinker Peter Drucker who invented management as a field of study and research, died today at the age 95. As noted in the Wall Street Journal and in Drucker’s book, The Essential Drucker: Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.