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Sustainability is a hot topic today. Many potential projects may have the appearance of socially responsible but in some cases are not sustainable. [tag-tec]Sustainability[/tag-tec] in and of itself is a key aspect of [tag-dir]social responsibility[/tag-dir]. The growing presence of [tag-dir]living roof project[/tag-dir] is a good example of sustainability in action.

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Corporate need for stream-lined, large-scale training has prompted many organizations to look to learning management systems (LMSs) and virtual teams. Virtual teams can aid companies in discovering, recruiting, and training talent.

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Although there are distinct advantages to conducting regular employee satisfaction surveys online to measuring employee satisfaction – there can also be risks. Documented here are the main advantages, considerations and the possible risks to conducting employee satisfaction surveys online.

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  NetSuite Pricing All of the technology and business contacts I regularly talk to keep telling me cloud computing. But what is it, what does it really mean for business and what are the financial and physical upsides?

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The benefits of conducting an annual employee survey is widely accepted but many organizations have been put off by the amount of effort those annual surveys take to deploy.

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If you conduct effective market research what are the things you can learn?

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Market research is an essential element of any organization that wants to offer products or services that are focused and well targeted. Business decisions based on good market research can help minimise any risk and should pay dividends in the longer term. By making market research part and parcel of the business process and conducting [...]

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In today’s economy, managers of all kinds are under pressure to right-size their businesses or business units. With the contraction of the economy, sales decreases trigger the need for rethinking, resizing, and reshaping throughout any organization. Projects and programs are no different. Let’s take a look.

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As project managers, we need to manage the resources and deliverables on our projects. In tough times we are often under pressure to deliver more with fewer resources. The question is “How can we cope with this? Is there a different way than just working harder, that we and our teammates can employ?”

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Two methods of capital budgeting often used on project and in project portfolio management are internal rate of return(IRR) and net present value(NPV). They are close cousins but take a little bit of a different look at the value of a project. They are both time based and bothrelayed to cash flows over time on a project.

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