Recently added articles from Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: Managing Information and Finance:
Drawing up a budget.(Checklist 042)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Introduction Budgeting is at the heart of the way organisations measure what they want to achieve. It is a key tool in planning and integrating activities, allocating funds, and achieving strategic aims, and organisations are increasingly involving other staff, as well as ...
Controlling a budget.(Checklist 043)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Introduction Budgetary control is at the heart of many managers' jobs. The skills of budgetary control are increasingly valued in organisations, and the ability to control a budget is now considered an important attribute for managers. It helps with monitoring organisational and ...
Making rational decisions.(Checklist 015)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Introduction This checklist provides an outline framework for making rational decisions. It is therefore relevant to all managers. National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership This checklist has relevance to the following standards: B: ...
Carrying out an information audit.(Checklist 013)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Introduction The increasing problems caused by junk mail, data overload and indigestibility, and the need to make decisions ever more rapidly, mean it is all too easy to take the wrong path in establishing systems for decision support. If accurate information is the key to ...
Brainstorming.(Checklist 014)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Introduction The purpose of this checklist is to enable a manager, without previous experience of the technique and with a minimum of preparation, to introduce brainstorming to a group and then go on to brainstorm a specific problem or opportunity. Numerous fresh ideas and ...