Using Business Psychology to Improve Your Business'
Performance
An
increasing number of businesses are turning to psychology to
help them improve their business performance. There is
quite a wide choice of approaches and tools to choose from.
In this article, we look at some of the more popular
philosophies and think about which one is best for your
organisation.
Click
here for the complete article
back
to contents
Getting to Grips with Conflict
Internal conflict is an essential part of dynamic, creative
organisations, but if not managed properly the positive
benefits disappear into frustration, anger and conflict.
Sandy Pratt describes some the steps that well managed
businesses can take to harness conflict.
Click
here for the complete article
back
to contents
Making
the Most of Excel and Word
Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical
advice on creating, formatting and navigating word documents
and spreadsheet workbooks.
Click
here for the complete article
back
to contents
Recent Successes
Since our last edition, Victim Support Scotland has
shown its continued confidence in us by commissioning us to
develop an ICT Strategy for the next five years. We
delivered the strategic plan successfully and it has been
fully endorsed by both the Executive Directorate and the
Board of Trustees. We are now working with VSS towards
implementing the recommendations in the Strategy.
As a result of our appointment to a
consultancy framework contract with Highlands & Islands
Enterprise, we have carried out a number of assignments
in the North of Scotland. We have developed a Business
Plan for the next tranche of funding for the Caithness
and Sutherland New Futures funding programme. We
have also been commissioned to
carry out an interim evaluation of its
Lochaber
Leadership Initiative. The evaluation will examine the
extent to which the Initiative has improved the quality and
effectiveness of management within the participating
businesses.
Over the late Spring
and early summer, we carried out a review of the Building
Services division of Inverclyde Council. We
have now been retained in an oversight role to help the
Council implement the changes recommended in our review.
NEW - IT Investment Appraiser Tool
In response to
recent projects involving our clients making large
investments in IT, we have developed a new spreadsheet
calculator that helps managers to measure both the costs and
the benefits and to assess the proposed investment in terms
of Capital Return, Risk and Sensitivity. The tool
produces graphs that clearly illustrates the composition of
the project distinguishing between capitalised assets and
expensed costs. You can find full details of our new
tool by clicking on this link.
back
to contents
Tell
us your view
In
our last issue we asked if you thought that exhibitions were
an effective way of promoting your business. Nearly
two-thirds of the responses agreed with our proposition.
Do you think that
your organisation gets good value from its investment in IT?
Answer our question
and let us know – all responses are confidential.
If you would like
to suggest a topic for future e-zines or have any comments
about this one, please send it to: ezine@4-consulting.com.
back
to contents
For more information about 4-consulting visit our
web site at www.4-consulting.com
Please feel free to forward this e-zine to a colleague.
To unsubscribe click the link at the bottom of the email.
