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Business Predictions for the New Millennium

Digital Library > Defining and Serving a Market > Business conditions “Business Predictions for the New Millennium” As we approach the Year 2000, entrepreneurs are speaking out with regard to their concerns and the direction they see their businesses heading. Scuba School and Dive Center: "The retail end of our industry has been going through some really tough times. The…

Keep the Loyalty of Your IT Staff

Digital Library > Human Resources Management > Employee retention “Keep the Loyalty of Your IT Staff” In this tight employment market, information-technology staff are entertaining daily job offers. You can improve the retention of your technical and IT staff by: Integrating brief job rotations into the orientation program, or rotating employees for longer assignments. This not only makes employees more…

When Good Deeds Run Afoul

Digital Library > Operations and Technology > Suppliers “When Good Deeds Run Afoul” Ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s has a reputation for being a socially responsible business. But it learned — the hard way — to proceed with caution when combining benevolence with business. For example, co-founder Ben Cohen learned of a bakery that hired the homeless and used…