Business
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How to Find the Right Time Clock System for Your Business
Whether you run a small business or a multimillion dollar corporation, every company requires a time and attendance system – a time clock. The most basic time clock tracks the hours worked by your employees. But today’s advanced time and attendance systems can do a lot more than that. However, with so many time clock systems on the market today, it can be difficult to find the right time and attendance system for your company. Do you need a basic time clock or something more advanced? Do you want a web-based system or a biometric system? Do you want face recognition software or hand reader? The possibilities are endless! Shopping…
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What it Takes to Make Money
Posted by: Phineas Upham We’ve all been caught in a money-making scheme at one time or another. That “friend,” who invited you to coffee to talk about an important business opportunity was really there to get you to join his pyramid scheme. Of course, the idea, product, or business doesn’t come across as a scheme at first, which is why it is so attractive to the consumer. In his article “Money-Making Schemes,” Ben Greenman shows just how easy it is to get caught up in the details of a business plan even though the idea might be an obvious attempt to make money. He uses the unconventional format of the…
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The Rise and Fall of the CEO – By Samuel Phineas Upham
By Samuel Phineas Upham Can a CEO remain in office indefinitely? Or is there a shelf life to CEO tenure? In his essay “Political Dynamics and the Circulation of Power: CEO succession in the U.S. industrial Corporations, 1960-1990,” William Ocasio examines the various elements that affect CEO longevity. He showcases two models through which to understand CEO longevity, the model of the circulation of power and the model of the institutionalization of power. These models are very different from one another and offer a different take on power accumulation, CEO tenure, effects of time, and strategic maneuvering. The author makes predictions from each model and then tests them. Ocasio’s argument…
