The APRS Platform for Better Alignment and Accountability

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On December 30, 2021
Uncategorized

The Anaar team is excited to announce the release of the third generation cloud-based Anaar Process Review System (APRS) Platform. With this release, we are looking forward to expanding the use of the APRS Platform at SME level end-users. What is the APRS Platform? The APRS Platform is a cloud-based process management tool. It helps […]

How do you react when something goes wrong?

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On October 29, 2021
BPM Concepts

Read the riot act? Blame somebody? Punish somebody so that everybody gets the message about your displeasure? In management, we always have good intentions. So, intentions are not under question. What are the consequences of our actions and do our actions help or hurt competitiveness of the enterprise? What we did in the past may […]

A Process-centric Tool For Sustaining ISO and Improving Profitability

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On January 6, 2019
Uncategorized

During the past two decades, management practices world-wide have evolved. Process-based thinking is replacing age-old task-based approaches; involving and engaging employees is replacing the autocratic style of functioning; customer focus is replacing inward focus; internet technology is connecting employees like never before; digitization is in full swing. ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 EMS and ISO […]

Culture, Competitiveness and Untapped Potential

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On December 13, 2018
Company Culture

What are your sources of competitiveness? Technology? People? Strategy? Or something else? Any enterprise’s intrinsic competitiveness is determined by its technology, human resource capabilities and its overall strategy of product and service offerings. However, recent history has shown that – given the same or similar technology, human resources and products – it is the work […]

Transform Work Culture to Sustain Excellence and Profitability

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On October 18, 2018
Process Improvement

The world we live in has changed dramatically over the past three decades. Whether we like it or not, globalization of markets is a reality and the marketplace is becoming increasingly competitive – generally speaking, gone are the days of protectionism, isolationism and monopoly, and the associated inefficiencies and fat profit margins. In this buyers’ […]

Internal Versus External Customers

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On November 3, 2017
BPM Concepts

Before the emergence of the concepts of TQM and internal customers, enterprises had only one type of customer – external customers. They were outside the organization and paid for our products or services. Hierarchical structures decided who reported to whom. Managers managed their subordinates. They gave them objectives, and measured their output against those objectives. […]

How to conduct an effective performance evaluation

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On September 25, 2017
Leadership

We need to, and we can, make performance evaluations an experience that both supervisors as well as employees find beneficial and therefore an event that they don’t dread. Profitability and competitiveness of an enterprise depends, among other things, on how well its employees are encouraged to utilize their potential. Conducting proper performance evaluations plays a […]

What Broke Down at Uber? – the Toxic Effects of Work Culture

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On August 21, 2017
Company Culture

The society we live in expects more from business entities than what was expected from them in the last century. Not meeting societal expectations has significant financial implications. Facing extremely unfavorable public reaction to its scandalous work culture, Uber’s board members forced its CEO to resign – to save the company he co-founded. It was […]

What Does Real Management Change Look Like?

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On August 6, 2017
Management Ideas

We know that there is a distinct difference between the daily activities of conventionally managed enterprises and high performance enterprises. In the former, we see hectic activities, people working very hard individually (as if the world is coming to an end tomorrow), blaming others when desired results are not achieved, and in the latter we […]

Motivating Your Employees to Perform at Their Peak

Posted by J. Nirdosh Reddy
On July 28, 2017
Leadership

Getting ordinary people (the vast majority of employees) to deliver extraordinary results should be one of the most important goals of any enterprise. And it can be done! Good Management – Art or Science? How we motivate people is a topic that has been discussed for ages. So, why are we still talking about it? […]

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