Overall Management and Marketing Insights

  Those were the days when I was working for an organization, mainly responsible to manage general administration domain. Including other administrative tasks, the security of the premises was my responsibility. We had two types of security arrangements there: 1- A security company was responsible to guard the premises; and buildings, installations, assets, and people at the premises, 2- We had our own security people deployed on key points, along with the security company's personnel. Our security supervisors were responsible to keep an eye on the performance of the security company as well. I was not satisfied with, and was very much concerned about, the performance of the security company. In fact, I had sent my recommendation to my seniors and the head office to change the company. One morning, when I entered the premises, my security supervisor, Mr. X, came to me in a hurry and said, "Sir! You know what happened last evening?" I said, "What's wrong...

Today's world is thriving with technological advancements. Each and every activity of our life is directly or indirectly influenced by the technology; so as the business. It is believed that a business not sensing the importance of technology in its operations would, ultimately, lose the race. Is this true? In my opinion, the nature of the human behavior (behavior of the entrepreneur and management) decides a business's fate, not the technology. The technology is nothing itself, its use creates the difference, and it is the human who uses the technology. So, human factor is the most decisive to drive an organization towards success or failure. The following discussion touches the basics as how and why the the behavior of a businessman and his/her managers makes his/her business to go up or to fall down. A good behavior means growing business, and a bad behavior leads to failure. Sincerity and honesty are the dominating parts of good behavior in business. By adopting and s...