The local paper carried an A.P. story about U.S. illiteracy yesterday. They estimate that about 1 in 20 people in the United States can’t read English well enough to do simple things like read a bus schedule or understand instructions on a prescription label. Then today, there was a story from Bloomberg News about the… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Management
Project 11 Update: International standards for documentation management
The documentation standards project nicknamed “project 11″ is well underway, with all sections assigned to authors and many sections in first or second draft already. Phil Cohen, the project leader, doesn’t need any more authors, but any one who wants to be a reviewer is still welcome to participate! Continue Reading
Corporate Rules of Management
Raytheon CEO William H. Swanson had a collection of 33 business rules he felt were key to his management style. He even had a presentation about them, calling them “Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management”. Eventually, he wrote them down and Raytheon bound them into a little book that Swanson gave out to other leaders in… Continue Reading
Virtually Managing
Today we had a meeting of the STC Management Special Interest Group leadership team. This is an interesting group because we accomplish a lot even though we only meet in person once a year. Part of the success of the group is the dedication of a small number of active volunteers. When our newsletter editor… Continue Reading