One thing to keep in mind is that you're not the only customer of the vendor. You might have a specific representative from that vendor as your go-to,...

I believe that the disconnect was a larger issue in the past. I feel that companies (at least in my limited experience) actually are actively removing...

These are all fairly obvious reasons for leaving a job to move to a different one. I'm actually curious as to the other, maybe less common, reasons wh...

I will add another fact, that american workers get less vacation than other workers in other countries. One aspect of why they work more that I haven'...

I will reinforce an aspect of motivation (as many of you have said above). The main thing a manager needs is to ensure that their subordinates feel li...

This is a very interesting study and I wish i could find more about it. When was it taken, how many people, what age group, etc? All of these are fact...

I'll add to what's been said above. People who work QA usually work with the people who are writing SOPs, change controls, etc. They're in the office ...

Reactive management is sometimes unavoidable. Proper planning is crucial, but there will always be issues that arise that either you couldn't or didn'...

I doubt that changing positions mid-project is something that happens often. If it does, I would still think that they would continue their role in th...

I'd disagree jb678. It really depends on how much it would cost. Being behind schedule costs money, just as being over budget. Being behind schedule m...

Well there's a few factors that affect this. What level employee are you? Managers may have a harder time taking off if they cannot get the appropriat...

I agree with jb678. I feel that it's easier to control creep in some projects rather than others. For example, mirroring a manufacturing facility is e...

I may not be as experienced as other people in this class so I can only speak as to what I've seen. I've never seen a phase skipped over to start the ...

I agree with most of what you've said, but it seems you haven't addressed setbacks, major or minor. Weekly planning meetings, from my experience, deal...