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View ArticleHow the Division of Labor Lowers Productivity
It’s all because of Adam Smith! Wasn’t he the one who introduced the division of labor? What, he didn’t invent it but simply described it? Anyway, it’s the phenomenon that we are going to talk about,...
View ArticleProcesses vs. Projects vs. Functions
In our first article we described how the division of labor increases productivity of an individual employee yet, at the same time, creates a disconnect between departments reducing the company’s...
View ArticleFunctional and Process Management: Tools Support
In the previous articles, we positioned Project Management and Process Management as systematic ways to compensate the issues of pure functional management: loss of control at handoffs, loss of focus...
View ArticleHow to transform your Outlook into a workflow system
“I want to work with workflow tasks from Microsoft Outlook. Is it possible?” Andrey Yanchenko, Head of Sales Engineering at NetCracker. The Problem I got used to working with Outlook and wouldn’t like...
View ArticleFirst Impression of the Industry Thought Leader – Comindware Tracker
We are pleased to have one of the most influential thought leaders in (BPM) Business Process Management, Nathaniel Palmer, to give a detailed review of Comindware Tracker. The Editor-in-Chief of...
View Article5 Approval Workflows You Can Automate With Comindware Tracker
One thing that differentiates solo entrepreneurships from their bigger business counterparts is the simplicity of the approval process – if there, indeed, is a process involved. Because the business is...
View ArticleTop 5 Benefits of good Business Process Management
Could your organization benefit from improvements in the following areas? Increased customer satisfaction and shorter time-to-market for products and services Greater efficiency (and cost savings) with...
View ArticleTired of tracking stuff in Excel? Try the workflow tool that works!
Is there any alternative to Microsoft® Excel™ when it comes to managing project activities? Many users come to our support team with the same question: how to avoid using Excel for managing project...
View ArticleHow-to Manage Multiple Tasks
How many times during the day do you multitask? Unfortunately multitasking is inevitable. The risk here is that as a result of multitasking, none of your tasks may be completed. Some of the negative...
View ArticleCapital Expenditure (CAPEX) Approval Process
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