Organizer issue 6/1988

CONTENTS

 

• Economic month
• Monitor

Cover Story: How to Solve Problems?

Managing a company in good times is difficult for any executive. But what about when problems arise? A savvy manager won't throw their hands up in horror—they'll proceed according to plan.

Service

SlC: new stage in payment traffic

Banks use SIC, the Swiss Interbank Clearing system, for payments between themselves. What does this mean, and how does this system work?  

Personal

 

Management tools

Delegate: The idea that one person can do everything on their own is no longer true, even in a two-person operation. However, the distribution of work is something that needs to be learned.  

Thinking training

 

The special organizer tip

Why extended fidelity insurance can be useful Why employees should be aware of annual targets What does it mean: interest rate agreements Smoker's leg – a «showcase disease» Current legal tip: Overtime compensation for management employees? Employee development: a good working atmosphere is home-grown.

EXTRA: Strategy - Getting a grip on costs

When competition gets tougher, it is necessary to limit expenditure. But this only makes sense if there is control.  

• Books
• Names and novelties

 

Press review

• Companies and markets
• Success with books
• Musenalp Express, a marketing hit
• Metromac: leader in measuring machines
• 1987 - the turning point at Schindler?
• Free exchange of opinions at Herberts
•  ... a mouse born

 

Management

• Perfectionism fails too often
• Preventing lUiquidity at an early stage
• Customer analysis promises profits
• Success thanks to free tem
• Design is a management task
• Desktop PubUshing
• Money motivates only little
• Tarantula