The Dead Horse Theory of Management Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUS There is an old Dakota tribal wisdom, which was passed over from generation to generation. It basically goes like this: “When you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.” However, in modern business far...
Business Excellence ModelsDR. ABDULRAhman ALJAMOUSS Business Excellence is often described as outstanding practices in managing the organisation and achieving results, all based on a set of fundamental concepts or values. These practices have evolved into models for how a world class organisation s...
What is the 1-10-100 Rule? Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUSS The concept of the 1-10-100 rule was developed by George Labovitz and YuSang Chang in 1992. Put simply, the 1-10-100 rule states that it costs exponentially more money to identify and correct data entry errors the longer it takes to find them. A...
I, -, T, E, X, EX and M Shaped People Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUSS Which Letter-shaped employee you are? Biologically, people are very similar, and at the same time they are very different because of their personalities. Have you ever heard the old saying, “Jack of all trades, and master of none”? I...
DICE Framework Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUSS Idea in short In the past 50 years, thousands of books have been written about change management. Change management is hard and extremely complex. No two change initiatives having the same factors at play. In recent years, many of these books have focused o...
The Law of Diminishing Returns Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUS You might have heard of the proverb: ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’. The law of diminishing returns discusses this in the context of production. What happens when we keep on adding inputs and exceed the quantity required for optimum product...
The Ringelmann effect Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUS In 1913, a guy named Max Ringelmann noticed something strange about humans. Ringelmann, a French agricultural engineer, took a rope and asked individual people to pull on it.Then he asked those same people to pull on the rope with a group. He observe...
The PMI Talent Triangle is Evolving Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUSS In our changing world, project professionals must be more nimble and resourceful than ever to keep pace and create impact. PMI has always been committed to empowering project professionals to develop a robust set of skills, but project...
Develop Project Charter Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUSS Develop project charter the process of developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.. The key benefit it provi...
Organizational DNA Dr. Abdulrahman ALJAMOUS Organizational DNA is defined as the underlying factors that together define an organization’s “personality” and help explain its performance. Corporate DNA or organizational DNA is a metaphor based on the biological term DNA, the molecule that encodes...