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Management Training, Management Development and Business Articles and Resources

 

Welcome to our on-line resource for students, managers, trainers, developers and you.

This pages is the gateway to many of the articles and resources that the RapidBI team have developed.

For free management development resources and free leadership resources follow the links in the table below

If using our content for intranet sites or for study assignments please provide a link (where rel=follow) to this page and quote our copyright.  If you would like written permission to use content in newsletters or PDF based course handouts please ask – we rarely refuse.

Diagnostic tools, employee surveys, PowerPoint and training activity packs

Action Learning -

Action Learning and Action Learning Sets (ALS) were popularized by Reg Revens this page summarizes his approach and ideas

Ansoff Product/ market matrix -

An introduction to Igor Ansoff’s model for planning product and marketing strategy

Best Practice and Good Practice -

Great words but what do they really mean?

Business Transformation -

Increasingly the term Business transformation is being used without understanding what it means. This article explores the basics

Business Values -

How to use values to create an effective organization

Career Anchors -

A powerful tool to help individuals understand their career strengths

Change Management

Understanding the impact of psychology on change in organizations

Continuing Professional Development or CPD -

CPD has been around for some years, now the need for personal responsibility is ever increasing

Corporate Social Responsibility CSR -

How does Corporate Social Responsibility impact smaller businesses

Critical Success Factors -

What are Critical Success Factors and how to use them

Deep Dive Organizational Development technique -

Deep Dive is a rapid and practical approach to product development and problem solving

Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Models -

There are many Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Models on the market, this page outlines some of the differences and asks does it really matter which one you use?

Force Field Analysis -

The Force Field analysis is a valuable tool in any decision making process

Force Field Analysis -

The Force Field Analysis is a decision making tool

Glossary of Business and Training Terms -

Need to know the meaning of a business phrase or term – this is the place to start our terms dictionary and general glossary

Holistic Organizational Diagnostic Tools -

Find out what using a holistic approach can offer you and your organization

How to write an internal communications plan -

Do you need to write a communications plan? this page will give you a few ideas

Intelligent Purchasing for OD -

Do you need to purchase training or consulting services? This page will help you on your journey

Key Performance Indicators -

Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factors are terms often used in business but what do they mean? See our page on KPI examples

Knowledge Understanding Action – a model for development

Knowledge Understanding Action is the principles that RapidBI base all of their programs, products and development upon

Knowledge-Understanding-Action -

An overview of our powerful approach to organizational Development

Learning Logs -

We have had requests for material to complement our PDP and CPD pages… here it is

Learning Styles -

Want to be a more effective learner? Here is a summary of the main learning style theories and application

Management Models -

100+ Management Models – a page full of graphical management models, 9 box grid, 4 box model grid, 2×2 matrix, 3×3 matrix, cycles etc. covering organizational growth, leadership, coaching, change management, business etc.


Managing Change

Change management is one of those things that many talk about but is rarely implemented well

Miller’s Magic Number Seven 7 -

Miller showed a number of remarkable coincidences between the channel capacity of a number of human cognitive and perceptual tasks

Organizational Diagnostics and development -

This page explores the importance of effective organizational diagnosis

Pech Kucha

Pecha Kucha is an innovative approach to designing and delivering engaging presentations

Personal Development Plans -

Need to develop a Personal Development Plan – all you need is here

Porters Five Forces -

Michael Porter’s five forces is a model used to explore the environment in which a product or company operates

PRIMO-F – Business Growth Model -

The PRIMO-F business growth model, a holistic approach to organizational development

Psychometric Personality Testing -

What psychometric testing is and how to use it


Scanning the Business Environment – a diagnostic technique
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Why do this – is it just a waste of time or is it sound business sense?

Strategic analysis -

Strategic analysis is a frequently discussed term – but what does it mean?

SWOT analysis -The SWOT analysis – a powerful tool for exploring the strengths of an organization

 

Consulting Skills – for internal and external consultants -

Do you use consulting skills as part of your offer? This page will help you on your journey

Talent management -

Using nine box grids for identifying talent in your organisation

The PESTLE Analysis -

The PESTLE analysis – a powerful tool for exploring the external environment of an organization

Whitelaw’s Circle of Evaluation -

Whitelaw’s circle of evaluation is a model developed to aid the evaluation of training and learning and development interventions

Write a Mission Statement -

How to write a mission statement for your business


Write SMARTer objectives
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Description on how to write SMART and SMARTer objectives for individual and business performance


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