There’s a difference between objectives as they’re usually stated and business objectives. I use a different vocabulary, by the way: If you’ve read Bare Bones Project Management you’ll recognize it – ...

The objectives of this study of two medium-sized organizations which have implemented management-by-objectives programs (MBO) are threefold: (1) to review empirically based research on MBO, (2) to ...

In June 2022, the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) and Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC) issued interrelated final standards on quality management intended to clarify and improve ...

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. In June 2022, the AICPA’s Auditing ...

Subjectivity plays an important, yet dangerous, role in risk management. By its very nature, subjective perspectives are held in the mind of the beholder, and, as a result, are dependent on the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

More than 520 years ago, Christopher Columbus discovered the new world. Not that it was the New World he was really looking for, but it was the best he could do at the time. Let me suggest that a part ...

A thoughtfully constructed QRM Master Plan translates the strategy and enables a risk-based approach. In 2009, the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry’s quality risk management (QRM) journey ...

Managing human resources can be a daunting task for many business owners. From setting objectives to planning a company-wide strategy, HR objectives must be clear and concise in order to be effective.

The Training Management Directorate (TMD), the Army's proponent for training management, is working closely with Army agencies and commands to support objective training and readiness reporting ...