Preparing for growth.
DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, chemical companies have enjoyed tremendous output and high margins as prices have reached 10-year highs. Yet, with increasing international competition, escalating energy costs and product commoditization, it's crucial for companies such as yours to do what they can now to ensure continued success. While...

SC Johnson makes fortune list for employee retention.
SC Johnson (SCJ) is an eight-time honoree on the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America list, published by Fortune magazine. SCJ was listed as No. 27. Fortune noted that 28% of SCJ's employees have worked there more than 20 years, while 78% have been there...

Point man: a district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age.
OB DYLAN ONCE SANG THAT THE TIMES WERE A-CHANGIN', but the shaggy crooner couldn't have had any idea how the line would one day resonate with the leaders of K-12 technology. Think back to the days of the first George Bush. Back then, few, if any, school...

The entrepreneur's guide to hiring and building the team.
9780275995430 The entrepreneur's guide to hiring and building the team. Tanner, Ken. Praeger 2008 186 pages $39.95 Hardcover The entrepreneur's guide HD66 A human resources consultant/former senior executive of...

Recruitment and retention of race group students in American higher education; an annotated bibliography.
9780313319587 Recruitment and retention of race group students in American higher education; an annotated bibliography. Ed. by C. Dwayne Wilson et al. Greenwood Press 2008 230 pages $74.95 Hardcover Bibliographies and indexes in...

The need to know.
Rarely does a need resonate so clearly as does Georgia's current critical need for a nursing workforce planning center. What we already know is that despite the fact that Georgia is the ninth largest state, it ranks 19th in the production of nurses. Currently the nursing vacancy rate in...

Spring forward.
Jay Shannon suggests a yearly training evaluation on mushroom farms in Develop Your Team--Have a Winning Season. In today's business environment, lenders are interested in the reliability of key managers, the strategic aims for the business and a succession plan for owners and mangers. To develop a good team,...

Starmark, NGS American and MMHS Partner to Offer Community-Based Healthcare Solutions.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 June 2008-Starmark, NGS American and MMHS Partner to Offer Community-Based Healthcare Solutions(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Starmark, NGS American and the Mercy Memorial Hospital System (MMHS) announced they have launched Healthy Monroe, a community-based network of healthcare providers that can be combined with...

State OKs sale of insurer; Spanish firm buys Commerce.
Byline: Bob Kievra WEBSTER- The state's top insurance regulator yesterday signed off on the sale of Commerce Group Inc. to Mapfre S.A., Spain's largest insurer. Commerce Group, the largest writer of property and casualty insurance in Massachusetts, is being sold in a $2.2 billion deal....

Sneak attack? `Readiness schools' could set back charter schools.
COLUMN: In our opinion On the face of it, Gov. Deval L. Patrick's Readiness Project is a sweeping and in some ways promising blueprint for taking education reform to the next level. However, any good it might do would be more than negated if the project becomes...