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What's My Oriental Rug Worth? Here we have the "big seven" essential elements in determining what your oriental rug is worth.

What's My Oriental Rug Worth?

EACH Essential Element MUST BE Multiplied by a special MULTIPLIER for each Element....Knot Density x 11, Material Used x 7, Design Elements x 6, Colors, Blending, and Dye types x 5, Age x 3, Condition of Rug x 2, Demand and Availability x 2. Take all these new multiplied figures and add them all together. You must then take this total new point figure of all the Essential Elements and multilpy this new number by the CMF. This new figure should give you the retail price per square foot. As with all commodities, rug prices are determined between the buyer and the seller at both the production, wholesale, and retail level. Knot Density After many years of experience, you will be able to look at the back of a rug and be within 10% of the actual knot count. Knot Density Table Points 675 and above 10 575 to 674 9 425 to 574 8 320 to 424 7 245 to 319 6 180 to 244 5. Bills. PocketMod: The Free Recyclable Personal Organizer - StumbleUpon.

Organizing & Organizing. “In democratic countries, knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others” –Alexis de Tocqueville Welcome to Marshall Ganz’s Web module on organizing.

Organizing & Organizing

Professor Ganz is a long-time organizer; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a principal of Harvard’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. Please click here to preview the featured video vignette of Ganz's "Motivations" (52 seconds). This Web module contains learning materials that touch upon such questions as: What is organizing? This module is designed for organizers, students, and trainers of organizers alike. The Cranky Middle Manager #23 Beating Bullies at Work  Posted on 19. Nov, 2005 by Wayne in Podcast The Cranky Middle Manager Show # 023 Battling Bullies Hello everyone. As you know, we’re on the hunt for the Worst Manager on the Planet .

Just as an aside, if you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe to the RSS feed. Show Notes 0:00 Welcome gang. 3:36 The quote of the week…yup Samuel Johnson again 4:15 Welcome Gary Namie, author of “ The Bully at Work “ He has some pretty startling statistics… how big’s the problem really ? Top 150 Management &Leadership Blogs. Lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic.

Lateral thinking

The term was coined in 1967 by Edward de Bono. [1] According to de Bono, lateral thinking deliberately distances itself from standard perceptions of creativity as either "vertical" logic (the classic method for problem solving: working out the solution step-by-step from the given data) or "horizontal" imagination (having many ideas but being unconcerned with the detailed implementation of them). Methods[edit] Critical thinking is primarily concerned with judging the true value of statements and seeking errors. Pareto Analysis - Decision-Making Skills Training from MindTools. Using the 80:20 Rule to Prioritize Avoid the "law of diminishing returns.

Pareto Analysis - Decision-Making Skills Training from MindTools

" © iStockphoto/tom_fewster Imagine that you've just stepped into a new role as head of department. Unsurprisingly, you've inherited a whole host of problems that need your attention. Ideally, you want to focus your attention on fixing the most important problems. Pareto Analysis is a simple technique for prioritizing possible changes by identifying the problems that will be resolved by making these changes. Pareto Analysis uses the Pareto Principle – also known as the "80/20 Rule" – which is the idea that 20 percent of causes generate 80 percent of results.

Note: Team Management Skills from MindTools. What does it mean to be a Good Manager. Free Management Library (SM) - StumbleUpon. Executive Onboarding: The Key to Accelerating Success and Reducing Risk in a New Job. Management Tips From A Drill Sgt - Careers - Portfolio.com. In companies both of the profit-making and military variety, a diverse group of strangers must come together for a shared purpose, overcome personal obstacles, and learn to work together efficiently.

What keeps them in line? Strategies and leaders. So it is that the ultimate symbol of armed forces' leadership—the feared drill sergeant—possesses wisdom that applies to the office as readily as the barracks. Today's drill sergeants are a far cry from Lee Ermey's sadist in Full Metal Jacket and Lou Gossett Jr.'s bullying gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman. "Drill sergeants have an exceptional way of getting messages through, and that can have applications in a lot of civilian contexts," Gorelick says. At work and in a training camp, a leader's chief duty is to convince his or her team to buy into a complex and demanding organizational ethos—and to guide those special cases who present particular challenges.

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