Index

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Bosses

defined

involvement with problems

networking and

Category sorting, project tasks and

Communication, problem solving and

Confidence, problem solving and

Critical Qs (questions) of project-objective development

Critical-needs test, project tasks and

Customer interaction problems

Defining problems

how-to approach of

process of

proposing solutions versus

trial-and-error process of

two-step process of

Ws of

Distractions versus problems

Evading problems

Flexibility, problem solving and

Formal problem solving

Galileo

Gantt charts

Gantt, Henry

Global economy

Informal problem solving

Information gathering

appropriate time for

figuring out what you don’t know and

general to specific

inappropriate time for

research methods and

Ws and

Information gathering, sorting and analyzing

Information sources

documents

networking

Interacting with customers, problems of

Last-to-first sorting, project tasks and

Middle-range problems

Networking for information

boss’s approval and

finding key people and

questioning and

Objectivity, problem solving and

PERT charts

Problem identification

knowing what to do and

listening for alarms and

pitfalls to avoid

problems versus distractions

work flow interruptions and

Problem solvers, attributes of

communication of ideas

flexibility

gathering, sorting, and analyzing information

objectivity

risk taking

self-confidence

Problem solving. See also Defining problems; Information gathering

American employers and

blocks to

as a business necessity

formal and informal approaches to

global economy and

Problems

boss’s involvement and

business meaning of

evading

middle-range

typical workplace

Problems versus distractions

Problem-solving employees

Problem-solving tree

Processing problems

Procrastination

Project management

defined

goal of

project-milestone schedules and

work plan and

Project objectives

Project planning

Project tasks

applying critical-needs test

category sorting

last-to-first sorting

Project-management plans

Gantt charts and

PERT charts and

Project-milestone schedules

Project-objective development, critical Qs of

Project-objective statements

Questioning effectively

Research methods

documents and data and

networking

Researching documents

Risk taking, problem solving and

Solutions versus problems confusion regarding

questions to ask about

Special assignment problems

Supervisory problems

Task analysis

Time lines

Transaction processing problems

Typical problems

customer interaction

processing

special assignments

supervising

Work flow interruptions

Work plan

criteria for

project-management tools and

purpose of

task analysis and

Ws (who, what, why, where, when, how much or how many)