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FEATURE 1
Techniques for Information Organization and Self Management That Lie
within a 50cm Radius
The desks of people who are always able to achieve their goals
Case 1: Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
- All daily work is done using eight files
Case 2: Masahiko Tsukamoto (Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe
University)
- The “ultimate desk” has nothing on it
Case 3: MOS Food Services, Inc.
- Making effective use of a PC and reducing the use of paper as much
as possible
“Magic Formulas for Putting Things in Order” - Tatsuya
Tsubosaka, the Master of “Keeping Things Tidy and in Order”
Questionnaire Survey of 200 Businesspeople
- Women are better at putting things in order and keeping them that
way
Interview with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett (Psychologist)
- One employee’s untidy desk can become a source of stress for
all the other employees
Putting into Practice the Techniques for Keeping Things in Order
Desk: An untidy desk has been cleared!
E-mail: E-mail has been sorted using groupware
How Will the Office Environment Change in the Future?
- An office based on a free-address system / Full-scale implementation
of the personal information protection law in Japan
Interview with Yasuo Noguchi (Filing Consultant & Business Consultant)
- The basics of filing: divide your files into two groups – files
shared with other individuals and personal files
Interview with Kerry Gleeson (President of the Institute for Business
Technology)
- You can increase your work efficiency by acquiring new habits
Support Tools That Help You Put and Keep Things in Order
FEATURE 2
99 Taboos in the Workplace
A must-read article for new recruits and those who have switched
jobs: the do’s and don’ts that your company does not teach
you yet must still be followed in the workplace
Basics:
Taboos in conversation at the office and over the telephone, taboos
in meetings, taboos in documentation, taboos in e-mail, taboos in
clothing, legal taboos, and taboos in sales activities and customer
care
By Industry: An accepted practice in one industry may not be acceptable
in another
Taboos at manufacturers, taboos at financial institutions, taboos
at trading houses and retailers, taboos at general contractors and
real estate agencies, taboos at IT-related companies, and taboos at
foreign-affiliated companies
Taboos Change Dramatically According to the Growth Stage of You and
Your Company
The biggest taboo is to be afraid of making mistakes
- Shinji Yamamoto: Vice President, AT Kearney, Inc. |
