Category Archives: Business Tips

Choose Build or Buy?

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Small businesses contribute significantly to the nation’s economic growth. If you want to be one of the players in the micro-or small-scale industry and want to participate to create new jobs and contribute to the economy of the nation, there are two options to choose from. Would like to forging by building or buying an existing business? The question is not trivial? But the answer is not as easy as the question.

There are various considerations in selecting the second option. If you have build your own business, the challenge is enormous. You must have the dedication, hard work, passion, patience and the extra large funds and a lot of time in the process of building a new business.

Similarly, buying an existing business. Does not mean you do not meet a number of challenges that require more attention. However, at least, buy a business more easily than by building new business. If you decide to buy the business, following a number of benefits as quoted from page Small Business, January 3, 2012.

Save money and time
Anyone who has built a business that you want to buy, at least he has lighten the task so that you no longer need to conduct market research, business planning and designing the paperwork related to the license (if any) as well as other important documents. it is most advantageous because you can save time and money. Continue reading →

Tips successful business on the side

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Just because you want to start a business does not mean that you should quit your current job. Maybe you’d better find a side business that is right for you. Not an easy thing to start a business now has a full time job, but many people today do. Are you interested in joining them?

Here are some tips to start a side business:

1. Make sure you have enough time. You might think that getting started is fairly easy, but when the time comes you will be pressed for time day after day. If you do not have time to devote to your new business, you may want to postpone it for a while.

2. Are you able to find the right help? This is a very important question to answer. Since you are not going to work on a full time business, you may need help. Do not be afraid to ask for outside help – this can really help you take your business to the next level even if you do not work full-time.

3. Learn how to work more efficiently. Since that time will be at a premium, you must learn to be as efficient as possible. No matter what you do, you have to make every minute count. Once you get into the habit of doing it, you’ll find that you work hard day after day. Continue reading →

Fire an Employee: Could You?

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Have you, as a manager, made dizzy face caused some wayward employee? Been repeatedly warned and warned to work and behave well but is concerned it off. In fact you’ve asked for some senior employees and psychologists to help improve but still it is concerned not shifted from the bad properties. Similarly, steps to rotate in accordance with the interests of employees concerned do not produce good results. Then what do you do? Allowing only or fire him? Here will appear the fight of inner will and the institutional side of humanity.

If employees leave the properties of the ugly, especially rampant, meaning you will face some risks. First, the working atmosphere, especially if there are more than a similar or ill-humored, will be uncomfortable. Horizontal and vertical disputes could happen. Second, the production process can be run is not optimum. Third, the risk was obvious cost issue. Efficiency and effectiveness are not easily achieved. Fourth, finally disrupted the company’s performance.

By considering a variety of risks and their relationship with the company’s goal then you can implement these steps in some respects. First, study the applicable provisions of the employment in particular consideration of the dismissal of employees. Second, consult with management regarding the action to be taken to the employees concerned. And the third discussed the plan with the employee’s dismissal decision.

The steps above are necessary considering the dismissal process is related to one’s rights. But on the other hand every manager must have the heart to propose the dismissal of a person if it turns out after the improvement efforts remained unsuccessful. “Courage” as this is when the manager must have a broader interest priorities. Of course with full consideration of humanity and the provisions of existing institutions.

How to Respond to Human Resources In the Year 2012

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Welcoming the year 2012 where the economy is also growing and also developed the necessary qualified human resources. In this 2012 Human Resource Management should be more updated and improved with better quality too. Human Resources is an important pillar supporting the success of the company, besides the quantity of consumer, business processes, and financial perspective.

In general, trends in HR 2012, would be driven from the increasingly high level of competition in the labor market and high demand for improved performance, so will a lot of HR initiatives focused on three things.

The three things mentioned above are as follows:

1. Implementation of Pay for Performance system., Will be able to encourage and motivate employees to make greater contributions to the company because of appreciation can be directly felt through giving various compensations.

2. Implementation of Performance-based Assessment System Key Performance Indicator (KPI) where the company can implement the performance assessment model that can distinguish the good and the good performer is indeed performers versus mediocrity.

3. Retention schemes where application of this scheme will be formulated to anticipate the needs and competence of workers increasing, so the company can keep its employees, particularly those with good performance, so as not to move to another company.

The Trend of HR management of each company is different, namely al:
1. For PT Astra International and its motto is Kaizen Kaizen Genba where it is a breakthrough for advanced while Genba aims to improve communication. Genba is to dialogue and obtain feedback from the field as well as encourage and motivate employees.

2. To Ciputra Development, its motto is integrity, professionalism and entrepreneurship

3. For Microsoft Indonesia, its motto is a continuous learning bleak coaching, mentoring, learning circles, stretch assignments, job rotation, job planned movements and leaders building leaders.

4. For PT Mustika Ratu, his motto Building the Resilience of Human Resources where the working relationship between employee and employer must also be built to create a harmonious working atmosphere.

5. For PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia, its motto is Dynamic Management and Human Resources Development of human resources development program which will continue to evolve following the existing business climate.

So presumably HR Management in 2012 which will determine its success as well.

Tips and Trick to Make Business of Batagor, Candidate Culinary Idol in the Future

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Indonesian culinary products, most are already very well known by the public. There Meatballs, Chicken Noodle, Pempek, snacks and food to hundreds of other traditional archipelago.

And now the traditional food has become a very viable product used as a business and gives a lot of very promising opportunities.

One of these food products are Batagor, an acronym of Meatballs Fried Tofu, which is a food innovation coming from Sunda Tlatah. There are many types of food in Bandung, Bogor, and other areas in West Java, but now Batagor been penetrated and other community preferred.

One of the preferred food of this is the way of presentation and preparation that is easy and has a delicious flavor and aroma. At the Bandung area, there was a business pioneer who began selling Batagor since the 1970s, his name Isan.

Here are tips and tricks of business of siomay and batagor:

. Variations Presentation Siomay and Batagor. These foods can be served by using a sauce made ​​from broth and flavorings (like gravy meatballs). Seller dumplings and batagor in Bandung, usually provides a way of presenting this option. Dumplings or batagor presented using batagor gravy or soup dumplings called, while the use of so-called peanut sauce with dumplings or batagor dry.

. Separating siomay and batagor with marinade for buyers who want to enjoy it at home, so it stays fresh siomay and batagor remain crunchy when they want to be consumed.

. Provides various appendages of siomay such as tofu, boiled potatoes, boiled cabbage, boiled eggs, and pare to meet consumer desires or tastes different.