Business Infographics

Did you know that according to a recent survey, more than 50% of managers take over 2 hours to manually create a schedule for their team of employees? With that number in mind, can you imagine how long it would take a manager to manually create a schedule by hand for 70-100 workers? We are talking somewhere around eight hours per week. That’s a pretty inefficient use of time!

This infographic by TopManagementDegrees.com looks at the eerie similarities of slavery management practices to modern business. Do you agree?

Think back to the last time you signed a document – anything from a business contract to a rental agreement. You likely had to first print and then sign the document. To return it, you had to either copy it and send it by snail mail, or scan it and attach it to an email. Sound laborious and time consuming? That’s because it was.

Mobile innovations continue to grow at a staggering pace and to win the game, your brand’s mobile app is going to need more than just a menu, nutritional information and restaurant locations. Check out the following infographic to learn about five things your restaurant’s mobile app must include.

In this infographic, Mixer Direct presents a timeline that will take you through the evolution and changes seen in industrial manufacturing over the last hundred years. It features the introduction of the assembly line, the use of robotic technology, the “green initiatives” that more and more manufacturing companies have been adopting over the last 20 years, and what’s in store for the future.

What do you call successful business people who build their businesses from the ground up, sell them for a huge profit and then start all over again? They are commonly known as geniuses or some might even call them crazy, but we call them the Serial Entrepreneurs. Here learn more about some of the most successful serial entrepreneurs, their background and some advice to help you get started on your journey to be one.

By the end of 2013, 6% of the global population will own a tablet, 20% will own PCs, and 22% will own smartphones. With that many people in the world connected at all times, who have the facility to use mobile apps on a consistent basis, the market for mobile applications has never been bigger. IrishApps.org profile some of the best small business apps in the following infographic.

You typically don’t think of prison being a business but it is. Check out the following infographic to learn more about the secret industry that is prison.

Low employee engagement is becoming a problem and is not only causing unproductive workplaces, but causing a lot of stress for both employees and management. In this infographic, Officevibe looks at 10 shocking statistics about employee engagement.

The cost of stress affects several bodily functions and when we’re stressed, our brain gets washed with powerful hormones that are meant to help us in emergencies. So when we’re chronically stressed, these hormones can damage and kill brain cells. Needless to say, stress can really impede our work productivity and make us much more ineffective at our work. In fact, job stress costs U.S. companies $300 billion from turnover, absenteeism and loss of productivity.