This version adds minor improvements to screen layouts and the manual. This version will upgrade version 1.5 or later.
OVERVIEW
Manage!, ╥Intelligent MBA-Ware for the Professional Manager,╙ is the most powerful ╥MBA-Ware╙ software application available today.......and it's Shareware!
Written for anyone who manages other people, Manage! is a Personal Information Manager (PIM), Staff Information Manager (SIM), and Expert System rolled into one. Manage! is ideal for the corporate manager, though it is also fine for any person who manages other people. Manage! consists of 20 full-featured modules seamlessly integrated into one power program. (The features are described below in the Features section).
EXAMPLE FILE
We strongly suggest you also download the Manage! 3.0 Example file. This is a practice file with real data in it to give you an example of how one manager used the program. In order to use the Manage! 3.0 Example file, you will need the Manage! 3.0 packet that you obtained uncompressed on your hard disk. One of the files is the "engine" that enables you to run the Manage! 3.0 Example file. Also, included in this download is a group of Business Templates specially developed by Guru! Software for managers.
REQUIREMENTS
Manage! is a very powerful and very large program. The program requires a 68040-based Mac (or a PowerMac in emulation) with a minimum of 8mb of memory. A 3mb block of memory is used. 5-10 megabytes of hard disk space is needed. System 7 is also required.
GETTING STARTED
The info on how to get started with Manage!, and upgrading from a previous version of Manage! is explained in the manual. The manual can be opened by double clicking the (MS Word) file "Manual (MS Word 5+)" that is in the Goodies folder. You will need Microsoft Word 5+ to load and use the manual. You might want to print out all of the manual, or at least the sections on Starting Manage! and Upgrading Manage!.
(To print a section of the manual, highlite the text you want, select File/Print, click on the "Print Selection Only" box (in v.5.1), and click the Print button.)
FEATURES
Manage! helps the manager become more effective by organizing and giving quick access to essential PIM information, including goals, projects and subtasks, to dos, meetings, notes, and contacts.
Manage! has a series of expert system components for tracking staffers and their activities and needs. At any point you will have a complete profile of any staffer╒s- activities (such as projects and to dos); goals; coaching needs; skill needs and resource used (such as training courses); job performance; and personality advice (for working with the unique personalities of each of your staffers).
The Expert systems keep on coming! A Knowledge system helps you keep track of "intellectual capital" such as ideas, experiences, procedures, techniques, technologies, and much more. A Project Analysis system helps you analyze how well you have performed on past projects and advice on how to handle future projects! A Job Position system will also help you evaluate your own job, helping you focus on key tasks, while delegating lesser tasks to others. How about a Hiring system to help you track all vital information when you hire new staffers. The Hiring system allows you to rate your candidates for the position and set your own criteria for each position. And finally a Microsoft Word Decision Making template is included to help you make those big decisions!
A built-in Advisor is available to help you be a great manager. Over 40 key issues of managing are discussed in detail. A Check-Up system lets you evaluate your strengths & weaknesses as a manager, and cross-references the advisor to give you support in your weaker areas. Many systems are linked to the Advisor so that you will know how to best accomplishing a task in a system (e.g. the meeting system is linked to meeting advice, or the staff performance system is linked to its own advice). Imagine an expert and context-sensitive consultant working with you throughout Manage!! A breakthrough in expert systems!
In addition to the latest version of Manage!, you now get a set of Free Business Templates to help you succeed as a manager. The templates are provided with the Manage! Example file download (explained above).
Finally, Manage!'s Values system is at the heart of Manage!. By applying a business value (such as customer satisfaction or respect for others) to an activity (such as a to do or a project), the act is energized and improved far beyond its original potential. This is perhaps Manage! biggest breakthrough feature.
A single Reminder Screen shows you the current status of all Manage! systems! At any moment in time you will know what to do next! Power Cross-Referencing allows you to easily move from one piece of information to related info in another system. Amazing, unprecedented data relationships will be at your beckon call!
There has never been a program that does so much for the corporate manager. You would think a program with such features and analytical tools would cost thousands of dollars. Instead it is Shareware!! A $79 registration fee is all that is required!!
SHAREWARE FEE
Manage! is shareware. Feel free to use the program for a short while and then please register it. The registration fee is $79. Please use the enclosed registration form file, or just make your check or money order payable (and send to):
GURU! Software
3366 Mt. Diablo Blvd. #35
Lafayette, California 94549 USA
A portion of all shareware fees are donated to a UN-sponsored organization dedicated to global employment and development.
A Site License Fee is available for your corporation upon request. Call 510-283-1146.
SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
Please also feel free to provide copies of the program (unmodified) to anyone who wants it. It's best if you provide copies of the original Manage!.sea and Manage! Example.sea file(s) you downloaded. (The Manage!.sea won't fit on a disk, so you might want to distribute via your network.)
We also encourage you to upload the Manage!.sea and Manage! Example.sea files to bulletin boards as you wish. ShareWare distribution services and CDROMs may include the program in their collections.
FREE MANUAL
A complete 250+ page manual is also provided. You will need to have Microsoft Word 5+ to use the manual, however. You will need to set your copy of Word 5.X to ~1500K and Word 6.0 to ~ 3000K by doing a Get Info (Command I) on the Word icon on the Finder.
FREE SUPPORT
Free on-line technical support is available to registered users. Use the address LaMere on AOL (LAMERE@AOL.COM on Internet) to route your E-Mail technical questions.
CUSTOMIZATION & TRAINING
Customization of Manage! to meet your particular needs (or those of your company, including multi-user systems) is available upon request. A fee for these changes may be involved, depending on the complexity of the changes. On-site training is also available.
UPGRADES
Beginning with version 1.5, all versions of Manage! are upgradeable to the latest version. A Native version of Manage! will likely be available in the first half of 1995, perhaps in the 2nd quarter, with expected speed increases of 200-400%. Current users will be able to upgrade to the Native version. Current registered users will be able to upgrade to the Native version at no charge.
FREE COMMUNICATE! PROGRAM
Guru! Software's Communicate! program is is free to registered users of Manage! It is available on America Online, Compuserve, E-World, Internet (Info-Mac sites), BBSs (BBS-In-A-Box sites & others), on CD-ROMS, and from other shareware sources.
Though geared toward managers, leaders, and trainers, Communicate! can be used by anyone who consistently makes requests of other individuals. Communicate! teaches you how to communicate with others so that any request you make of other people gets carried out. By going through a tutorial, evaluating your own real life situations involving communications, and then getting advice on how to handle areas that you have had problems with, you will markedly improve your effectiveness as a leader, and so much more will be accomplished by the people around you. Be forewarned, however. This knowledge could also change your life.... for the better!!
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Guru! Software also offers database software development in Helix and FileMaker Pro, and offers on-site training services in Microsoft Office.
