ABSTRACT
Security firms are just like any other businesses: time wasted is money evaporating. Dominic Deeson describes time wasting as a form of theft and surely bad management practice that must be controlled.3 Pinkerton’s, Inc., has determined nine universal ways of wasting time:
Pinkerton’s has also compiled a list of the “Top 40 Time Wasters Worldwide” (Figure 12.15). Aside from the economic disadvantages of inefficiency, any professional approach insists upon
high-level organizational and administrative skills. Intelligent management dictates enlightened administrative practice.
