The role of the Human Resources Department has changed dramatically over the past 30 years and will become increasingly more strategic in nature in the future, said a leading light of the HR community in the recent 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition of HR practitioners in Washington, DC. (more…)
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Gone are the days when a pat on the back for a job well done or a gold watch after 25 years of service were enough to keep employees happy , productive and in the end profitable
Different employees need to be rewarded in different ways. You may wish to rewarded in different ways at different times of your life and career.
For example if you are a person who is newly married and saving for a home the best reward for you may be an increase in pay. (more…)
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Managers face the difficult task of giving advice and criticism. Both of these tasks threaten to damage professional relationships if not handled properly. While giving critical feedback is a necessary evil, there are those who, as one philosopher said, “find fault as if it were buried treasure.” (more…)
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Human Resources is a career that involves inviting the most competent personnel and pairing them with the employment for which they are best suited. Human Resource specialists work as intermediaries between top management and employees. (more…)
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During the last decade the concept of empowerment has sold many books, filled many workshops and is now funding a new industry called coaching. But what is empowerment exactly? (more…)
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Many hospitals and doctors offices are purchasing new and improved nursing uniforms. The old and plain nursing uniforms are not making an impression anymore, more and more places are recognizing that nice and friendly nursing uniforms go a long way towards putting the public at (more…)
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Perhaps, the simplest starting point in designing work-life balance strategies is to re-think what constitutes “work.” A common mistake made by many organizations is to confuse productivity with hours spent at work. Incidentally, work does not always have to take place “at work”. (more…)
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Organizational culture is a type of organizational analysis that is believed to be borrowed from the field of anthropology. It was first described as an organizational unit of concern in 1979. Subsequently when culture and its relevance to organizational systems have been matters of academic and professional concern, many books and (more…)
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Men and women communicate differently. They may use the same words, but they place different connotations and emotional emphasis on them. This gender difference often leads to misunderstanding and can unintentionally hurt each other’s feelings. (more…)
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It starts out innocently enough with someone in the break room saying, ‘Isn’t it a shame about Jack?’ Clueless, you reply, ‘What about Jack?’ ‘Don’t you know about his wife?’ When you answer in the negative, your colleague seizes the moment to fill you in on all the gory details of Jack’s wife’s ongoing affair with none other than your boss’s husband, (more…)
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