Factors That Affect Teamwork
Teamwork in any organization is important and essential for it to succeed. For an organization to achieve its goals, it needs to run like a well-oiled machine composed of different parts working together. Teamwork becomes the oil that makes everything keep on running smoothly in any organization or company.
But where teamwork is greatly needed, it [...]
Hiring The Best People
Companies need the best people in order to be successful. But there can be challenges that these same companies may face when looking for the best people in the job market. Hiring them may not be as easy if companies don’t know how. Here are some tips that might help in trying to hire the [...]
Create a Motivation Workplace
Sometimes, your employees can be stubborn. They would rather not let themselves be motivated by either their peers or their superiors. But that does not you should give up that easily.Instead of trying to motivate your people, try creating a motivating workplace instead. Check out what your workers find motivating and infuse them in the office. However, do note that different employees have different motivations.Ask your employees what they enjoy in every day. Determine what values and needs ke…
Big U.S Companies Considered Dropping Employee Health Care
Fortune magazine reported that many large companies are examining the possibility of dumping the health care coverage they provide to their employees in exchange for paying penalty fees to the government. This is in reaction to new health care laws that radically changed the subsidies, penalties, and taxes.Such a move would dismantle the employer-based health care system that existed in the United States since World War II, as the new laws would magnify the projected costs of health care. This i…
May 27th, 2009
What Your Personnel Files Should Contain
State and federal laws allow employees to review their files and even make copies. And though state laws vary when it comes to details, it’s odds on that there is a court decision allowing access and prohibiting retaliation against your employee.
That said, be careful about what you keep in your personnel files.
According to Entrepreneur.com, a personnel file should include the following: the job application...
May 21st, 2009
Do You Need a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource?
Many professionals dream of studying a post-graduate course, but that would take a lot of their time and energy. If you are considering whether to go to graduate school, only you can decide on that. You need to consider your interests, goals, dreams, and abilities. At the same time, you also have to assess your skills, competencies, and weaknesses. Here are some questions you need to answer ...
May 19th, 2009
Are Noncompete Agreements Valid?
Companies often ask their employees to enter into broad noncompete agreements or employment contracts with broad noncompete provisions.
The reason may be because they would like to keep exiting employees from working for a competitor firm. It may also be that you simply want to stipulate how soon an employee can start working for a similar company. Whatever reasons you might have for asking your employees to enter...
May 19th, 2009
Keep Hiring Legal
Managers, regardless of whether you run small businesses or big corporations, should have basic knowledge of the "legalities of hiring."
These legalities do not apply to managers making a final hiring decision. It applies to all employers interviewing a candidate. You should know the legalities of hiring in the United States in general, and also those specific to your state. You should also try to keep ab...
May 14th, 2009
Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
Whether you are a large-scale company or a small entrepreneurship, it is important that businesses should also be in touch with the local community where they are based or where they are expanded. Respecting other cultures and workforce environments are important challenges in garnering success. In recognizing these differences, together with a sound Corporate Social Responsibility Plan, your company ca...
May 8th, 2009
Making Meetings Memorable
Ever wonder why TV commercials tend to grab your attention while business meetings can end up like a snooze? It is all about effective messaging, which compels you into action. However, the ability to move people does not involve magic powers, but rather effective communication. Applying these effective communication techniques can turn your business meetings from dragging routines into memorable conferences.
Compr...
April 30th, 2009
Finding the Work You Love
If you tend to feel dread at your current work place, you need to explore all other options life has to offer. Since you spend a substantial part of your life at work, why not make that time as professionally and personally rewarding as possible? By spending time exploring your interests, values, and option, you have a great deal to gain.
Spend some time to know yourself
Take a vacation leave or a long ...
April 22nd, 2009
Intelligence In The Workplace
According to the result of a meta-analysis of more the 100 studies involving over 20,000 people, the abilities or skills needed [to succeed] at work does not differ much from the abilities or abilities required [to succeed] at school.
This result of this meta-study is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (January 2004), the press release of which appears in APA.org.
The findings of this me...
April 2nd, 2009
Traps to Avoid in Staff Selection
Hiring an employee is what makes or breaks a company. Companies who invest in getting the right people tend to become financially successful, have less turnovers, and have an overall better reputation compared to their closest competitors. This is why hiring managers should avoid getting tripped into one of these hiring traps.
Hiring someone who does not fit the culture
The new employee may have ...
March 26th, 2009
Turning Staffing into Marketing Exercise
If your organization is challenged with a lack of qualified candidates, you need strategic planning and a little bit of targeted marketing to find great prospective employees. You can achieve this by "selling" your company to the person you want to hire. However, you need to find the best person for the job.
Defining quality management
A 1999 venture capital survey asked over 450 ventur...