The Changing Nature of Work and the Transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution Work, as we know it, is changing before our eyes. While historically, the nature of work evolved from informal to formal exchanges between employers and employees, ever since the Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Centuries, work has come to […]
The Importance of Exit Interviews Despite being treated as chores and unavoidable components of the organizational processes, Exit Interviews are indeed important and can serve as sources of valuable feedback and provide inputs for learning and improvement within the organizations. Exit Interviews, as the name implies are conducted when employees leave organizations and are used […]
What is Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient We often hear the term Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient or EQ being necessary for managers and working professionals to succeed in their careers. If we investigate what this term means, we find that it broadly refers to the emotional capacities of managers and working professionals when they […]
How the Combination of the HR Scorecard and Analytics can be a Game Changer Analytics of all types is the wave of the future. Right from Data Analytics that uses advanced forms of data analysis using large datasets and other pools of data to find patterns in the same to the Business Analytics tools that […]
In the increasingly fast-paced and uber-competitive business landscape, stress and burnout are inevitable consequences for employees in organizations that have to adapt and respond to the external pressures through internal excellence. This means that the pursuit of profit-driven excellence creates a high-pressure working environment where burnout and stress often take a toll on the employees. […]
The Causes and Reasons for Organizational Dysfunction and the People Factor Organizational Dysfunction can manifest due to a variety of reasons. It can be the result of poor strategic planning and more importantly, strategic execution and implementation failing because of lack of cohesion and coordination between the team members entrusted with the task of execution. […]
How the HR Scorecard Helps Organizations What is the HR Scorecard? It is a tool that measures the performance of the Human Resources (HR) Function using data and aligns the same with the other functions in terms of costs and benefits. In other words, the HR Scorecard is a useful tool to record the costs […]
The Evolution of the HR Function through the Decades Traditionally, Human Resources or HR was viewed as a support function whose primary role was to take care of payroll, time tracking, and disputes between the unions and the organizations. Indeed, in the manufacturing era, the term used for HR functions was personnel management and industrial […]
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Recent surveys of Human Resource Managers (HR Professionals) has revealed that there are some companies that have embraced what is known as Blind Hiring wherein the HR managers specify the prospective and potential applicants to leave their personal details blank in their applications. The details such as Name, Gender, Colleges, and Universities Attended, as well […]
The HR policies and procedures manual and employee handbook form the backbone of an organization. These documents consist of all the details regarding the treatment to be given to the employees in the organization and help the employees in recognizing the culture of the organization. The HR policies and procedures manual is complied first and […]
What is Predictive Analytics and How Does it Help Decision Makers Predictive Analytics or the technological tool that combines AI or Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Analytics software is taking the world by storm. Not a day goes by without reading a report about how Predictive Analytics helps in predicting outcomes with uncanny accuracy. Right […]
The Challenges Confronting the HR Professionals in these Charged Times World over, the emergence of nationalist and populist movements has meant that women and racial minorities as well as immigrants are under unprecedented threat. Indeed, with the charge against immigrants and women coming right from the top in the United States, with President Trump leading […]
