The Importance of Feedback in Organizations and the Role of the Managers in the Process Feedback is an integral part of any organizations’ workplace procedures. Managers are expected to provide regular feedback to their employees who in turn, are expected to incorporate such feedback into enhancing their performance. Moreover, feedback is also a necessity as […]
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How Insights from Behavioural Science Can Help Corporates in People Management
What are the Reasons for the Increasing Popularity of Behavioural Sciences? Behavioural Science has gained popularity among management professionals and laypersons alike in recent years. This is mainly due to its theories and concepts as well as insights into how people behave and can be conditioned to behave that are quite useful for corporates in […]
Designing an Effective Pay and Perks Package across the Organizational Hierarchy
The Five Challenges of Determining Pay and Perks Challenges in Organizations Ensuring fair pay and perks packages across the organizational hierarchy can be challenging for Human Resources or HR Personnel. The Problem of Determining Compensation with Limited Resources and Unlimited Wants Therefore, HR has to make difficult choices when determining pay and perks packages. Moreover, […]
Why Do Some Excel in the Interviews, But, Fail on the Job and How HR Can Fix This?
How HR Managers are vexed by the Problem of Good Interview Candidates Research has shown that there are many instances of jobseekers excelling in the interviews, but, failing on the job, once they are recruited and placed in projects. While this problem has been around for a while, in recent years, it has become so […]
How Using the HR Scorecard Creates Long Term Value for Organizations
Shorter Term Targets and the HR Function Typically, the Human Resources (HR) function is supposed to operate on short-term targets such as the number of people hired for different positions and within the targets set in the short term. For instance, in most manufacturing companies, it is the norm to ask the HR function to […]
Why Corporates Must Have Wellness Managers as well as HR Managers
The Need for Employee Wellness Managers In recent months, there has been a spate of articles in leading management journals as well as in the mainstream media about why organizations must also have wellness managers in addition to HR (Human Resource) managers. Indeed, the need for wellness managers or officers stems from the fact that […]
How Innovative HR Policies boost Employee Productivity and Organizational Effectiveness
How Innovative can the HR Function Get? Innovative Human Resources (HR) policies can go a long way in boosting employee productivity and enhancing organizational effectiveness. For instance, it is often the case that the HR Function comes up with a mix of work-related and fun related activities that employees find interesting and something they can […]
Why HR Managers Must Enforce Data Security and Information Protection Policies
When Knowledge is Power, It Makes Sense to Protect it from Theft In times when the knowledge based economy thrives and is predominant, it is more than important for organizations to protect their most valuable asset, which is data and information. Indeed, given the fact that contemporary organizations use knowledge as the main leverage over […]
The Importance of Due Diligence in Human Resource Management Processes
What is Due Diligence and Why is it Important for HRM processes? We come across the term Due Diligence in many contexts as part of our everyday lives. Indeed, Due Diligence is used in a wide variety of contexts and fields including finance, legal, and commercial transactions. Often, we are also advised to do our […]
HR Scorecard: Aligning People, Strategy, and Performance
HR Scorecard Aligns People, Strategy, and Performance Organizations consist of people who perform the needed work for them. Also, such work is determined by the strategies that the organizations plan for the year or quarter ahead. Thus, it can be said that while the organization strategizes, the people implement the strategy. In this context, there […]
Explaining Benefits of SHRM-SCP Certification
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What Can HR Do if an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19?
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020, businesses have been creating plans for dealing with the virus. Employees have been working remotely and social distancing rules have been in place. Offices have been observing additional cleanliness procedures and masks have been required. But what if, despite all of your company’s best plans and efforts […]
Why Human Resource Management Must Change for the Coming Robotics Revolution
The Coming Automation and Robotics Revolution Many experts have predicted that the robotics revolution and automation trends are coming sooner than you think and why it is time for organizations to prepare for the invasion of the robots and artificial intelligence. In a scenario where nearly 60% of the jobs would be lost to automation […]