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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

Gennard and Judge (2002) state, “Employee relations is a study of the rules, regulations, and agreements by which employees are managed both as individuals and as a collective group, the priority given to the individual as opposed to the collective relationship varying from company to company depending upon the values of management.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. Companies should be doing full-scope Performance Reviews. Accounting.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. Palmisano believes the technology industry requires "a high-performance, in-your-face, speak-your-mind culture." Directness. He's personable, but blunt. Microsoft's enterprise services stagnated.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes. HR can play a lynchpin role in building a performance culture: defining, collecting and analyzing data to understand whether employees are meeting their personal goals.