HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2019

And in recent times, Human Resource practices have included flexible working time, dress code, fun programs at work, employee trust, avoiding micromanagement , etc. One is the “best fit” school of thought which emphasis on human resource policies aligning with business strategies as a means of adding value.

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Goal Human Resources Guidelines Competitive Advantage 85

HR Digest

JUNE 25, 2023

A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that companies with engaged employees are 20% more profitable than those with disengaged employees. This is largely because satisfied employees are more productive, creative, and committed to their organization. Give them autonomy and the chance to make decisions.

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How To Morale Human Resources Survey 98

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

Workers are always subjected to performance monitoring where business profit dominates the employer-employee relationship, and workers need a nice and charming life, paid for by their work and commitment to their employer. Today, in any case, the business relationship is changing, and there is a novel “catalyst” in the workplace.

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How To Due Diligence Leadership Pipeline Stress 111

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. And I well remember one of my own company’s Human Resource VP’s exclaiming in frustration, “The trouble with our managers is that too often they just don’t manage!” Chalermphon Kumchai/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Micromanagement Management Human Resources Self-aware 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

If you are going to maximize your organization’s performance you have to make a conscious, binding top-down management decision and commitment to develop a no nonsense approach to retention. The following are several must-do actions items for retaining the high-value human assets you’ve worked so hard to acquire: Start at the top!

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Learning-by-Doing Open-book Training Micromanagement 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Yet, according to the Association of Test Publishers, the Society for Human Resources, and the publisher of the Myers-Briggs, these assessments are still administered millions of times per year for personnel selection, executive coaching, team building and conflict resolution.

Incentives 13

Incentives Human Resources Short-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

What excited Sam was McGregor's clear and compelling articulation of the personnel (today, we say "human resources") policies in which he instinctively believed. Taylor, the 19th century guru of time and motion studies, which were used by management to micromanage workers; to tell them not only what to do but also how to do it.

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McGregor Human Resources Retail Taylorism 8