September 2007 - Posts

• Building on Trust (IBM)
  	Friday, 28 September 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: January 2007 Author: Sam Palmisiano In an open and connected marketplace, successful companies have to learn to let go and trust their staff, says Sam Palmisano, chairman, president and chief executive of IBM. Little serious...

• Procedures and protocols
  	Wednesday, 26 September 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: January/February 2007 Author: Christopher Grey is professor of organisational theory at the Judge Business School (University of Cambridge) An historical comparison shows that all large organisations need and rely on bureaucratic...

• MT: Still juggling after all these years
  	Monday, 24 September 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: June 2007 Author: Richard Reeves It's a cause that MT took up in the mid-90s, but in the decade since then, have we made any progress in establishing a healthy equilibrium between our working day and our personal time...

• Held in Servitude (The new global slave trade, Ethan B Kapstein, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006)
  	Friday, 21 September 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: Jan/Feb 2007 Author: The new global slave trade, Ethan B Kapstein, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006 More people are being forced into slavery today than at any time in history. There is a moral imperative for rich nations to...

• Travel Support (International Journal of Human Resource Management)
  	Wednesday, 19 September 2007   Editor Source: International Journal of Human Resource Management, volume 18 No 2, February 2007, The international business traveller: a neglected but strategic human resource) Author: Denice E Welch, Lawrence S Welch and Verner Worm Date: 1st April 2007 (World...

• HR Salary Survey 2007 - Michael Page
  	Tuesday, 18 September 2007   Editor Michael Page Human Resources is delighted to provide our latest salary survey. It gives salary ranges across the spectrum of Human Resources positions and most market sectors. A range is given as guidance, exact salaries will differ dependent on the role...

• Master the art of personal impact | how to
  	Tuesday, 18 September 2007   Editor Author: Fiona Whytehead at JFWS Topic: Personal impact OVERVIEW • For those of us who work in the 'people business' what impression we make, confidence we instil, emotion or calm we impart - is all. It's what we are judged on, how we gain...

• Reality of performance appraisals
  	Monday, 17 September 2007   Editor Source: the HR DIRECTOR Date: April 2007 Since the early 1980s hundreds of studies have been published on performance appraisals. Almost without exception these studies have found faults with the predominant system and methodology used to appraise employees...

• People who can't let go (control freaks)
  	Wednesday, 12 September 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: March 2007 Author: Helen Kirwan-Taylor Attention to detail and a determination to do things properly are admirable traits. But for some, these virtues curdle into obsessive behaviour that stifles all self-expression in the...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Tolerance of Ambiguity
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Tolerance of Ambiguity - the ability to operate effectively in situations characterised by uncertainty of events and/or responsibilities. 1. Tell me about a time at work when you found that things were not arranged as you had expected or been led to suppose...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Resilience
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Resilience - ability to maintain effectiveness in situations of disappointment and/or rejection. 1. Tell me about some disappointments you have had at work. How did you respond? 2. Have you ever had a run of bad luck at work? What happened? 3. Have you...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Service Orientation
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Service Orientation - routinely thinking and acting in accordance with the needs of customers, external or internal. 1. Who are your customers at present? 2. What do you do to find out about your customers’ needs? 3. What do you do to find out about your...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Initiative
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Initiative - actively influencing events rather than passively accepting them. Seeing opportunities and acting on them. Originating action. 1. What have you done to make your job easier or more rewarding? What projects have you started on your own this...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Self-Motivation
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Self-Motivation - the importance of work in attaining personal satisfaction. High need to achieve success. 1. Can you give me examples of experiences on the job that you felt were satisfying? 2. Can you give me examples of experiences on the job that...

• Standard Competency Based Interview Questions - Work Standards
  	Tuesday, 11 September 2007   Editor Work Standards - setting of high goals or standards of performance for self, subordinates, others and organisation. Dissatisfaction with average performance. 1. In your position, how you define doing a good job? 2. How do you judge the performance of...