Human Resources
Human Resources
Conflict is intrinsic to daily modern life an inescapable part of family, organizational, and societal dynamics. However, the increase of violence in families, schools, communities, and workplaces, and the rapid...
In the contemporary workplace, where the requirement for learning is constant, the traditional boss-subordinate relationship is rapidly becoming obsolete. The old authoritarian, patriarchal leader/manager model is...
Although most Fortune 500 companies have some kind of diversity program, Miller and Katz believe that the majority have been unsuccessful because of what they call diversity in a box restrictive policies, practices,...
Today's business world is characterized by fierce competition, as organizations jockey to become the most innovative, grab the largest market share, gain the most revenue, and realize the biggest profits. And, because...
Despite the chaos of world events and the attendant unpredictability of the economy, optimism in the power of innovation continues to prevail, stronger than ever. Around the globe, 101 new patents are applied for every...
According to Zuboff and Maxmin, the past 50 years have seen the rise of a new breed of individual, that has, over time, changed more than the organizations upon which it depends. These new individuals, in their search...
According to Albrecht’s Law, "Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity." This, says the author, is a situation that is all too common throughout business and...
According to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in her foreword to the first edition of Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace, organizations must be more focused, faster, more flexible, and...
In past generations, when the average human life span was much shorter, people journeyed along a predictable, linear, chronological path that ran through birth, education, work, marriage, childrearing, retirement, and...
With shocking revelations of deliberate corporate dishonesty and manipulation appearing almost daily in the media, many are beginning to wonder if the realities of business and the concept of integrity are, by...
