Do you ‘hear’ your employees?
One of the important factors towards creating a motivated, committed and most importantly, an involved workforce is having proper employee voice system in place. To keep things simple, by voice I mean all forms of opportunities (including participation) where employees can have their say and exert some influence on the organization’s decision making process.
Research shows [...]
Strategic HRM
A lot has been said over the years about the need for HR to become strategic, or more popularly, have a seat in the table. But what does Strategic HRM (SHRM) actually mean? What’s the significance?
To start with, SHRM is more than just slapping the word ’strategic’ in front of typical HR functions like recruitment, [...]
Google Wave, collaboration and HR
Google Wave, Google’s latest offering is indeed creating quite a wave in the technology world. Armed with groundbreaking and innovative features, the Wave is set to alter the conventional communication practices.
If you haven’t heard about Wave yet, here is an abridged version of the keynote presentation.
At first glance, Wave might seem like yet another social [...]
Decentralized HR
Gautam Ghosh posted an interesting blog post the other day where he argued that ‘Business managers should actually move into the role of the HR business partners.’ He shared some reasons supporting his argument and the principal being the lack of business acumen from HR’s part.
Great perspective no doubt, but the question remains are business [...]
High employee turnover?
Employees in most places may be hard-pressed to barely keep their jobs intact, but still there are some organizations out there that are suffering from high turnover. I came into contact with one such company couple of weeks ago and they were looking for answers to keep turnover rate down in their place.
So what could [...]
Organization’s personality and social media
Although there are a lot of hoo-haas surrounding ’social media’ these days, the concept is nothing new. What is new is the form it’s taking and the tools being used. And whether you like it or not, you (as an individual or an organization) are already present in the social media world and someone somewhere [...]
HR needs to step up
In my last post I talked about some of the negative connotations that are usually associated with HR. The next step would be to find out ways on how HR can win credibility and position itself as a core business function.
However, before we delve further, it’s important to know where HR’s ‘real’ strength lies. [...]
HR eh!?
Ever got that blank stare from people when you tell them that you [actually chose to] work in HR? I know I did. Not once, but many times. Some people apparently had hard time reasoning it.
But I don’t blame them. The kind of reputation that HR carries, it’s not surprising at all. After all, to [...]
