2011 March
The Pros and Cons of Telecommuting
March 29, 2011 1 Comment
Organizational Development Telecommuting is on the rise! Telecommuting is defined as working from an office in your home at least two days a week. The U.S. Department of the Census estimated that in 2002 approximately 15 percent of the workforce worked from home at least Read More
Job Enrichment – Making Work More Meaningful
March 25, 2011 1 Comment
Employee Motivation Current research on employee motivation indicates that many employees are motivated by work that they find to be meaningful, and evidence suggests that a way of making work more meaningful for employees is through the process of job enrichment.
Job Rotation – A Useful Strategy for the Employee and for the Organization
March 22, 2011 1 Comment
Organizational Development In job rotation, an employee is periodically shifted from one task to another that requires a similar skill set. This strategy is useful for maintaining employee motivation and can provide other benefits to the organization such as employees that are cross-trained on multiple Read More
Not Everyone Wants A Challenging Job!
March 21, 2011 1 Comment
Employee Motivation Conventional wisdom among managers and HR professionals seems to be that employees want challenging, interesting, and complex work. The assumption seems to be that employees wish to grow in their jobs. But is this a valid assumption—or do some employees wish for simple, Read More
Designing the Perfect Job
March 15, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Motivation After extensive research into the characteristics that make up the best jobs, J. Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham came up with “The Job Characteristics Model” or JCM. HR professionals not familiar with the JCM will find it an invaluable tool when designing a Read More
Cutting Base Pay – Most Agree It’s A Bad Idea!
March 14, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Compensation Manufacturing, financial services, and banking have all been hit particularly hard in the last two years by the recession and many have resorted to layoffs to reduce costs. But some have taken a different route and reduced or eliminated employee bonuses and pay raises, Read More
Bullying Bosses
March 11, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Motivation Although many individuals recall bullies from elementary school days, some are realizing bullies can exist in the workplace too. In a recent poll, 37 percent of employees report being victims of a bullying boss. And these bullies don’t pick on just the weakest Read More
Employee Self-Efficacy and Job Performance
March 8, 2011 1 Comment
Employee Performance Setting challenging goals is an important step towards improving employee performance but it is not the whole story—employees must have the confidence that they can attain those goals or else they will tend to give up. According to Alfred Bandura of Stamford University Read More
How Managers Evaluate Their Employees Depends on Culture
March 4, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Development A study of managers from North America, Asia, and Latin America* found interesting differences in their perceptions of employee motivation. North American managers perceive their employees as motivated more by extrinsic factors (for example: money) than by intrinsic factors (for example: performing meaningful Read More
Using Intuition In Your Decision Making
March 1, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Development Most business schools teach the rational model for making business decisions. This involves six steps: Define the problem. Identify the decision criteria. Allocate weights to the criteria. Develop the alternatives. Evaluate the alternatives. Select the best alternative.
