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Aug92020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Resource planning – Organizational development seeks behavior change

Business

Resource planning - Individually, a person might mostly act rationally and sensibly. Yet an organization manned by such individuals can act in less than sensible ways owing to group dynamics, personal conflicts and other factors. Organization development is essentially change management to change this situation. Definition of Organization Development The traditional definition of resource planning as a top down exercise to improve the effectiveness and health of the organization through planned interventions (Beckhard, "Organization development: Strategies and Models") is undergoing change. These days, the emphasis is on changing the behavior of the people in the organization by using the knowledge accumulated by behavioral sciences such as psychology, sociology, and even politic...

Aug72020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Tips to create business with self employment ideas

Business

What is home-based business? It doesn’t have to be a busy organization with ringing phones and multiple employees. In fact, many individuals run their own home-based businesses completely on their own. It all starts with the right self employment ideas. The Reality of Self Employment Not so fast! A great work at home idea, a lot of ambition and no small amount of sweat are the right ingredients to becoming self employed, but make sure that’s the right course of action before taking it. Discover the reality of self employment, find out what work at home is really like, and then start making major career decisions. Loneliness. Working at home is lonely, even when work is piling up and hours are filled with tasks. A busy home office can still feel very desolate. Professionals who...

Apr92020 by Carol JamesNo Comments

4 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Employees

Business

Whether it’s a family-run establishment or a large organization, your business is inevitably going to be faced with a certain problem: a difficult employee. This could be for a number of reasons. The employee might be difficult to work with in general, or they struggle to get on with their co-workers, or they don’t perform well, or they may mean well but can never quite grasp the task at hand. You get the picture. Yet, for one reason or another, you do not have the heart to pull the trigger and let them go. This is despite the fact you will have spent a disproportionate length of time trying to get them to fit into your business, time that could have been spent on other staff members. Thankfully, you can take action now and turn that difficult employee into one that will be a v...

Sep262018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How to Make Yourself Marketable for a Job

Career

With the economy in the shape it is currently in, jobs are generally very difficult to come by. We all likely know someone who is being directly affected by unemployment, or it may be you personally. If you are unemployed, the best thing to do is to concentrate all of your efforts on presenting yourself as employable and marketable as possible. I have some tips to share to help prepare you for the dog-eat-dog job market out there. It is competitive, and you must stand out and represent yourself as different from the rest. This is how you land a job, by selling yourself. Consumers want the best product for their money, and it is no different in the employment world. The Right Job for You Be sure to apply for jobs which you are well-qualified for and believe are a good fit for y...

Jan92018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How To Build Relationships With Other Departments At Work

Career, General

Building and retaining cross-department relationships can positively impact large scale projects that affect more than one department in an organization. Businesses consist of many different departments who, as a collective whole, create organizational success or failure. How these departments work together can determine the long-term outcome for the organization. Everyone shares in a rewarding outcome when multiple departments work together to achieve a goal. This type of success will create an organizational culture that will spill on to future projects. When individual departments choose to create silos instead of working with other business partners, the results can spell disaster. The lack of expertise on a project can set the tone and leave a project in disarray. It can als...

Jun282017 by Ruchi GuptaNo Comments

Fool-Proof Ways to Become a Better Boss

Business, General

Everyone can be a boss, but not everyone can be THE boss—that is, the leader that every employee wants to work for. In order for a business to succeed, the team must be cohesive in working towards the bigger goal, but this doesn’t come too easy when the team is led by an ineffective leader who couldn’t even gain his members’ trust. Being the better boss doesn’t mean you only need to be the only one motivated to work; it also means setting a good example and inspiration to your team members. If that seems like a whole other burden to figure out, here are important tips to ensure that you are being the better boss that the company needs. Establish a healthy communication. To establish authority, a lot of employers or managers make the mistake of limiting their communication with me...