Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities. —Ben Okri 9. The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review’s management archive, the HBR Manager’s Handbook provides best practices on topics from...
Read MoreHow can human resources influence business strategy? In several ways in fact depending upon the element of HR we’re looking at. Because human resources is a very vast field that covers every sphere of business operations. After all, a business however small or large is nothing more than people utilizing their collective skills effectively to provide a service or product that benefits all stakeholders. And managing people- or humans- is...
Read MoreAll employees in an organization are not equal and cannot be expected to be wonderful performers. For various reasons, even the great performers become slack at times. However, low employee productivity does not augur well for businesses. Now, the question is what managers can do about it. It is not possible to take a one-solution-for-all approach when dealing with poor performers because people are different and...
Read MoreAccording to HR experts, salary or pay is not the top criterion that predicts workplace satisfaction. It is the company culture. The values of an organization, leadership quality of senior emloyees, and career opportunities within the company, in that order, also impact workplace satisfaction. In fact, there has been a tremendous increase in the significance of culture over the past few years as by a...
Read MoreAre you running a start up? If yes, then you've a bigger question. Are you running a successful start up? Running a successful start up is definitely not everybody's cup of tea! With almost 80% start ups failing within 1 year of its inception, it's quite challenging to run a start up successfully! One of the major reasons behind failure of start ups is poor...
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Employees form the building blocks to the staircase that leads an organisation to success. Though mind you, this is not a night long construction. No. Making sure that your employees are with you, your organisation’s objective and its operations can be quite a herculean task. However, not investing in your employees can be detrimental to an organisation’s existence. If an organisation is breeding disloyal, unsatisfied and...
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A new app is being launched for the retired employee's fund body by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The retired employees who are the members of EPFO will now be able to settle their claims like EPF withdrawal via a new mobile app called as UMANG. While conferring a written reply to Lok Sabha, The Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said: “ The EPFO is developing...
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In the present day scenario, many corporates are seen to go for the outsourcing of their Payroll functions and adopting HR automation. Day by day, the HR functions are becoming more complex and time-taking. It makes no sense to recruit larger numbers of employees in your HR department to handle mundane activities like Creation of letters Handling simple employee queries Manually capturing & approving Income...
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Every organization has certain business goals. As a commercial organization’s prime target is to earn revenue through its operations, all the activities need to be planned in a strategic manner. For achieving the business objectives of the company, a company-wide target is framed. This target is a broad-based target which if it has to be achieved; numerous tasks have to be done in an orchestrated...
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What is most required at the workplace? You might say it would be to keep the costs minimized and increase the productivity of the employees. If the efficiency in routine work can be boosted, the total revenue potential of can organization can increase tremendously. This can be brought about only by bringing down repetitive work. Employees should be made to put their attention in more value-added...
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