How the organisational culture could change in 2016 and impact people and companies.
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It is developing an engaged, agile and flexible workforce by making use of data to obtain valuable insights on the employees.
As the end of the year 2015 approaches, it is time to think of the HR disruptions and innovations one is likely to see in 2016, and beyond. One may not have the perfect handle of all changes happening but directionally these are some of the likely occurrences.
As the new year starts knocking on the door, there will be predictions galore. So, here is what Abhijit Bhaduri thinks could be the future of learning for each sun sign. Pun Intended, just read and enjoy!
Intolerance grows to the level of incapacity in dealing with the four dimensions of universal phenomenon—need, greed, support and ignorance.
Each individual works to satisfy his own need, greed and ego. Each person plays a role in the company’s fitness and has to be paid for his contribution to the same, proportionately.
Let us creatively appreciate the highlights and take a guess whether this additional cost will create gross national value on the hypothesis: ‘happy, engaged and motivated employees co-create better yield’!
HRKatha gains exclusive insight into the perspectives of industry leaders, on the 7th Pay Commission. Rajesh Padmanabhan talks about how it could affect the Government workspace, consumerism and talent acquisition.
Industry leaders share their perspectives on the 7th Pay Commission exclusively with HRKatha readers. Prabir Jha candidly dissects the recommendations and dwells on its flip side.
When Darwin explored ‘survival of fittest’, the ‘emotional intelligence’ was not a developed subject in the new-world. Now, we are very successfully dodging the growth fitness with our hypocrisy.
Ironically, the less we know about potential hires and their propensity to contribute to an enterprise, there is a greater probability of them being incentivised in terms of rewards, remuneration and compensation!
IR managers need to align workers and their leaders to productive co-existence at all the levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
Ironically, the more we know of employees and their longevity in an enterprise there is a greater probability of those employees being short changed in terms of rewards and remuneration – the Known Devil Syndrome!
The percentage of suicides in the working population is increasing at a disturbing rate. Data reveals that there is an incidence of self-killing every 40 seconds.
It has become pertinent for job seekers to keep an eye on social media, where a lot of activity is constantly happening.
There are ways to reduce the growing menace at work – cyberloafing – other than relying solely on the employees’ self-control.
Change is difficult, but not as difficult as we tend to make it. There is a process — too complex to summarise fairly in eight lines — so consider this merely the tip, of the tip, of the iceberg.
It is said that the job belongs to the company, but the career path belongs to the individual. But the career development efforts of organisations can help their employees find a direction to their careers.
In the changing phase of industrial relations and the increasing potential for conflict in industry, the field of IR needs to reinvent itself and face the present situations.
If we answer these questions specific to change management, we will be able to address the major concerns related to the change.
While careers are planned for some, for others it is circumstantial.
Unlike common perception, many leaders at the highest level of management actually lack the basic guts to speak up for what is right against their bosses. Just that their designation happens to be CFO, COO, CHRO, VP, Senior V-P or President not withstanding. It’s a social trap that they have inextricably locked themselves into and lost the integrity to speak up when there is a need to do so.
A strategy is different from a problem. Change your ways and tackle each separately.
Are our women ready to take on the jobs in the $120 billion Indian IT industry?
A blog by a former Apple employee forces one to question the work culture in today’s organisations.
Years of social conditioning has confined women to playing the roles of daughter, wife and mother, one at a time but they are capable of much more.