Disruptive Technologies and Market Disruption AnalysisA disruptive technology is a new technology that changes the ground rules.
Performance over TimeCornell´s Mike Sturman presents research on the little known practice of examining performance trend data showing how it can be useful for identifying employees in need of development and reducing turnover.
Meetings That Make SenseYou´ve just spent seven hours at a meeting and accomplished very little. You will be attending at least one of these marathons every month, with similar results. If they can put men on the moon, you ask, why can´t they curb meeting mania?
Ed Lawler III on RewardSomething interesting has been happening in reward. That´s why Lawler has written a new book and that´s why HR.com is talking to him today.
The Academy's Best Work: What Does it Mean for HR? (3/3)At the Academy of Management 2000 conference, three papers were singled out for awards. This week we look at a winning paper on real options reasoning and entrepreneurial failure.
Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS)The Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS), a new recruiting option, appeals to young people who want a quality civilian job after serving in the Army.
ERPcentral.comHR.com has found an information site that that is absolutely loaded with ERP-specific information and links - from JD Edwards to Baan to PeopleSoft to SAP - and the information is absolutely free.
AtYourBusiness.com (AYB.com)As an ASP aggregator, AYB.com has brought together a variety of HR-related services to meet your small company HR needs. You can register with them now for free and get FREE access to their own HRMS, HR Manager.
Data MiningData mining is the process of searching through databases for interesting statistical relationships...
Chap. 6.3: The Day The Clown CriedThe seminar concludes with a lesson in responsibility.
This Dumb CompanyDo you ever suspect you work at a dumb company?
Rules of Order or Fundamental Principles?"Formal meeting procedures appear so cumbersome, constraining, troublesome and counter-productive in a small council or committee. Are there any simple principles that we can use instead?"
Managing Technology in the WorkplaceThe technological revolution of the late 20th century has dramatically altered the American workplace, creating efficiencies and opportunities unimaginable two decades ago.
Work and Family: why it's smart to value familyDoes working affect family life negatively, or does placing too much attention on family, leave less energy for work?
Alexus Offers a Rapid and Direct Path to Adaptable e-Business ApplicationsThe Profile identifies the emergence of a new software category based on the need for organizations to optimize their workforces and related processes.
Kudoz.comKudoz.com is a website that is devoted to offering performance improvement products to companies to motivate and compensate your employees. By October, they are hoping to establish "the first online marketplace for performance improvement products and services."
Pushing the FrontiersWe care about the big picture-and that goes beyond our talks with big picture thinkers like Ed Lawler III (next week) or Jac Fitz-Enz.
Chap. 6.2: The Day The Clown CriedA journey into the psyche proves revealing...
Trust, Relationships and the New EconomyIn a wired, networked economy, what´s the role of trust?
Merge in TransitLogistics (one of HR´s clients) has seen some significant advances-such as "merge in transit".
Reference Checking...these are extreme versions of an all-too-common practice called "passing the trash.´´
N. Katherine Hayles and the PosthumanWe like to talk to interesting people and this week we got the scoop by being the first business publication to interview UCLA´s N. Katherine Hayles.
The Academy's Best Work: What Does it Mean for HR? (2/3)At the Academy of Management 2000 conference, three papers were singled out for awards. This week we look at a winning paper on strategic leadership.
20/20 ® Insight GOLDThis award winning 360-degree feedback system by Performance Support Systems, Inc. is marketed as the first fully-integrated suite for feedback, performance development and planning. The suite consists of five modules: 360 Smart Kit, System Manager, "Set Up a Feedback Project", Respondent Software, and Individual Development Planning Software.(August 2000)
Is Recruiting DifferentWe somehow feel recruiting isn''t like the other HR functions.
The Ideal ReaderWe meet a variety of needs with our wide ranging content...and yet, there is still an "ideal reader" and I wanted to tell you who that is.
Chap. 6.1: The Day The Clown CriedIn which outside help is called in...
Archie & Veronica on IRAlthough the myriad offers of garlic gum, joy buzzers, and bug-in-an-ice-cube gags were interesting, it was the ads for iron-on t-shirt transfers that got my attention.
Permission MarketingPermission marketing is a child of the Internet age and the two way interactivity it offers between producers and consumers.
Assessment Tools Support Continuous ImprovementAssessment tools are critical role for any continuous improvement initiative, and they function in many different ways.
The Academy's Best Work: What Does it Mean for HR? (1/3)At the Academy of Management 2000 conference, three papers were singled out for awards. In the next three weeks we´ll look at each of these papers to assess the implications for HR.
David Maister on HR as ConsultantsDavid Maister is perhaps the world´s leading authority on the consulting profession. That´s why we sought him out to learn how HR can better play the role of the internal consultant.
Internmaking good use of staff.
Task Manager 2000Given a 5-Star Editors Pick Rating by ZDNet, a 5/5 Gold Rating by Tucows Network, and a 4/4 Star Rating by HR-Guide, Task Manager 2000 offers another cost-effective option to helping managers and employees organize, manage, and budget for their individual or team projects.
HR ManagerHR Manager is a FREE on-line HR reference guide designed for managers. The package offers insight into the common practices of other businesses so that companies have a basis against which to evaluate their own practices.
Comment on Dress CodeHere's what happened...
Academy of Management Award WinnersHere are the best papers from 1999 as awarded by the Academy of Management.
Good newsor bad news?
Chap. 5.3: The Chairman of AdventureA journey to the sky...
Specialist or Generalist ? (or Contextualist?)When dumb old guys retire and we replace them with someone bright and dynamic something strange happens: things go wrong.
The Woes of A Tight Labor PoolHR managers in service industries are forced to hire people who cannot find higher paying, more prestigious jobs.
Value PropositionThe value proposition pinpoints reasons why consumers should buy a product.
Cliff Ehrlich: View from the TopCliff Ehrlich, who ran HR for the much-admired Marriott International, talks to us about what he learned in his career in HR.
How to Use the Bureau of Labor StatisticsOfficials with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) didn''t get much rest when they attended their first SHRM conference...
Five Rules for Creating Employee HandbooksAn employee handbook can be an employer´s most useful human resource tool. Unfortunately, it is often the most poorly implemented. Here then are five rules of thumb for producing a truly effective handbook.
RapidSurveyRAPID Survey
TM is an automated survey process that allows companies to conduct employee surveys, customer satisfaction surveys, and 360 ° feedback surveys. What makes RAPID Survey
TM unique is that these surveys can be completed over the phone, online, or via the fax. From anywhere and at anytime.
The Academy of Management ConferenceHR.com hangs out with five thousand management professors in swinging Toronto.
EZ-HR: The Resource for Non-HR ProfessionalsPromoted as the "first of its kind", EZ-HR: For the non-HR professional, gives employees the ability to access the most common HR information either from a loose-leaf binder or through a subscription service over the Internet. Designed by TR Anton, Inc., EZ-HR was developed with over 12 years of research, customer feedback, and experience behind their product.
Bridgestone/Firestone union network is staking out new ground in international bargainingWhat's new with the global solidarity? Two words: the Internet
Using a PhotocopierSounds dull. It´s not.
Chap. 5.2: The Chairman of AdventureOur heroine inadvertently proposes a quest...
The Zen of Hiring Passive CandidatesAs the online recruiting scene explodes and changes, that most elusive and desirable of figures - the so-called "passive candidate" - begins to take on almost mystical qualities.
I''m proudat least I was
SOAPWhat "soap" is to you and me is not the same thing to the tech junkies crammed away in your IT department.
Managing Your Best EmployeesWho are your best employees and how do you motivate and retain them? If you answered "Knowledge Workers" and "great pay and benefits," you´re a bit off the mark.
Chief Scientist Seely BrownThe top HR book of the year in our estimation is "The Social Life of Information" by John Seely Brown...
How to Use a Recognition Award SupplierThe unionized employees in the plant began wearing T-shirts with a message that blatantly taunted the new program..
Strategic HRThere are three areas within HR that I think are crucially important for us to move the profession towards its true position as a strategic partner.
Data-AideOrganizing employee information can be a long and tedious process, especially if your small business doesn´t have its own full-time Human Resources department. If the above situation describes your organization, then Data-Aide may be the product you need
Awareness ToolsUsing an integration of Eastern and Western philosophy, Aurosoorya has developed team-building, self-assessment, and stress management exercises and software that can help your employees increase an understanding of themselves, their workplace, and their fellow employees. The best thing about their software is that it is FREE!
Chap. 5.1: The Chairman of AdventureIn which a sudden change of temperament is proposed.
I''m sorry, Wayne...
NPV: Net Present ValueShould the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas invest in 20 busts of Elvis to put in little alcoves around the ceiling?
Exit InterviewsThe interviewer asks a set of prescribed questions and dutifully records the answers, which disappear into a file and will remain there, unexamined, until an archeologist from the next millennium unearths them during a research expedition.
Plan Your Internet Use PolicyA comprehensive Internet and E-mail Acceptable Use policy may save you time, dollars and headaches.
FlipDog.comLaunched in April 2000, FlipDog.com is one of the newest entries into the competitive world of Internet job sites. It is unique to all other job searching sites in that it delivers its job collection directly from employer web sites.
Employease: Inspiring Human ResourcesIn the past, organizations have lacked the technical solutions to alleviating their administrative burdens. By providing better software delivery and new levels of connectivity and functionality, Employease offers their revolutionary solution to the "marketplace problem": the Employease Network.
Comment on Had Been GoodHere''s what the CEO did.
Employee awards are in...finally
Chap. 4.3: The Daily GrindA quiet day, too quiet...
Core CompetenciesStrategy theorists Prahalad and Hamel believe excellent organizations are "good" at some specific things.
Bain & Company on Unsuccessful Management ToolsLast week we talked about the winners, which tools are "losers"?
Dr. Mike Beer on the Fitness Profiling MethodCan Harvard professor Mike Beer´s Fitness Profiling Method help organizations? We hate the name but we think it works. You should take a look.
Consider the SourceI´m leery of any profession in which there are more people making big money by giving advice than there are professionals making big money heeding that advice. Human resources falls into that category.
Panoramic FeedbackPanoramic Feedback has facilitated the 360-degree feedback process by making the entire system available over the Internet.
Peoplesoft Version 8.0The goal of Peoplesoft is to offer an end-to-end solution to support the entire needs of most organizations in a web-based self-service environment that connects employees, customers and suppliers.
They had been good.A new CEO thinks HR should change.
Small Business Cannot Afford an Increase in Health Care CostsAn increase in health insurance premiums would force many small businesses in the United States to stop paying health care coverage for their employees.
Boomerangs And Beyond"In the 1970s and 1980s, employees who left their companies were automatically considered traitors." Jim Harris
E2000: Employee Records for WindowsIf you´re a small company with only a handful people in your HR department who multi-task between admin work and Ops and a million other things, E2000 may be the handy little tool that will help organize your employee data.
Bain & Company on Management Tools that WorkBain & Company is one of the leading high-end management consultancies. HR.com was impressed with their survey on management tools. David Creelman, a knowledge manager at HR.com spoke to Darrel Rigby, the Bain Director responsible for this survey.
Competency is in the Head...using competencies myself in selection, training and self-management I found I never used the written competency models.
Chap. 4.2: The Daily GrindOn the importance of good maintenance...
Talk Is Cheap, A Lack of Total Rewards Is Not...unfortunately, some companies aren´t realizing just how necessary these programs are; and that´s why they are not attracting and keeping top talent...
Job SculptingWhat the heck is Job Sculpting?
Dr. Mike Beer on Climate Surveys & ConsultantsHR.com is working to point HR managers towards the most important thinkers in management. For a long time we´ve admired Mike Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. Today David Creelman of HR.com talked to him about organizational climate surveys and consultants.
Focus Is Key To Effective Corporate Hrms/Hris AssessmentToo often, in trying to be methodical, do their homework and make the right decision, companies end up wasting precious time, effort and money.
The Book of Chemical Lists on CD-ROMFound in the form of solids, liquids, gases, mists, dusts, fumes or vapors, harmful chemicals can have toxic effects when they are absorbed through the skin, ingested, or inhaled.
Comment on Due DiligenceHere´s how we did our ´due diligence´.
Is Knowledge Management HR?Knowledge Management is a hot topic and the question for corporations is "where does it fit in the org structure?"
Chap. 4.1: The Daily GrindIn which the benefits of negativity are realized...
A Seat at the TableEvery HR person I´ve met has hoped for the great privilege of being part of the senior team.
Shared ServicesWhat exactly are "Shared Services"?
Using Self Assessment in AppraisalCompanies have used self-assessment as part in performance appraisal, 360 assessment and even for selection decisions. The question arises as to whether these assessments can provide useful information to managers.
Mike Beer on Performance AppraisalHR.com is working to point HR managers towards the most important thinkers in management. For a long time we´ve admired Mike Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. Today David Creelman of HR.com talked to him about performance appraisal.
Raise revenuehire more employees
Resume AssistantIf you´re looking for an inexpensive yet powerful product that will help your company sort through its mass of resumes, look no further.
Burned OutIn today´s high-tech fast-paced world it is harder and harder to find time away from work.
Where Did TQM Go?Call human resource specialists and ask them about companies still using TQM, and you get two reactions: A sincere "I don´t know of any´´ and laughter.
HR.COM-SHRM - VEGASAt the SHRM conference delegates wandered around randomly, dazed by...