Why Knowledge and Gig Economy Workers have not been unionized yet? Unlike the Manufacturing Sector Firms that are heavily unionized and where the workers in such firms belong to formal and informal as well as recognized and unrecognized unions, no such unions are present in the so-called Knowledge Economy and Gig Economy firms. Typically, the […]
The How, What, and Why of Employee Activism at Google In recent months, the preeminent Tech Firm and Silicon Valley Behemoth has been in the news for how its employees have become activists and are forcing its management to jettison some projects as well as lead walkout protests against what they perceive as a former […]
How do firms recruit employees in the age of Big Data? While this might seem to be a question with a simple and obvious answer, the reality is that the entire recruitment process is a complex and detailed activity that needs close analysis and deep explanation to understand what is that firms do when they […]
What is Human Resource Outsourcing? Human Resource Outsourcing is a practice in which an organization hires a third-party organization to handle its human resources activities. In other words, HR outsourcing is the process of receiving work previously completed by corporate personnel from sources outside the company. Need & Benefits of Human Resource Outsourcing: Cost-effective When […]
What is the Standard Causal Model of HRM The Standard Causal Model of HRM is outstanding amongst other known models of HRM. This model has been gotten from numerous comparative models that were distributed all through the 90’s and mid 2000’s. The model portrays a causal chain that has the beginning stage as business procedure […]
Interview questions revolving around the difference between human resource management and human resource development have been taking many participants by surprise. The same is true for new employees who find it difficult to distinguish between HRM and HRD at the best of times. This article throws light on the difference between HRM and HRD in […]
The Reasons for Attrition In recent months, there has been a spate of news items about how attrition is taking its toll on many organizations in Asia and especially in the IT sector in India. Whereas in the west, because of the recession and the gloomy economic conditions, attrition is no longer an issue and […]
The previous article on personality briefly discussed how organizations and the HRD function determine the fit between the employee and his or her role. This article looks at this topic in depth with specific reference to the role of the HRD function and the managers in this alignment. For starters, whenever an employee is hired, […]
When employees and their managers have mutually respectful and cooperative relationships, the workplace is a happier and more productive place. If you feel that manager-employee relationships are not as strong as they could be within your workplace, select some areas of focus relating to the development of these relationships. After selecting topics upon which to […]
What Are Employment Contracts ? Employment contracts are covenants between the employer and the employee which provide the basis and the terms and conditions for the employment relationship. Employment Contracts usually state how much salary would be paid, what the perks are, the nature of the employment relation, the basis for firing when the employee […]
Ask yourself the importance of a chocolate or a muffin to motivate your child to finish his homework or clean his room. Same way, the rewards and recognition can prove to be extremely beneficial to keep your employees motivated to perform extraordinary, achieve the targets and stick to the organization. The power of employee recognition […]
Literally speaking employee relations consists of all those areas in Human resource Management that involves general relationship with the workforce. This may be in the form of collective or mutual agreements that leads to the formation of trade unions or through policies and procedures for employee engagement and communication. The increased growth of workforce diversity […]
Statistics show that every twenty seconds of every working minute throughout the world, someone dies as a result of industrial accident or poor safety conditions at workplace. Thousands of employees throughout the world lose their limbs, suffer from temporary or permanent disability or lose their lives due to insufficient arrangements for their health and safety […]
