Business management trends follow an interesting pattern - they track economic cycles. When times are good, the focus is on growth, creativity, and innovation. As the economy slows, attention turns to cost-cutting, productivity, and process control. Psychologically, this makes sense. Humans are programmed to hoard resources in uncertain environments -...
Since a long time back, man had this general view that emotions and success were totally unrelated. Going to the other extreme, most reflected that both not only interface detrimentally with our ability to make decisions but perhaps, even lead us to fall short of expectations. Humans are endowed with...
The status quo bias is the observation that people like things to stay the same. This is tied up with two other biases. Humans are loss aversive creatures. They much prefer avoiding losses than achieving gains. And people also value something more when they own it than before they own...
Humans are vulnerable creatures. Any day, any time, anyone can fall ill if we do not take care of our health properly. Whether it is a minor condition like the common flu, a serious condition like cancer or some other long-term ailment, both the young and old cannot escape from...
Etching a fly into the appropriate part of a urinal reduces spillage by 80 percent. Putting a salad bar at the front of a cafeteria improves people's diet. Both are nudges, and others like them, applied by policymakers, might help us stop using credit cards unwisely. ...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket RetailerC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Park City Group, a developer and marketer of patented computer software and consulting services for retailers, announced that as a result of its customer experiencing ongoing and...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products Team to Deliver New Food Line for ChildrenC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have announced a partnership to create a "better-for-you" line of food products for children....
DESPITE an upsurge in human resource development HRD activities in organisations, training departments are still hard put to justify their usefulness and importance to their employers. Part of the reason is that the proliferation of HRD activities has blurred the distinction between what is truly needed by the organisation to...
Christopher has created undue distress on his colleagues by his act. From the management's point of view, the distress experienced by staff might have affected their morale and productivity. The company could issue a warning letter to Christopher, prohibiting further borrowing. The company could also attempt to recover some of...
This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This column includes some observations from my recent participation at the Fourth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy in Scotland, and visits to LearnDirect and Careers Scotland. The outcomes of the Symposium and the latter two major initiatives directly link to...
AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF CAREER COUNSELLORS NATIONAL CAREER CONFERENCE, HOBART, 26-28 March 2008 A distinguished assembly of workplace experts and academics will meet to confront the latest issues facing employees and employers around the world. The central theme of the 2008 AACC conference is Career Landscape:...
Postgraduate Destinations is an annual report produced by Graduate Careers Australia GCA, concerning the work and study outcomes of recent graduates from postgraduate level courses offered at Australian higher education institutions. The report is based on the results of the Australian Graduate Survey AGS, the nation's largest...
CAREER ENDEAVOUR: PURSUING A CROSS-CULTURAL LIFE TRANSITION Charles P. Chen, hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006, 164pp., ISBN 978-0-7546-4621-1 Charles Chen states that the purpose of this book is to illustrate the complexity of life career transition in the context of cross-cultural adjustment. To...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] One of the goals of Speed Sights, in their words, is to "Work to make sure shooters understand the tool they hold in their hand is not just a gun, but a powerful political statement of freedom and responsibility." Don Price, owner and inventor of the...
Situation: A murderer-for-hire attacks from an unexpected distance. Lesson: Human wolves will always use the most effective weapons available to them. It follows that human sheepdogs must do the same. On the tenth of July, just before 2:00 PM, William Nassau, 51, stood up from the...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The history of the axe is well documented and this tool has been with humans thousands of years in different forms. As the axe has morphed from field tool to battle implement and back it has seen a variety of shapes and forms to serve the...
the smart employee's guide to snacking "Eating between meals can fight off fatigue and hunger," says Tara Gidus, R.D., a nutrition coach at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Florida. "But too often, stress or convenience dictates what we reach for, resulting in high-calorie choices." Here, her rundown...
I was saddened to learn that yet another of my contemporaries, and a true legend in our sport, has passed away. Although Clancy Ross was a Mr. America winner and one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, I will miss my friend for his kindness and human decency. ...
The human mind and body are so closely connected that you will never be able to achieve your desired fitness goals without harnessing the power of your mental energies. We've all heard the story of the mother who was able to lift a car off of her injured child in...
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