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Making Sure Employees Measure Up

"Article emphasises that employers struggling to attract and retain talent can't afford to de-motivate employees. Yet this is precisely the result of flawed or weak performance evaluation systems. When reviews are not fair, accurate and timely, they fail to reward star performers, fail to provide encouragement and guidance to borderline...

Tags: Society For Human Resource Management, Performance Evaluation, Worker, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

White papers 2001-03-01

A Team Effort

Teams make many structural and operational decisions that previously were made by line supervisors, including compensation and rewards, scheduling, maintenance, inventory control, data management, training and others. HR managers can help teams by providing technical assistance in rewriting policies and procedures that fit team practices in areas like hiring, peer-based...

Tags: Society For Human Resource Management, Team, Team Management, Management

White papers 2001-06-01

SDWT's: A Team Effort

Over the past 15 years, a growing number of American companies have participated in a grand experiment: self-managed work teams SMWTs. These are production or service-delivery groups that operate without direct supervision—an idea almost unthinkable a generation ago. Teams make many structural and operational decisions that previously were made by...

Tags: Society For Human Resource Management, Team, SDWT, Team Management, Performance Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Preparing a Succession Plan

If you're planning to retire from your small business in the near future, or you simply want to hand over the reins to someone else, it's important to plan carefully for your succession. Planning will help you to protect the value of your business. As the owner-manager of a business,...

Tags: consultant, entrepreneurial, decision-making, financial, small business, career, consulting, supplier, benefit, team, Succession Plan, Team Management, Leadership, Family Member, Business, Successor, BNET Editorial, Management, Plan, Succession, Succession Planning

Articles 2007-10-05

Planning Staffing Requirements

As your business grows, naturally you'll need to hire more people to handle the increased workload. New skills will be required, too, to deal with the ever-widening range of activities. As increased demands arise, you'll need to have these new employees in place and be ready to provide opportunities for...

Tags: BNET Editorial, Staffing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Workforce, Staff, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Training, Employee, Sales strategy, Sales force management, sales forecast, Strategic Planning, adjustment, sales, worker, team, financial

Articles 2007-10-15

Productivity Goals Should Extend to HR

In tough business climates like the one we're in now, productivity is a major company goal. But we tend to view it purely on a team or personal level. In fact, a study by the Society for Human Resource Management finds that only 20 percent of HR executives view boosting...

Tags: Jeff Palfini, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-03-28

Readers Weigh In on MBA "Monsters"

The Back to B-School report on Dr. Peggy Cunningham’s comments that MBA programs’ focus on individualism essentially produces “monsters” really struck a chord with readers. The comments poured in, and here are a few that sum up the major positions readers took on this issue. Cunningham is right ...

Tags: MBA, Ethics, Cunningham, A-schools, Individualism, Stacy Blackman

Blog posts 2009-04-20