Human Resource Management

Multitasking: Is it Good or Bad?

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:49:00 +0000

How many of you have tried to get multiple tasks done all at once? How many of you have succeeded in completing them properly till the end? How many times have you succeeded in completing tasks altogether? Multitasking simply means to have a lot of tasks done at the same time in the wrong order – without prioritizing them. It’s the worrisome situation where you have six things to...

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How to get promoted in your organization

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000

You’ve been with your company for a little while now. You’re great at your job but you’re thinking you could use a little more challenge. Or change. Or both. You’ve invested some time with this company and you like the culture, the business, and the benefit plan. But there’s still something missing. You don’t want to leave and start again at a new company, so what are your options? You can...

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15 Trendy Recruitment Methods

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:12:00 +0000

Thanks to Dr. John Sullivan for sharing the 13 Trends In Corporate Recruiting for 2009 which inspires me to write about the latest trends in recruitment which small and medium size companies can easily adopt and can reduce their cost several folds. Major recruitment trends that are in voyage are as follows. 1- Poaching/Raiding Buying talent” (rather than developing it) is the latest mantra...

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Factors Influences the Job Satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:40:00 +0000

There are many factors which influence the performance of the employees such as the working condition, the salary, the job tasks, the relationships between employees and managers including levels of their communication between them etc. (Hoppock, 1935; Greenberg & Baron, 1983) Bellow is a list of the factors I have taken into consideration while constructing the Job Satisfaction...

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Top paying jobs for class of 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:35:00 +0000

Top paying jobs for class of 2011 var cnnOmniPartner = "CareerBuilder"; By Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder.com (CareerBuilder.com) -- Historically, college graduation has been a time of celebration. The years of hard work and studying have come to end, and life in the real world -- with a real paycheck -- can finally begin. Yet for the students who graduated from college over the past three...

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Employee Development

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +0000

UNDERSTANDYou have probably experienced the strong correlation between employee satisfaction, employee development and retention. As a manager you can play many important roles in employee development—including facilitator, coach, and champion. The June 2005 Leadership, Community and Values survey found that a majority of UW staff members were less than satisfied with their opportunities for...

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Pakistan makes gender harassment at workplace punishable with dismissal

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:02:00 +0000

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Cabinet Affairs has decided to include gender harassment at the workplace in the definition of 'misconduct' in the Removal From Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000. It has recommended that the National Assembly pass the ordinance into law, the Daily Times said Friday. The amendment includes in Section 2 (b) of the ordinance a new clause 2 (b)...

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when others fail, just empathize

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:31:00 +0000

When people fail at work, your instinct may be to go into problem-solving mode. You search out reasons for the failure, try to figure out how to avoid it in the future, and draw out the lessons to be learned. But when people who have failed are in the depths of despair, they need empathy more than your rationalizations and encouragements about the future. A concerned response is not only...

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CHANGE, What should and should not do for successful Change Management

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:51:00 +0000

A change is defined as anything—hardware, software, system components, services, documents, or processes—that is deliberately introduced into the production environment and which may affect a service level agreement (s) or otherwise affect the functioning of the environment or one of its components. The goal of a successful Change Management process implementation is to reduce the amount of...

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Examples Of Team Building Activities

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:19:00 +0000

The team building activities are formulated so as to enhance the problem solving capability of the group members of a team so that they could work effectively together when they have to perform the role based as well as the task based functions. Many team building activities and the initiative tasks tend to have the feel of kids games while the other activities are quite novel and they involve...

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Is the Life You're Living Worth the Price You're Paying to Live It?

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:52:00 +0000

What toll does it take, over time, if you get too little sleep; skip breakfast or settle for something unhealthy; struggle with a relentlessly challenging commute; attend meeting after meeting with no breaks in between; pump yourself up through the day with multiple cups of coffee or sugary snacks; deal with hundreds of emails that accumulate in your inbox; remain at your desk for lunch if you...

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New wallpapers for HR personnels

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:54:00 +0000

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Strategies for Better Time Management

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Whatever your role in a company – from office administrator to company director – Time Management is something that effects us all. One of the most common complaints you hear at busy organisations is that there “aren’t enough hours in the day”. The skills to prioritise and manage a heavy workload are very valuable. We provide some practical Time Management advice on our Management Skills for New...

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The Right People in the Wrong Jobs

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:28:00 +0000

Recently, I was speaking with a System Architect friend who expressed frustration with her current project. "The Project Manager is not using the (people) resources well," summarized this former manager's complaint. Manager's Perspective What manager hasn't struggled with the problem of not having enough of a key resource needed to do the job? You shuffle people, juggle tasks and...

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How to measure people's performance

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:02:00 +0000

"Why appraisals don't work!" shrieks the headline of many articles on the topic of performance appraisals. We know why without reading on. Managers don't take the time or care to fully evaluate. Appraisals become part of the routines and rituals of the organisation. No one reads the appraisals. Appraisals become a trade-off between the desire of the employee to be seen in a good light no...

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What Makes Workers Happy? Lessons From the Best Company to Work For

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:55:00 +0000

Business analytics software company SAS was recently named the best place to work for the second year running according to Fortune's list of the 100 best companies to work for. Why are SAS employees so happy with their jobs? The first clue is the industry. Software companies recognize that their bottom line is tied to having happy productive workers because those conditions foster...

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Performance Action Plans: 10 Ways to Improve Productivity

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:51:00 +0000

Use Performance Action Plans to help employees improve their performance at work by identifying goals which are realistic, practical and measurable. Here are ten practical ways to create performance reviews. Let’s get started. Action Plan: Chapter 1, Assumptions, Constraints, Dependencies How to Write a Performance Action Plan Before you start, explain to the employee what is...

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The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:11:00 +0000

As leaders, we have no control over how fast markets grow or how wisely banks lend. But we do control our own mindsets and "animal spirits" — the phrase coined by John Maynard Keynes in the depth of the Great Depression. If all you've got is a spreadsheet filled with red ink and dire forecasts, it's easy to be paralyzed by fear and resistant to change. But if you can summon some leadership nerve,...

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How to Motivate People: Skip the Bonus and Give Them a Real Project

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:43:00 +0000

Social experiments have upended almost everything that modern management takes as a given. Science has managed to reveal some crazy things that fly in the face of almost every commonly accepted management practice. Here's the latest: Rewards for top performers lead them to worse performance. And if you want to foster innovation, bonuses won't work either. Rather, it's all about letting...

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Work Smart: Avoid Office Distractions With Time Blocking

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:03:00 +0000

In an interruption-driven culture, it's too easy to let everyone else decide where your attention goes and how to spend your next 10 minutes. If you jump every time your phone rings, a new email arrives, your Blackberry buzzes, or someone stops by your desk, you're undermining your most important work and costing your company money. A recent study shows that unnecessary interruptions costs the...

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How to Keep Your Star Performers in Trying Times

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:19:00 +0000

When the economy is slow and unemployment rates are high, it's easy to think your employees will happily stay put in their current jobs. But that's a dangerous assumption. Research shows that voluntary turnover rates increase as consumer confidence builds. This means, as a manager, you need to figure out ways to retain your top performers, even if your company is still in a slump. There...

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Nine Tips for Getting Hired

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:53:00 +0000

Takeaway: Job seekers sometimes approach interviews too eager to please. Here are his tips for getting around that feeling and putting your best foot forward. The problem with career advice, there’s just so darn much of it out there. Everybody has a personal slant on how best to present yourself in an interview. It’s refreshing to come across something as simple as a bulleted list of best...

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How to manage your BOSS

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:29:00 +0000

It's nice to imagine that the success of your career rests upon your basic competence at doing your job, but that's only half the picture. Raises, promotions, and other perks depend directly on how well you can manage your boss. If he or she doesn't warm up to you—or worse, doesn't remember that you exist—you'll never land the plum assignments you need to get ahead. In addition to performing...

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Something to think about- The pig and the horse

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0000

The Pig And The Horse There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more breed to complete his collection. One day, he found out that his neighbor had the particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly botheredhis neighbor until he sold it to him. A month later, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said: - Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this...

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True test of first rate innovator

noreply@blogger.com (Mahmood Aslam) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:32:00 +0000

by Robert B. Tucker Tom Peters used to remind executives that it mattered little what they proclaimed to be their top priorities. Instead, the "In Search of Excellence" co-author advised looking at your calendar to reveal your main concerns, because that is where you are spending your time.I thought of Peters' admonition when reading IBM's recently-released study of 2500 chief information...

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