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The Great Generational Shift: How Employers and Managers Can Prepare

Everwise

While there are always different people of different generations working side by side in the workplace, today there are as many as six different generations, depending on which demographic definitions one uses. The workforce is aging on one end of the spectrum and getting younger on the other.

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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls. The knowledge existed within GM to develop a more competitive strategy. The knowledge management task is to bring together the collective knowledge of the organization to bear on complex issues.

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Where Knowledge Management Has Been and Where It Is Going- Part Three

Conversation Matters

In this three part series I‘ve classified the evolving landscape of knowledge management into three categories. The first category is Leveraging Explicit Knowledge and is about capturing documented knowledge and building it into a collection - connecting people to content. Leveraging Collective Knowledge.

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IRS FY 2018 Compliance Priorities Stress Analyzing Failure Trends, Refining Outreach

HR Daily Advisor

Retirement plan compliance priorities for Fiscal Year 2018 released September 28 by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicated the agency’s Employee Plans (EP) unit will emphasize analyzing plan failure trends, refine outreach, and other communications about noncompliance, and enhance its knowledge management program.

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How ‘Matchmaking’ Brought in a New Classification of Worker

HR Daily Advisor

definitions, the contingent worker is a square peg trying to fit into round holes. This same definition of employee is generally used for eligibility in other benefits and protections, such as family and medical leave, unemployment insurance, and safety standards. Worker classification isn’t a new topic and under current U.S.