Knowledge-at-work
JULY 16, 2006
if you seek to increase knowledge which road should you travel ? creative abrasion vs. appreciative inquiry or do they both lead to the same destination? creative abrasion. a clash of ideas helps to focus attention, forces us to take a
Nobscot
JULY 24, 2006
Both large and small companies are moving toward more distributed workforces. A small juice company was recently touted in Business 2.0 Magazine for having growers in California and Mexico, processing in Washington, bottlers in California, warehouse in Wisconsin, customer service in Philippines, accounting in India and headquarters in San Francisco. I can remember back in the early 1990s when the
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SuccessFactors
JULY 31, 2006
I stole the title for this post from this Fortune Small Business article which recaps a survey of over 300 small businesses. The survey concluded that HR can be the deciding factor between an “explosive” business and a “sluggish” one (and they have some really cool cartoons that highlight the points, like the one to […]. Strategic HR Talent Management Thinking About HR Workforce Performance Management
Knowledge-at-work
JULY 30, 2006
how would you write the definitive entry for knowledge management in wikipedia? we have seen many attempts to define, circumscribe, explain and codify km within wikipedia. the current version still leaves much room for improvement
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Nobscot
JULY 27, 2006
HR professionals often discuss the cost of turnover. Some say that the cost is equal to 150% of the employee''s salary. The American Management Association uses the figure of 30% of salary. When I''m doing ROI calculations, I usually use a very conservative 25% so as not to oversell my case. But can you really come up with an average value of what an employee brings to a company based on their
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Nobscot
JULY 27, 2006
Someone started a discussion on "Joel On Software" about teamwork in distributed work environments based on my post a few days ago about the psychology experiment on group conflict.One person wrote this:I believe the success of such an undertaking is a function of management''s skill and their own ability to define the parameters of the teamwork. I also believe that most managements are not
Knowledge-at-work
JULY 23, 2006
recent comments on the act-km list are an interesting reflection on the value and utility of questionnaires in knowledge mapping. my view remains unchanged - questionnaires need to be used with extreme caution and are most times not the
Nobscot
JULY 20, 2006
Our second guest post from the Blog Swap comes from Tod Hilton. Tod shares with us an insider''s view on a company and employee retention issue that I blogged about earlier. I don''t want to give it away though so I''ll just say - Welcome, Tod and thanks for the great post. A quick little intro for those of you tuning in to the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap. My name is Tod Hilton and I will be
Nobscot
JULY 14, 2006
Have you noticed how the most effective employees are the ones who have the best relationships with other employees across the company? These employees with high "social capital" can speed a vendor contract through the legal department or get IT to fix a nasty bug in the HRIS without delay. I have been thinking about this after reading new research on how the loss of social capital through
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Nobscot
JULY 11, 2006
I am participating in the Blog Swap, an experiment concocted by those creative folks over at Recruiting.com and Job Syntax. As part of the blogswap, I will be providing guest posts once per week on other blogswap participants'' blogs. Likewise, I will publish one guest post per week here on this blog. The first guest post for the Nobscot Weblog has been written by Colin W. Kingsbury, Chief
Nobscot
JULY 6, 2006
There''s a funny post on HR Whatnot''s blog (Whatnot at Work) about using bonobos, primates that are even closer to humans than chimpanzees, to fill workforce shortages. It includes a link to a video of a bonobo playing pacman on the computer. The post is located here.Be sure to bookmark their blog. They have lots of interesting and amusing workplace related posts updated daily
Nobscot
JULY 5, 2006
More disturbing news in the area of racial stereotyping. Researchers have recently concluded that when victims of capital crimes are white, black men are more likely to receive the death penalty if they have physical characteristics that are perceived as being stereotypically black.The study was conducted by researchers at Cornell, Stanford, UCLA and Yale. Photographs of convicted criminals
Knowledge-at-work
JULY 4, 2006
when you put knowledge formation or creation under an ethnographic microscope what do you see? at the heart of knowledge creation lies conversation, shared language, agreement on key distinctions, naming of prime concepts
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SuccessFactors
JULY 31, 2006
Perhaps somewhat off topic, I thought I would point out an interesting show that’s been airing on the Sundance channel. Called “House of Boateng,” it follows the zany misadventures of Ozwald Boateng (seen left), a London-based fashion designer, in his attempts to penetrate the US market. Along the way, he meets wild and wacky investors, […]. Strategic HR Talent Management Employee Performance Management Thinking About HR Workforce Performance Management
SuccessFactors
JULY 20, 2006
A Note: this post was written by a guest writer, and does not necessarily represent my opinion. That said, I think it’s important to host a variety of thoughts and perspectives on the blog and thus, I give you the following article written by Jake Adger of SuccessFactors. It is in response to an earlier […
SuccessFactors
JULY 19, 2006
According to this survey, more than 66% of workers describe their jobs as a source of “personal fulfilment.” ” Wow, that’s fairly remarkable. But just when you think you’re getting somewhere on this whole engagement thing, they hit you with: “the survey also confirmed that work remains simply a way of making a living for many […]. Uncategorized Employee Engagement
SuccessFactors
JULY 19, 2006
Really, truly an invigorating little article from a couple of days ago in the UK’s Telegraph. In it, Jack and wife Suzy embark on a spirited defense of the importance of HR. I wish I had something to add to the article beyond a straightforward “see, I told you so” but I don’t. So in place […]. Talent Management Employee Performance Management Workforce Performance Management
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SuccessFactors
JULY 18, 2006
A Note: this post was written by a guest writer, and does not necessarily represent my opinion. That said, I think it’s important to host a variety of thoughts and perspectives on the blog and thus, I give you the following article written by Lars Dalgaard, the CEO of SuccessFactors. As always, please feel free […]. Uncategorized SaaS Software as a Service
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