Employee Relations Articles

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Art Gib @ Monday, 24th December 2007 @ 11:37 PM

It\'s hard to equate team building exercises and fun together, but enthralling scavenger hunts can not only create laughter and good times, but shows real strengths in co-workers. Team building in Boston takes on a whole new flavor as your company team can tour Boston in search of clues rediscovering typical haunts and finding new discoveries both in the city and within each other\'s skill. Whether you live in Boston, elsewhere in the New England area, or are just visiting on o... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Art Gib @ Monday, 24th December 2007 @ 11:36 PM

No more wondering about where the infamous gangsters got wacked and what restaurants Jimmy Hoffa frequented to discuss mafia hits in New York\'s Little Italy, cleverly planned a scavenger hunts around these fun, historical events and spots, where all the members of the group pitch in and get their kicks finding fun facts together, are an increasingly popular method of bringing people together, whether those people are a family or corporation. Companies now specialize in creating hun... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Art Gib @ Monday, 24th December 2007 @ 11:21 PM

A company\'s success is not measured by a single factor. There are a myriad of factors that can lend to the success or failure of a corporate company including funding, management competence, working in a product or service that has a demand, and employee cohesiveness. The latter is perhaps the most complicated factor to measure and maintain as so many unforeseeable influences can cause extreme unpredictability in any given employee\'s level of job satisfaction. When considering... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Dave Poon @ Wednesday, 5th December 2007 @ 10:57 PM

In a continuously developing country, Achieving great competence and globalization wouldn?t be triumphant without having manpower. Human beings, in a world of manufacturing, are coined as commodity resources. It is not just right to treat them as a commodity; rather they should be termed as social beings wherein their contributions through labor are one main factor in achieving world competitiveness. Their contributions are major requirement on promoting growth for civilization. It is j... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Paul Sutherland @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 11:17 PM

Frankly, a lot of businesses are only as good as the workers who handle the day to day activities and actually come in contact with the customer or client. However, finding the right person, to fill a position, can be a guessing game, unless you know the right questions to ask, in order to make an informed decision. For example, many potential employers make the common mistake of asking hypothetical questions, to determine whether the employee can handle customers, and related duties pro... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Martin Haworth @ Tuesday, 13th November 2007 @ 3:03 PM

Truth is, in many organizations, the doing of the survey is more than enough. Only rarely does anyone get down to what happens next. It\'s an easy fix for organizations to churn out the annual or even bi-annual (\'to show we really care\') survey to their people, to assess \'staff satisfaction\'. It is a great tactic for the Annual Report. Yet in most cases, it stinks! Once the results are in, they get analyzed at Corporate, Divisional and Area level. Any i... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Cheow Yu Yuan @ Thursday, 8th November 2007 @ 9:27 AM

To improve the morale within your company, you should look for ways that will reward individual achievements, organizing events such as annual dinner and dance, or thank your employees for their loyal contribution and effort to the company. For all those ways mentioned above, you can use corporate gifts to organize events and present corporate gifts to your employees. One of the best ways to get an employee feels important and recognized within the company is to keep track of his or her... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Helmut Flasch @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 6:08 AM

When I worked as a waiter in Austria, my native country, I worked hard (90 hours a week for about nine months in a row, never a day off). An American tourist told me that I was working too hard to ever make money. I replied that I loved my job and that I made good money. He smiled, patted me on the shoulder and said that he was happy for me. He added that he meant real money, lots of money, and that I could not make it while working so hard. 15 years later I understood what he meant. more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Cheow Yu Yuan @ Sunday, 21st October 2007 @ 10:57 PM

With today\'s fast-pace living and business environment, there are more people who sink into day-to-day routines. Very early in the morning they have to wake up and go to work, facing busy traffic along the way. In the office, they are back to do the entire routine job like making reports, attending daily and weekly meetings, and so on. When the sun sets, they go back home, have dinner, rest and sleep. The next day, they are back doing all the same things yet again. And so on... Thes... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Eric Reed @ Tuesday, 16th October 2007 @ 12:53 AM

As a business management consultant I often suggest to my clients that they make their benefits packages as appealing as possible. In an age where insurance is expensive and financial planning is a hot topic among the many, the benefits packages companies offer are one of the top reasons that a candidate will accept or decline a position. Anymore, the employees expect compensation to include more than a decent salary. Health care, dental care, adequate retirement plans, and many more op... more...