Appraising Human Performance for Organizational Development

--Manodip Ray Chaudhuri

To achieve performance, management has to identify organizational goals and act as a navigational tool in helping the organization in achieving them. An effective performance management exercise gleans out the best performers and helps them in achieving performance standards at work.

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Branding HR Department

--Joseph Benson and Bret Kinsella

Every company, every person, and every organization has a brand. Brands are born when there are customers to serve, skills to be practiced, and values to be created.

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Creative Performance Strategies

--Gary B Brumback

HR professionals need to take a proactive role in promoting and carrying out strategies to uplift organizational performance. Brumback discusses five strategies to be followed by HR professionals to build that high-performance organization.

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Creative Time Management

--Salma and Shaun H Ajani

Time management touches every facet of Human Resource (HR). Hence, it is the responsibility of HR professionals to understand these time management philosophies and techniques. Efficient incorporation of these methods optimizes the human capital of the organization.

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Developing a High-performance Workforce

--Bray J Brockbank

Knowledge workers of the digital age are expected to perform effectively in virtual teams. They need to be innovative and flexible. Author and Consultant Bray J Brockbank identifies the process to develop a high-performing workforce in this knowledge-based economy.

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Executive Relocation - New Perspectives

--Andrew Dutta and Manjeesh K Singh

With the advent of globalization, the international assignments of the executives have gone up significantly. This in turn, has led the HRD to develop new strategies to cope with the new dispensation.

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Musings on Old 'Pillars' of the New HRM

--GRK Murty

In response to a question, 'what managers need to know to manage well in this new and more challenging world,' Peter Druker said, 'You have to learn to manage in situations where you don't have command or authority, where you are neither controlled nor controlling'. This, he said, 'is the fundamental change'. To manage such a change, organizations, once created, do not call for great visionaries: All that they call for is competent and devoted leaders who are generous in using 'grace' and 'concern' while nurturing their organizations-looking after and caring for them, steadily and consistently. And, that is what this article desires to revisit.

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HR Perspectives in TQM

--CV Ramanan

The article focuses on the need for Total Quality Management (TQM) in an era of globalization, liberalization and high competition. The basic issues related to TQM implementation strategies have been discussed in detail. The article highlights viable and practical TQM implementation strategies. Preparation for TQM initiatives, getting started, implementing the TQM plan and monitoring the effort, have been discussed in a simple, direct and lucid style. Based on practical experiences, important considerations in the form of Do's and Don'ts have also been explained.

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Innovate or Perish

--KBS Kumar

The traditional building blocks of a business were land, labor, capital and management. No doubt, these three do hold significance even today, but, would be meaningful only if these are joined by a fourth and the most important element called 'innovation'.

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Innovation in Work Design - Volvo Experience

--PVL Raju

Several Swedish organizations like Saab-Scania and Volvo made successful experiments that were designed to change the work environment and improve employee satisfaction. Volvo committed substantial resources for the cause of improving the work environment at its plants.

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Innovations in Human Resource Development

--J Narasimha Rao

Innovation is instrumental for the all-round progress of an organization. It embraces invention and reinvention in all spheres of life. Through innovations, survival and dynamic continuity can be assured with high certainty, says Rao.

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Innovative Team Management for Results

--Kelvin F Cross

Fast teams lead to fast results when a few skilled workers join hands to serve customers. Kelvin F Cross, in this article, suggests a few strategies to form customer-centered fast teams and achieve high-performance.

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Managing Shop Floor Innovatively

--John Albion

Manufacturing should be a global weapon of competitiveness. "Get out of that office, get on to the shop floor, and learn to get real with the people who create profitability," suggests John Albion.

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Personal Innovation

--Paul Stone

If the innovation streak is strong and pronounced in one's attitude, then, one is insulated against down trends. Entrepreneur and author Paul Stone describes a seven-step process.

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Spirituality and Ethics in HR

--Corinne McLaughlin

Spirituality is not confined to the religious domain. It has made its presence felt even in the realm of business. Smart enterprises are finding novel methods to rope in spirituality into the workplace. What is emerging is a new attitude towards the workplace as a place to fulfill one's deeper purpose, says Corinne McLaughlin.

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Utilizing 360-degree Feedback Innovatively

--Radha R Sharma

If 360-degree feedback is a revolution in PA system, it has still gone a step ahead to include family, spouse and friends to make it truly comprehensive. Optimizing the utility of this method would help in leadership development, suggests Radha Sharma.

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