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Rewarding system in an organisation plays an important role to motivate the employees for the better performance. Recognition has to be very perfect to avoid employee issues which can divide the workforce. We need to establish criteria for what performance or contribution constitutes rewardable behavior or actions. All employees must be eligible for the recognition. The recognition must supply the employer and employee with specific information about what behaviors or actions are being... Read Full Story

A high morale work place is essential to any business. Low morale can quickly take your business off the rails and lead ultimately to business failure. The root cause of low employee morale can be numerous including job security issues, limited upward mobility, lousy management practices, excessive outsourcing, lack of fair pay and much more. Below are 3 simple ways employers can do this: Be Honest. Let employees know the state of the company. It is critical that employers are honest about... Read Full Story

Work culture plays an important role in organization success. Hard times push organization to the limit where its culture stands in motivating to survive. Many organizations in India are facing tuff time managing their employee and operations as because of culture not so conducive for changes and flexibility. There are some of the pointers which will help to improve work culture: Say “thank you” often, and sincerely, face-to-face. Publicly acknowledge hard work and initiative on the company... Read Full Story

In this world problem is the word which has to do with every human life whether it be rich or the poor. Many are not able to handle the problem as they don’t where to start from and many end making a mess which is very difficult to clear up. It is always a very useful approach to think of successful strategies for problems in the past. Train yourself to adapt useful problem-solving techniques to new situations! Here is one of many possible models of problem solving. Problem identification... Read Full Story

Many organizations, especially large ones, administer executive compensation somewhat differently than compensation for lower-level employees. An executive typically is someone in the top two levels of an organization, such as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, or Senior Vice-President. The common components of executive compensation are salaries, annual bonuses, long-term incentives, supplemental benefits, and perquisites. Two objectives influence executive compensation: (1) Ensuring... Read Full Story

Variable pay is compensation linked to individual, team, and/or organization performance. Traditionally also known as incentives, variable pay plans are attempts to tie additional tangible rewards given to employees for performance beyond normal expectations. The philosophical foundation of variable pay rests on Several basic assumptions: Some jobs contribute more to organizational success than others. Some people perform better than others. Employees who perform better should receive more... Read Full Story

Individual-centered career planning focuses on individuals’ careers rather than organizational needs. It is done by employees themselves, and individual goals and skills are the focus of the analysis. Such analyses might consider situations both inside and outside the organization that could expand a person’s career. The different perspectives, Organizational retrenchment and downsizing have changed career plans for many people. They have found themselves in “career transition”—in other words... Read Full Story

A systematic approach to orientation requires attention to attitudes, behaviors, and information that new employees need. Unfortunately, too often orientation is conducted rather haphazardly. The general ideas that follow highlight the major components of an effective orientation system: preparing for new employees, providing them with needed information, presenting orientation information effectively, and conducting evaluation and follow-up on the initial orientation. Preparing for new... Read Full Story

It is common for employee goals, set as a part of an annual performance review, to be forgotten during the year. Goals get written down on a paper form that is filed away, and only consulted when it's time for the next performance appraisal. An employee's daily work and priorities are then easily affected by the crisis of the day, new requests or changes in direction. The result: individual, departmental and organizational goals are often not achieved. So how do you drive accountability for... Read Full Story

In six words, corporate culture is "How we do things around here." Corporate culture is the collective behavior of people using common corporate vision, goals, shared values, beliefs, habits, working language, systems, and symbols. It is interwoven with processes, technologies, learning and significant events. In addition, different individuals bring to the workplace their own uniqueness, knowledge, and ethnic culture. So corporate culture encompasses moral, social, and behavioral norms of... Read Full Story