“There’s no cure and no improving of the world that doesn’t begin with the individual himself”- Carl Jung
Whenever somebody consistently mishandles a given situation...
“Do not ask too many questions! Make sure your manager believes 'you know it all'!""Don’t seek other colleagues for help; they might take that against you!”
As an...
How many companies can you think of that have been in continuous operation since 1630? How about companies with manufacturing plants in both urban Tokyo and rural Wisconsin?
Not getting any...
Self-awareness is a complex finding that is based on two different, sometimes contradicting sources for this awareness. The first is the "self" itself. One knows about him/herself mainly through...
Some may consider an accountability-based environment is an environment of accusation & blame and “holding people’s feet in the fire” which leads to low performance while a...
From the product to process to the customer, companies today are fierce-fully competing to maintain their place in the market. Products have turned into solutions where customers are no longer...
What is better for an employee? To work with people who think like him and have the same culture and background? Or with different and diversified calibers who can add to his experience and make...
Theory X and Theory Y
Management professor Douglas McGregor created Theory X and Theory Y, two opposing perceptions of employee motivation. Here are the basics of the two theories, according to...
Understanding individual differences is crucial to creating learning organizations. According to Senge, a learning organization is a place, in which people “continuously deploy their...
A humanized organization is one that supports diversity and equality in the workplace.
Since the New York Times published that expose on the now-disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein’s...
The human relations movement was a natural response to some of the issues related to scientific management and the under-socialized view of the worker that ignored social aspects of work. The...
Several assessments and applications are being used to help managers and HR members evaluate and develop employees. Recruiters are now referred to as the “talent acquisition team”....