Business in Action, 7th Ed.
Chapter 11: Human Resources Management
"What makes work satisfying?
"What is the secret to the unparalleled success that keeps Amazon growing while so many traditional retailers are shutting their doors?
"Few things are as costly and as disruptive as good people walking out the door.
"Titles like “SHE-EO” and momtrepreneur are meant to empower women but actually do more harm than good.
"It’s unfortunate that in an attempt to simplify the landscape, the different age groups have been reduced to caricatures with incomplete generalizations.
"As a business owner, you probably want your employees to be happy.
"A college student breaks down the five unique skill sets this generation brings to the workplace.
These brief podcasts focus on marketing applications of social media.
See the breakdown of a study by LeanIn.
Listen to the podcast by Noah Zandan (photo, left).
"Some behaviors are less obvious -- but no less problematic.
"In Alec Ross’s new book, The Industries of the Future, he takes a deep dive into the specific fields he believes will shape our economic future, including robotics and the codification of just about everything.
"Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli [photo, left] has spent decades studying the complicated dynamics of employment.
"Wharton's Mary-Hunter McDonnell discusses her research on social activism and corporate political clout.
"Before leaving work each day, employees at Ubiquity Retirement + Savings press a button in the lobby.
"The tech company’s new employee review system gets rid of the company’s historic approach to evaluating worker performance.
"Just about every industry is undergoing some level of digital disruption, and the transformation is only in its infancy, according to McKinsey Digital global leader Paul Willmott, and Jay Scanlan, leader of McKinsey’s Digital Strategy Practice.
"Of all the reasons why applicants’ resumes get tossed in the circular file, “the O word”, for overqualified, has long been in the Top Ten.
"Lynn Steenberg owns Sports Physical Therapy of New York -- known as Sports PT.
"Nothing is more costly to an organization’s culture than a toxic employee.
See how the equilibrium point represents a balance between supply and demand.
Video at HBR.
"McKinsey Global Institute director Jonathan Woetzel (photo, left) and MGI senior fellow Anu Madgavkar discuss the economic and ethical reasons why gender equality is a worthy goal.