Archive for the ‘Organizational Development’ Category

Effects of Commitment to Vision on Employee Satisfaction With Their Organization

Bearman Cartoon Job Satisfaction

Job Satisfaction

An empirical investigation into organizational commitment to corporate vision and employee satisfaction was carried out using two successive surveys of roughly 900 workers of a high-tech robotics company.

A poll was held following development of a corporate vision statement and communication to employees to examine employees’ perceived organizational …

Big Data, Analytics, and the Path From Insights to Value

The Planet Data Center

Planet Data

The attempts by organizations to capitalize on information and apply analytics today and in the future is the focus of the 2010 New Intelligent Enterprise Global Executive Study and Research Project by MIT Sloan Management Review and the IBM Institute for Business Value.  The study found through a …

Why Your People Can’t Do What You Need Them to Do

Global Skills Crisis

Problems with the nation’s school system are not the only issue when it comes to getting more innovative and ambitious thinking from employees at all levels.  Companies must consider its own internal skills gap as it pertains to future workers and current staff.

Skills gaps are natural …

Mastering Talent Development

“The Talent Masters” is a new book written by Bill Conaty, the recently retired senior vice president for human resources at General Electric Co., and Ram Charan, a business adviser and author, that focuses on talent development.

“The Talent Masters” rests on three principles:

  1. A focus on talent development. “Talent
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Your Internal Employee Brand

Increasingly, companies are incorporating their brand into staff training. Apart from the training sessions, attendees might also view exhibits, use multi-media materials, and take part in activities provided by internal groups.

Such an approach makes the training experience less generic while reinforcing the brand. This can be true irrespective of …