Stay informed with the latest updates and insights. Here, we carefully curate a selection of news articles that resonate with current trends and significant developments, ensuring you have access to valuable and timely information.
Jobs & HR
- Are you at risk of being replaced by AI in your job? Here’s how to ‘future-proof’ yourselfby Editorial Team on May 9, 2024 at 11:21 am
A recent survey by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology looked at the perceived impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what people in the UK thought the greatest risks from using it were in society today. 45% of respondents thought the biggest risk in society was that AI would effectively take people’s jobs, as The post Are you at risk of being replaced by AI in your job? […]
- Mental Health Awareness Week: Stress is a costly epidemic and no employer can afford to laugh it offby Editorial Team on May 9, 2024 at 11:19 am
Michelle Robinson Hayes, mental health trainer and preventative services lead, Vita Health Group It’s widely acknowledged that excessive stress poses serious health risks. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has even labelled stress as the 21st century’s health epidemic. Despite this, many organisations still don’t take stress seriously, or worse, brush it off as inconsequential. Stress […]
- Low-paid workers vulnerable to continued cost of living crisis as only 30% of British firms plan above inflation pay rises this yearby Editorial Team on May 8, 2024 at 10:14 am
More than 60% of senior business leaders believe British employers have a ‘substantial responsibility’ to help their employees with the cost of living but only 30% plan to award pay rises above inflation this year, a new survey reveals. Data from a recent poll of more than 1,000 businesses, commissioned by the Work Foundation at The post Low-paid workers vulnerable to continued cost of […]
- A lack of understanding of different gender needs is adding to workplace absenceby Editorial Team on May 8, 2024 at 10:09 am
Leading corporate health and wellbeing and specialist rehabilitation and case management provider HCML’s newly released corporate health and wellbeing report has found that a lack of understanding of gender drivers in the workplace is negatively affecting workplace absence. Over half of all those surveyed said they needed more support from their employer to improve their The post A lack of […]
- May Day 2024: Workers on a warming planet deserve stronger labour protectionsby Jen Kostuchuk, PhD Student, Sociology, University of Victoria on May 1, 2024 at 7:13 pm
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
- The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEIby Adia Harvey Wingfield, Professor of Sociology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis on April 11, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
- Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise it have failedby Michael O'Bryan, Distinguished Research Fellow at Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Drexel University on April 4, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Voters, city council and even local business leaders have tried to raise the city’s minimum wage, but face pushback from the state legislature in Harrisburg.
- National Caregiver Day: Canadian organizations need to better support carer-employees in the workplaceby Allison Williams, Professor, Faculty of Science, McMaster University on April 2, 2024 at 5:45 pm
Canadians can make National Caregiver Day count by celebrating carer-employees and supporting the creation of carer-friendly supports in the workplace.
- Leadership transparency alone doesn’t guarantee employees will speak up in the workplaceby Ellen Choi, Assistant Professor, HR Management & Organizational Behaviour, Toronto Metropolitan University on March 31, 2024 at 12:44 pm
For many people, speaking up at work can be a nerve-wracking experience because it leaves them exposed to judgment, ridicule and rejection.
- Indians are fleeing their growing economy to work abroad – even in conflict zones. Here’s how to create more jobs at homeby Santosh Mehrotra, Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath on February 29, 2024 at 5:37 pm
India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
- The video game industry is booming. Why are there so many layoffs?by Kenzie Gordon, PhD Candidate, Digital Humanities & Media Studies, University of Alberta on February 11, 2024 at 1:51 pm
Recent waves of layoffs shine a light on the systemic issues in the game industry and the post-graduation promises universities are making to students.
- New research debunks the ‘unhappy worker’ narrative, but finds most still believe itby Scott Schieman, Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto on February 11, 2024 at 1:51 pm
Could the adverse effects of anti-work rhetoric spread beyond one’s own job perception? A sociologist’s recent research sheds light on the question.
- The green-eyed monster: How embracing jealousy at work can make you more productiveby Meena Andiappan, Associate Professor of Human Resources and Management, McMaster University on January 23, 2024 at 10:05 pm
When employees are able to reconceptualize jealousy as a motivating force, this opens up new venues to address, overcome, and even capitalize on the feeling.
- Young Black men in Canada face racism, ageism and classism when looking for workby Warren Clarke, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Manitoba on January 22, 2024 at 10:32 pm
Young Black men are being denied employment for multifaceted reasons, and when they do find work, are often trapped in low-paying jobs.
- Employers should use skill-based hiring to find hidden talent and address labour challengesby Joseph Schmidt, Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, University of Saskatchewan on January 18, 2024 at 8:47 pm
Job listings now often demand that applicants have degrees and experiences that were previously unnecessary, with some job requirements even surpassing the qualifications of current employees.
- Working from home since COVID-19? Cabin fever could be the next challengeby Farzam Sepanta, PhD Candidate, Building Engineering, Carleton University on January 15, 2024 at 7:18 pm
While teleworking can come with many benefits, being alone at home can leave us feeling isolated and unmotivated.
- Workers in their teens and early 20s are more likely to get hurt than older employeesby Diane Rohlman, Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Endowed Chair of Rural Safety and Health, University of Iowa on January 3, 2024 at 1:46 pm
Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
- ‘You don’t know why they’re filming or what they’ll do with it’: flight attendants on being unwilling stars of viral videosby Liz Simmons, PhD Candidate, Griffith University on December 27, 2023 at 8:26 pm
Unions are arcing up about cabin crew being filmed without consent during flights. Some airlines have brought in new rules aimed at curbing the practice.
- Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit businessby Jonathan Lord, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Law, University of Salford on December 18, 2023 at 12:08 pm
It’s been a big year for industrial action but what’s in store for 2024?
- Here’s why union support is so high right nowby Nabhan Refaie, PhD Candidate in Management (Organizational Behaviour), University of Guelph on November 26, 2023 at 8:36 pm
The rise in union support can be explained by the growing recognition people are having of their own disadvantages, and the anger they feel about it.
- Long hours and low wages: the human labour powering AI’s developmentby Ben Lee Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Research on Teaching and Learning, McMaster University on November 15, 2023 at 7:58 pm
Tech firms are relying on low-wage workers to power their AI models. That raises serious ethical questions about how the technology is being developed.
- Levelling the playing field: The case for a federal ‘anti-scab’ lawby Larry Savage, Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University on November 13, 2023 at 4:26 pm
Unions have long advocated for a ban on replacement workers, arguing their use unduly shifts power to employers and gives the boss an unfair advantage in collective bargaining.
- How workplaces can create more inclusive environments for employees with deafness and hearing lossby David C Baldridge, Professor of Management/Organizational Behavior, Oregon State University on November 12, 2023 at 2:02 pm
Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
- Sunak’s climate shift is out of touch with the demands of the UK’s workforce – here’s whyby Vera Trappmann, Professor in Comparative Employment Relations, University of Leeds on November 9, 2023 at 5:25 pm
Our survey of UK workers reveals their deep concern about climate change – many want to see action being taken.
- How to ensure Alberta’s oil and gas workers have jobs during the energy transitionby Joshua M. Pearce, John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University on October 31, 2023 at 8:01 pm
If Alberta prepares to transition from oil and gas to solar energy, the workforce will need retraining. New research shows that this will cost less than expected.
- Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in your favorby Brent Simpson, Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina on October 31, 2023 at 12:33 pm
Having a biased manager lowers productivity across the board – even for workers who aren’t targeted.
- Mental health needs to be a cornerstone of equity, diversity and inclusion initiativesby Keshav Krishnamurty, Part-time Instructor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada on October 30, 2023 at 10:09 pm
Workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion need to ensure they don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
- Safety on the line: Drivers who juggle multiple jobs are more likely to take risks on the roadby Alexandra D. Lefcoe, PhD Candidate, Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, McMaster University on October 1, 2023 at 3:12 pm
Companies like Uber and Lyft have a long way to go in improving worker safety to ensure both drivers and passengers feel safe on the road.
- Hidden in plain sight: Women face subtle forms of discrimination and bias in the workplaceby Laura Doering, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto on September 27, 2023 at 9:34 pm
While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.
Workplace
- As hybrid offices continue to evolve, report explores global occupancy planningby Neil Franklin on May 9, 2024 at 9:15 am
Four years after the start of the pandemic, a new survey from JLL claims that hybrid working is now the most common workstyle globally, with 87 percent of organisations operating with a hybrid program today. JLL’s new 2024 Global Occupancy Planning Benchmarking Report claims to outline how hybrid offices are actively shifting to accommodate a The post As hybrid offices continue to evolve, […]
- While AI revolutionises the workplace, employees take charge and companies scrambleby Marvin Gort on May 9, 2024 at 6:51 am
A new study claims to reveal a new dynamic unfolding in the workplace: a rush towards AI adoption driven by employees, even as companies struggle to keep pace. The 2024 Annual Work Trend Index from Microsoft and LinkedIn titled AI at work is here. Now comes the hard part highlights one particular finding: 79 percent The post While AI revolutionises the workplace, employees take charge and […]
- Bisley redesigns showroom for Clerkenwell Design Week to showcase new directionsby Freddie Steele on May 9, 2024 at 6:34 am
Visitors to British furniture manufacturer Bisley’s Dallington Street showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week (21-23 May 2024), are invited to explore a completely redesigned space, illustrating an expanded offering for the home, workplace, leisure and hospitality that goes far beyond the storage essentials for which Bisley is famous, highlighting the brand’s continued evolution. Fresh for […]
- Firms growing concerned about increase in litigationby Neil Franklin on May 9, 2024 at 6:24 am
Seven in ten (71 percent) UK businesses are concerned about rising business litigation, with nearly three quarters (72 percent) reporting an increase in cases brought against their companies over the past five years and three in five (60 percent) anticipating a further rise over the next 12 months, according to a new poll from The post Firms growing concerned about increase in litigation […]
- People don’t hear back from half of the jobs for which they applyby Mark Eltringham on May 8, 2024 at 1:00 pm
British job seekers don’t hear back from almost half (45 percent) of the jobs they apply for, according to a new poll from Indeed. According to ONS data, there are 916,000 job vacancies in the UK, but with frustrations around the hiring process, these aren’t set to be filled quickly or effectively. The survey of The post People don’t hear back from half of the jobs for which they apply […]
- What happens when technology replaces the need for workers?by Christopher Wong Michaelson on May 8, 2024 at 9:30 am
In their new book, professors Christopher Wong Michaelson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas explore what the future of meaningful work looks like.
- Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutionsby Neil Franklin on May 8, 2024 at 6:03 am
Any survey that sets out to establish what people believe cuts their productivity and annoys them most about their workplace invariably throws up the same result; the noise and distractions generated by other people. So it will come as no surprise to learn that the same surveys usually find that employees believe that peace The post Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most […]
- Looking forward to a whale of a time at Clerkenwell Design Weekby Mick Jordan on May 7, 2024 at 11:33 pm
As the majority of you will know, Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. And, for three days each May, it truly feels like it. To celebrate this rich and The post Looking forward to a whale of a time at Clerkenwell Design Week appeared first on […]
- How leaders are already using generative AI at workby Costi Perricos on May 3, 2024 at 8:30 am
According to Deloitte, organizations with very high GenAI expertise are focused on building trust and changing their talent strategies.
- Women are more likely to be replaced by AI, according to LinkedInby AJ Hess on April 24, 2024 at 9:00 am
Multiple studies suggest that jobs held by women are more likely to be disrupted by advancements in artificial intelligence.
- A Wharton professor explains why most jobs will be impacted by AIby Ethan Mollick on April 4, 2024 at 8:30 am
Researchers have found that AI has the power to impact the vast majority of jobs.
- Why most workplace wellness benefits don’t actually workby Pat Brothwell on March 27, 2024 at 11:18 am
We need to fundamentally rethink corporate culture, not offer more meditation apps and coaching sessions, argues this writer.
- How we moved beyond fear of GenAI to fully harness its transformative powerby Nathan Christensen on March 22, 2024 at 7:15 am
‘This could destroy our business,’ the CEO of HR compliance giant Mineral said after his first demo of ChatGPT. A year later, here’s how the tech is helping the company reenvision its future.
- Airbnb is moving toward greater pay transparency with a new policyby Pavithra Mohan on March 15, 2024 at 12:20 pm
The decision builds on Airbnb’s existing pay transparency policy, which was introduced last year and allowed employees to see the pay range for their role.
- These cities are winning the war for talentby Richard Florida on March 15, 2024 at 9:30 am
A team of researchers unpacks the root issue in the war for talent and finds that it’s really a competition for cities to win residents.
- In Palm Beach, farmworkers are ramping up pressure on Wendy’s to ensure worker protectionsby Pavithra Mohan on March 14, 2024 at 8:22 am
During the Farmworker Freedom Festival last weekend, workers celebrated their hard-won protections—while also calling on Wendy’s to join their cause.
- You can’t expect workers to trust AI if your leader doesn’t have these 3 valuesby Mark Minevich on March 7, 2024 at 10:30 am
An AI policy expert argues that by prioritizing transparency, traceability, and explainability, business leaders can demonstrate their commitment to responsible AI practices.
- Executive functioning coaching isn’t just for kids. How experts are helping workers adjust to a hectic working worldby Nicole Gull McElroy on March 7, 2024 at 8:46 am
Amid the endless calendar invites, mounting emails, and push notifications, more individuals are seeking help to cut through the chaos.
- Latinos still only account for 1 in 10 tech workersby Pavithra Mohan on March 6, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Latinos make up nearly 19% of the U.S. population and one in five workers. But a new report finds that they still won’t achieve parity in the tech industry until 2077.
- What the digital streaming revolution of the 2000s can teach us about the AI revolution today, according to a former musicianby Jenny Toomey on March 4, 2024 at 10:00 am
As a musician, Jenny Toomey witnessed an extreme contrast between the digital music industry’s rosy promises and a disappointing reality. Now, she fears the AI revolution could lead to a similar fate for workers.
- How the Kroger-Albertsons merger could impact union workers, if it happensby Pavithra Mohan on March 2, 2024 at 12:00 am
Experts say the FTC’s lawsuit to block the merger addresses the unique labor implications of the deal, which involves two unionized workforces.
- Workers fear for their future—and that’s a huge problem for employer brandingby Jasmine Bina on February 29, 2024 at 8:00 am
Will AI take my job? Can I ever afford a house? Employees are finding it difficult to plan for the future and that means what they’re looking for from a company is fundamentally changing, says this cultural futurist.
Leadership
- Why your company needs an innovation strategy in 2023by Grant Alexander Wilson, Assistant Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina on January 18, 2023 at 6:31 pm
To improve firm performance and promote fiscal economic growth, corporations should strengthen and implement an innovation strategy.
- Elon Musk’s archaic management style prioritizes profit over peopleby Eli Sopow, Associate Professor, MBA Faculty of Leadership & People Management, University Canada West on December 12, 2022 at 9:46 pm
If Elon Musk’s aggressive management style proves to be successful for Twitter, it could result in other business leaders following suit and turning to unhealthy leadership practices.
- Six models of successful team leadership from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragonby Fiona Moore, Professor of Business Anthropology, Royal Holloway University of London on October 25, 2022 at 12:54 pm
The battle for the Iron throne throws up all sorts of leaders that each has different leadership styles.
- Social networks play a key role when entrepreneurs cut ties to their companiesby Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies & Professor of Marketing and Product Innovation, Brock University on June 21, 2020 at 5:34 am
Social ties can help entrepreneurs acquire necessary information and insights about their plans to exit a company, as well as provide them with emotional support.
- Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s fromby Nathan Eva, Senior Lecturer, Monash University on June 19, 2020 at 5:07 am
More than ever workers want feedback, and if managers can’t give it other colleagues can.
- US business schools failing on climate changeby Nancy E. Landrum, Ph.D., Professor of Sustainable Business Management, Loyola University Chicago on April 20, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Though business and industry are significantly contributing to climate change, business schools across the country are not preparing our future leaders for the dramatic shift this planet needs.
- Why algorithms won’t necessarily lead to utopian workplacesby Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney on February 21, 2017 at 7:09 pm
Despite its promises, people analytics has serious ethical implications and can adversely affect organisations and how people are treated at work.
- It’s not all about government, business managers can foster innovation tooby Kieran O'Brien, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania on December 3, 2015 at 6:53 pm
In the lead up to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s much anticipated innovation statement, Anthony Arundel highlights the need for the business sector to widen its perspective on innovation.
- How to free business scholars from their ivory tower chainsby Stephan Manning, Associate Professor of Management, UMass Boston on March 3, 2015 at 10:59 am
It’s important to reconnect management researchers with practitioners so their scholarly work is shared beyond academia.
- Why autocratic bosses are a dying breedby Morgen Witzel, Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter on February 10, 2014 at 2:43 pm
The idea that everyone wants leadership and wants to be led is a popular one, especially among corporate CEOs, but how true is it? Recent political events in Ukraine and Thailand should focus business…
- Rethinking innovation: harnessing the collective creativity of the crowdby Jochen Schweitzer, Senior Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney on March 29, 2013 at 3:53 am
The past few years have seen a resurgence in design as a driver of innovation. This has been visible in the popular managerial press and also the scholarly debate in management and design. Many foreign…
- All talk, no action: why company strategy often falls on deaf earsby Timothy Devinney, Professor of Strategy, University of Technology Sydney on March 26, 2013 at 3:34 am
Corporate consultants often say that a company’s success depends not only on having a clear vision, but the ability to articulate it to all levels of staff. But how many employees know or understand the…
- Searching for an olive branch in the global war for talentby Will Harvey, Lecturer in Business, University of Sydney on February 15, 2013 at 3:42 am
Last year, thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries competed in the London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee had no difficulty attracting the world’s leading sporting talent because…
- Short-term gain or long-term pain? Finding HR solutions for a flexible workforceby Peter Holland, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Monash University on October 3, 2012 at 5:33 am
A recent conference organised by the Australasian Talent Conference, Contingent - the new perm, puts an interesting spin on the need to develop more effective and efficient organisations. Its focus is…
- All hail Jugaad? Understanding the latest management fad from Indiaby Thomas Birtchnell, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Media & Communication, University of Wollongong on August 14, 2012 at 3:54 am
What do India’s huge blackouts this month have to do with the latest fad for CEOs? Forget guanxi, the Chinese art of networking; forget the Japanese-inspired disciplinary regime, the Six Sigma way. The…
- How individual firms can solve the ‘productivity paradox’by Danny Samson, Professor of Management (Operations Management), The University of Melbourne on August 12, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Commentators are urging government and others to do whatever they can to improve productivity in Australia because it is a key driver of prosperity, living standards and national wealth. While recent reports…
- Productivity growth provides a reality check for the lucky countryby Rosemary Howard, Adjunct Faculty AGSM Executive Education and CIFR, UNSW Sydney on August 7, 2012 at 4:04 am
As Australian economists and thought leaders continue to ponder what will happen when the resources boom ends, declining productivity levels are causing alarm. According to the global survey by the Economist…
- Why your company needs an innovation strategy in 2023by Grant Alexander Wilson, Assistant Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina on January 18, 2023 at 6:31 pm
To improve firm performance and promote fiscal economic growth, corporations should strengthen and implement an innovation strategy.
- Elon Musk’s archaic management style prioritizes profit over peopleby Eli Sopow, Associate Professor, MBA Faculty of Leadership & People Management, University Canada West on December 12, 2022 at 9:46 pm
If Elon Musk’s aggressive management style proves to be successful for Twitter, it could result in other business leaders following suit and turning to unhealthy leadership practices.
- Six models of successful team leadership from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragonby Fiona Moore, Professor of Business Anthropology, Royal Holloway University of London on October 25, 2022 at 12:54 pm
The battle for the Iron throne throws up all sorts of leaders that each has different leadership styles.
- Social networks play a key role when entrepreneurs cut ties to their companiesby Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies & Professor of Marketing and Product Innovation, Brock University on June 21, 2020 at 5:34 am
Social ties can help entrepreneurs acquire necessary information and insights about their plans to exit a company, as well as provide them with emotional support.
- Informal feedback: we crave it more than ever, and don’t care who it’s fromby Nathan Eva, Senior Lecturer, Monash University on June 19, 2020 at 5:07 am
More than ever workers want feedback, and if managers can’t give it other colleagues can.
- US business schools failing on climate changeby Nancy E. Landrum, Ph.D., Professor of Sustainable Business Management, Loyola University Chicago on April 20, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Though business and industry are significantly contributing to climate change, business schools across the country are not preparing our future leaders for the dramatic shift this planet needs.
- Why algorithms won’t necessarily lead to utopian workplacesby Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney on February 21, 2017 at 7:09 pm
Despite its promises, people analytics has serious ethical implications and can adversely affect organisations and how people are treated at work.
- It’s not all about government, business managers can foster innovation tooby Kieran O'Brien, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania on December 3, 2015 at 6:53 pm
In the lead up to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s much anticipated innovation statement, Anthony Arundel highlights the need for the business sector to widen its perspective on innovation.
- How to free business scholars from their ivory tower chainsby Stephan Manning, Associate Professor of Management, UMass Boston on March 3, 2015 at 10:59 am
It’s important to reconnect management researchers with practitioners so their scholarly work is shared beyond academia.
- Why autocratic bosses are a dying breedby Morgen Witzel, Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter on February 10, 2014 at 2:43 pm
The idea that everyone wants leadership and wants to be led is a popular one, especially among corporate CEOs, but how true is it? Recent political events in Ukraine and Thailand should focus business…
- Rethinking innovation: harnessing the collective creativity of the crowdby Jochen Schweitzer, Senior Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney on March 29, 2013 at 3:53 am
The past few years have seen a resurgence in design as a driver of innovation. This has been visible in the popular managerial press and also the scholarly debate in management and design. Many foreign…
- All talk, no action: why company strategy often falls on deaf earsby Timothy Devinney, Professor of Strategy, University of Technology Sydney on March 26, 2013 at 3:34 am
Corporate consultants often say that a company’s success depends not only on having a clear vision, but the ability to articulate it to all levels of staff. But how many employees know or understand the…
- Searching for an olive branch in the global war for talentby Will Harvey, Lecturer in Business, University of Sydney on February 15, 2013 at 3:42 am
Last year, thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries competed in the London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee had no difficulty attracting the world’s leading sporting talent because…
- Short-term gain or long-term pain? Finding HR solutions for a flexible workforceby Peter Holland, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Monash University on October 3, 2012 at 5:33 am
A recent conference organised by the Australasian Talent Conference, Contingent - the new perm, puts an interesting spin on the need to develop more effective and efficient organisations. Its focus is…
- All hail Jugaad? Understanding the latest management fad from Indiaby Thomas Birtchnell, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Media & Communication, University of Wollongong on August 14, 2012 at 3:54 am
What do India’s huge blackouts this month have to do with the latest fad for CEOs? Forget guanxi, the Chinese art of networking; forget the Japanese-inspired disciplinary regime, the Six Sigma way. The…
- How individual firms can solve the ‘productivity paradox’by Danny Samson, Professor of Management (Operations Management), The University of Melbourne on August 12, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Commentators are urging government and others to do whatever they can to improve productivity in Australia because it is a key driver of prosperity, living standards and national wealth. While recent reports…
- Productivity growth provides a reality check for the lucky countryby Rosemary Howard, Adjunct Faculty AGSM Executive Education and CIFR, UNSW Sydney on August 7, 2012 at 4:04 am
As Australian economists and thought leaders continue to ponder what will happen when the resources boom ends, declining productivity levels are causing alarm. According to the global survey by the Economist…
ESG
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- What is authentic allyship?by @diversitynetwork on April 26, 2024 at 5:50 am
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- Diversity with Floella Benjaminby @diversitynetwork on April 24, 2024 at 12:57 pm
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- LGBTQ+ community better at looking after mental healthby @diversitynetwork on April 17, 2024 at 11:53 am
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- Support Black-Owned Businesses: 450+ Places to Start Onlineby @diversitynetwork on April 14, 2024 at 7:39 pm
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- Has the pendulum swung too far?by @diversitynetwork on March 15, 2024 at 9:21 am
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- “Neurodiversity should be celebrated in the workplace, not just tolerated”by @diversitynetwork on March 14, 2024 at 2:50 am
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- Work wellbeing breakthroughby @diversitynetwork on March 13, 2024 at 1:19 pm
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