The Receptiveness Hypothesis is applicable at a number of levels. For example, it applies to organizations in general, and the ability of the organization to respond to the needs of customers, staff and other stakeholders (e.g. politicians, etc). It applies to non-supervisory staff, and their ability to respond to the needs of their managers, customers [...]
Companies often make the mistake of thinking the best programmer will be the best manager of programmers. This is rarely the case, as programming and managing are different skills.
The problem is, as you know, that it’s super obvious that the best programmer is the best. Your “soft” skills are less quantifiable. You do [...]
KBR (Kellogg, Brown and Root) is a Texas-based global corporation. It employs over 57,000 people worldwide and is a leading engineering, construction and services company. It supports the energy, hydrocarbon, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. KBR’s business is based on project management activities.
The core values of the business are a central part of the [...]
The Forestry Commission is a government department, making it a public sector organisation. Its mission is ‘to protect and expand Britain’s forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment’. It is Britain’s largest land manager and is responsible for some of the UK’s most spectacular landscapes. Over the last 20 years [...]
Executives have a unique opportunity to boost the motivation and productivity of their top talent without spending lots of money, with today’s stale job market limiting employees’ mobility. But the fact is that when it comes to managing their emerging leaders or high potentials, many companies are missing the mark, reports Roland Smith of The [...]
Few areas within management control have gained as much attention as incentives and reward systems. However, in the current media discourse, the focus has been on bonuses for management. In the competitive business environment of today, companies need to enter new markets, win new customers, and continuously improve their retention of current customers, in order [...]
There is evidence that compensation levels are linked to firm performance as well as monitoring, in other words, the composition of the board influence compensation.
The Industry firms might pay the CEO for performance. Also, stock ownership influence compensation levels; when the five largest shareholders increase their holdings, CEO compensation levels decrease. We interpret this finding [...]
Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan founded New Belgium Brewing in 1991. The company, which brews and distributes Fat Tire Amber Ale and five other beers in the western United States, now has over 280 employees. Early on, the company created a broad-based phantom stock program with a twist: all employees are eligible for phantom stock, [...]
Downsizing…Right-sizing, lay-offs or workforce adjustment, whatever the current “correct” terminology, the fact remains that it is the most difficult thing that managers will deal with in their careers.
There are two (only two?!) issues regarding downsizing. First, the period of downsizing brings with it incredible anxiety for everyone. Both managers and employees have to [...]
Workplace is often said to full of professional challenges but it the situation becomes even tougher when we encounter an independent minded person. These personalities seem to march to his own drum, always slightly out of step with the rest of the group. They tend to be independent, and never quite fits in with any [...]