Competencies, Classification of Competencies, Measurement Methods

Competencies comprise the knowledge, skills, values and attributes demonstrated through behaviour that results in competent and superior performance. Competency describes what superior performers actually do on a job that produces superior results. Armed with this information, selection, retention, training, succession planning and performance management systems can be integrated and designed to attract, develop and retain …

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Recruitment and Selection Practices

Better recruitment and selection strategies result in improved organizational outcomes. The more effectively organizations recruit and select candidates, the more likely they are to hire and retain satisfied employees. The objectives of this study were to: * Identify general practices that organizations use to recruit and select employees. * Determine which recruitment and selection practices …

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Recruitment Process, Recruitment Steps

The recruitment and selection is the major function of the human resource department and recruitment process is the first step towards creating the competitive strength and the strategic advantage for the organisations. The recruitment process is immediately followed by the selection process i.e. the final interviews and the decision making, conveying the decision and the …

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Recruitment Process

Recruitment refers to the process of sourcing, screening, and selecting people for a job or vacancy within an organization. Though individuals can undertake individual components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations generally retain professional recruiters. Contents 1 The recruitment industry 1.1 Traditional recruitment agency 1.2 Online recruitment websites 1.3 Headhunters 1.4 In-house recruitment …

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Employee Selection and Recruiting

In today’s business environment, every company must compete for the best employees. How well you recruit, interview, hire and orient new employees will have a tremendous impact on the success, effectiveness and productivity of your organization. Having a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) on your team can make the process much easier and more effective. The …

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Better Living Through Culture

Corporate culture is moving into the limelight and proving to be an untapped asset for employees and businesses alike. It’s a concept that top executives must really “get” to survive. Research makes it clear that even during an economic downturn, companies with strong and adaptive cultures perform significantly better financially than those with weak or …

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Can Multinational Groups be Effective? The Influence of Leadership and Corporate Culture

In this paper a model focusing on how to build an effective multinational group (MNGs) is presented. The interrelated roles of national cultures, corporate culture and leadership on acculturation processes are highlighted. Because national cultures are very ‘sticky’ and have a strong influence on behaviour of people, highly effective MNGs are hard to compose. And …

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Cooperation, Corporate Culture and Incentive Intensity

We develop a theory of the firm in which the willingness of workers to cooperate with each other plays a central role. What motivates “organizational” man? For economists the answer is individual self-interest and the system of incentives that comprise the internal organization of the firm. In contrast, researchers in organizational behavior take a much …

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