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Sunday, May 27, 2007

If you hang around in HR for too long...

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This post is about a question that has been in my mind for the last few years. The issue is something like this: After your MBA in HR (espec...
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Monday, May 7, 2007

Of problems, paradoxes, koans and wisdom

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This post was triggered by a comment on one of my previous posts (see making problems disappear ). The comment also contained a request that...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Truths stretched too far - Part II : Let them learn all by themselves

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This is the second one in the series of blog posts that look at how some very valid research findings ('truths') tend to get misinte...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

HRM in partnership firms

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If we analyze the role of the HR function in a partnership firm (here we are talking about large multinational partnership firms) some inter...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Truths stretched too far - Part I : Blame it on the managers

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These days HR practices are supposed to be 'research based'. As HR professionals, when we recommend /implement a particular practice...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Strange case of 'wrong' HRIS reports

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As far as I know, there are only a few things that HR leaders (at the corporate level) across companies agree on. One of them seems to be th...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Goal setting and 'zero error'

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I came across this interesting situation in a Business Process Outsourcing ( BPO) company. The issue was with 'target setting' for ...
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Thursday, February 8, 2007

HR professionals and Multiple Personality Disorder

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Encyclopedia Britannica defines multiple personality disorder as follows: 'Dissociative identity disorder, formerly called multiple pe...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

At the receiving end of 'change management'

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If one looks at the job description of any 'strategic' HR position, it is highly likely that 'management of change' (or ...
Thursday, February 1, 2007

Of shibumi, areté and personal excellence

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I have been working on developing a 'Personal Excellence Model'. Though I have used the term 'model', this is more of a pers...
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Life at the intersection of theory and practice. Exploring the paradoxes and possibilities in Human Resources, Organization Development and Personal Effectiveness - using stories, myths and concepts from a wide range of fields
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