3ruce’s Blog

• systematicHR – Human Resources Strategy and Technology » Quantifying Competency’s Effect on Productivity
  What HR needs to do is prove the effect our programs have on the bottom line. Our talent programs are in their infancy, and we haven’t built them with the understanding of everything we’ll want out of them in ten year’s time. Many of us think we’v
  (tags: talent-management resources hr roi value metrics)
• Cognitive Edge: To fall, intelligently ….
  You would have thought that it was bad enough that anyone would give credibility to intelligent design. However the folly of tolerating this sort of idiocy it that stupidity breeds stupidity. I quote:
  (tags: religion bible perceptions problems)
• Towards a Dialectic Perspective on Formalization in Interorganizational Relationships: How Alliance Managers Capitalize on the Duality Inherent in Contracts, Rules and Procedures — Vlaar et al. 28 (4): 437 — Organization Studies
  Our framework is illustrated by a case study of an alliance between a major European financial services firm and one of the world’s leading retailers. The alliance managers in this particular relationship attempted to reduce or capitalize on the tensions
  (tags: organisational_design organisations relationships communication social-networking sna)
• CYBAEA.NET :: The Secret Impact of Social Norms
  But it is stronger than that. The 22% who received the cheque but didn’t complete the questionnaire? They didn’t cash the cheque. Our social norms are so strong that we find it almost impossible to complete an uneven exchange.
  (tags: persuasion negotiation influence relationships psychology society sociology social principles)

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