Any organisation to succeed has to work within a set parameters of ethic, values, norms, laws and regulations and any non compliance of these factors must be based on zero tolerance. These are a few non negotiable organisations need to put in place and run the business efficiently. Any organisation to run effectively needs transparency in all its dealings and transactions and this in turn brings a confidence in the investors, the management, and the employees and creates a healthy business environment. A code of conduct for acceptable behaviour is to be well articulated and well communicated and the integrity of the management  [...]

Business is poetic; these words sound strange and weird but stand true. Organisational theory has proved time and again that poets who hold managerial posts are innovative and deep thinkers, and they have the ability to look at the most disturbing and complex situations and environments in such a manner, that the gravity of the given situation reduces and creative ideas float around to handle the problem. The shining examples of this theory are- T. S. Elliot, the great poet, was a banker with the Lloyds Bank, James Dickey created the sizzling advertisements for coca cola and lays chips and Archibald Macleish, the modernist  [...]

With the new year now around the corner, many business owners will be mulling over what to do with their sales compensation plans. This is something to think long and hard over since it can be such a critical business decision. The best sales compensation plans are a strong motivator to your sales force and it will help you draw the best salesmen, who in turn will get you the best business which in turn means that your bottom line will be the best that it can be. But coming up with the right sales compensation plans are never easy. It is a specialized skill and if you have the right level of expertise, go for it. If you don't,  [...]

Human resource is the most powerful resource of any organization today especially with increasing pressure and the need to get the work done faster. Different organizations might have different means to get work and also having different processes of job assessment, given below are some of the most common methods of jobs evaluation: The Grading system The grading system ensures that each job is graded properly from the simple rank order starting from the highest to the lowest one. The committee that comprises of management and also the employee representatives decides this. The committee first compares the 2 jobs to  [...]

“Be yourself”, probably these were the words you had been telling yourself for all these years and nearly tried to make everything possible by being confident on the tasks you had taken up. There had been number of times in my personal experiences, that speaking these two words to yourself, does gives you a mental boost to your brains to achieve your goals and be positive about the outcomes. There is always some sort of fear craving in everyone’s mind when they take up unusual or uncommon things at work but the best you could do is being yourself and getting aware about your strengths and weaknesses. When you know your  [...]