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Digital Grapevine Communication: Does it really matters?

 

No longer confined to areas of entertainment and fun activity, social media and social software have become an integral part of the every individual. According to a survey conducted by a global public relations firm, most of the global firms are allowing social media. Twitter has become the choice of all the global leaders as their accounts growing from 5,076 in 2011 to 14,709 in 2012. With more and more use of social media, the “Digital Grapevine” is an important medium for communicating among employees in most of the organizations.

Organizations today are using new digital technologies to keep pace with growing competition in the marketplace. Powerful devices such as mobile, analytics, social media, cloud, and cyber intelligence can potentially impact every element of the organization, leading to new opportunities. But these emerging technologies and platforms can also introduce significant repellent forces into the business. The emergence of these forces reflects a new basis for competition, is changing the environment in which we both live and work, and has become the core of the “Digital Enterprise.” Therefore, it is important to understand the risks of integration as constantly changing digital technologies become the essential of today’s modern world.

As the uses of social media are increasing at an enormous speed after being promoted by management itself, its effects are also clearly visible now. With the rise in usage of social media, the grapevine is now more powerful and faster and with greater reach. Using Twitter and Facebook, among others, employees often discuss ostensibly taboo subjects with much wider audiences than just co-workers.

Is it becoming difficult for management to control such communication? As reported by many agencies, it is advised that many employer-sanctioned restrictions are illegal. It is argued that employees have a right to discuss work conditions freely and without fear of losing their jobs at the time of appraisal, whether the discussion involves workplace or any of the social media.

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Ergonomics and Productivity...!!!

Ergonomics and Productivity

Dear Readers,

Today I want to discuss another topic i.e. ERGONOMICS. The International Ergonomics Association defines ergonomics or human factors as follows:

Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.

Now what is the relation of Ergonomics in management or HR Department?

Ergonomics can also reduce the potential for ill health at work, such as aches, pains and damage to the wrists, shoulders and back, noise-induced hearing loss and work-related asthma. Consider the layout of controls and equipment – they should be positioned in relation to how they are used. Place those used most often where they are easy to reach without the need to stoop, stretch or hunch. Making sure protective measures such as extraction hoods or respirators are easy and comfortable to use means they are more likely to be effective at reducing exposure to hazardous substances. If you don’t follow ergonomics principles, there may be serious consequences for people and whole organizations. Many well-known accidents might have been prevented if ergonomics and human factors had been considered in designing people’s jobs and the systems they worked in.

Applying ergonomics to the workplace can:

1. Reduce the potential for accidents;
2. Reduce the potential for injury and ill health.
3. Improve performance and productivity.

According to my favorite Wikipedia, Ergonomics is employed to fulfill the goals of health and safety and productivity. It is relevant in the design of such things as safe furniture and easy-to-use interfaces to machines and equipment. Proper ergonomic design is necessary to prevent repetitive strain injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders, which can develop over time and can lead to long-term disability.

So it can be concluded that Ergonomics is about making things more efficient. By increasing the efficiency of a tool or a task, you tend to shorten the length of time it takes to accomplish your goal.

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80/20 Rule- Pareto Principle...!!!

80/20 Rule- Pareto Principle

What It Means To Us: The 80/20 Rule means that in any set of things (workers, customers, etc.) a few (20 percent) are vital and many (80 percent) are considered trivial. In Pareto's case, he found that roughly 20 percent of the people in his country dominated with 80 percent of the wealth. In Juran's initial work, he identified 20 percent of product defects causing 80 percent of product problems.  It’s well known by Project Managers that 20 percent of work (usually the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent) consume 80 percent of the time and resources. You can apply the 80/20 Rule to almost anything, from the science of management to the sciences of the physical world around us.

You know 20 percent of your inventory on hand occupies 80 percent of your warehouse space. Similarly, 80 percent of your inventory line items come from 20 percent of your vendors.  At the same time, it’s likely that 80 percent of your revenues will be the result of sales made by 20 percent of your sales staff.  And 20 percent of your workers will cause 80 percent of your problems, while another 20 percent of your personnel will deliver 80 percent of your entire production. The formula appears to work in both directions. 

How Pareto’s Principle Can Help Us: The value of the Pareto Principle in management is in reminding us to stay focused on the “20 percent that matters”. Of all the tasks performed throughout the day, one could say (based on Pareto’s Principle) that only 20 percent really matter.  Those tasks in the 20 percent very likely will produce 80 percent of our results.  Thus, it’s critical that we identify and focus on those things.  When the fire drills surrounding the “crisis of the day” begin to eat up precious time, remind yourself of the critical 20 percent you need to focus on.  If anything in the list of activities and action items has to fall by the wayside – left undone – be sure it isn’t listed in that critical 20 percent. 

Why It’s Important to Be Careful: Its supporters claim that since 20 percent of your employees likely produce 80 percent of your results you should focus your limited time in management of only that 20 percent – the so-called superstars.  However, this proposed implementation of Pareto’s Principle to management is flawed; because it overlooks the fact that 80 percent of your time should be spent doing what is really important, or most likely to deliver the greatest return.  By helping your “good” salespeople become better; you are more likely to reap greater results than by dedicating the same management effort to helping the fewer “great” salespeople become terrific. In this case, the sheer numbers work against you spending time only helping manage and improve the few great workers.  Thus, it’s wise to evaluate various management situations and apply the Pareto Principle appropriately – and wisely. 

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Emotional Intelligence at workplace…!!!

 Emotional Intelligence at workplace…!!!

Dear Readers

Today we will talk something about Emotional Intelligence and its applicability at workplace specially in HR department.

According to wiki, Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. Typically, "emotional intelligence" is considered to involve emotional empathy; attention to, and discrimination of one's emotions; accurate recognition of one's own and others' moods; mood management or control over emotions; response with appropriate (adaptive) emotions and behaviors in various life situations (especially to stress and difficult situations); and balancing of honest expression of emotions against courtesy, consideration, and respect (i.e., possession of good social skills and communication skills).

After letting you the meaning of emotional Intelligence, now it’s time to look the use of emotional intelligence in management, especially HR department.

Emotional intelligence is applicable to every human interaction in business: from staff motivation to customer service, from brainstorming to company presentations. But the subject is far deeper and wider than these examples, and emotional intelligence must be able to understand and deal with:

• how we assess people
• how relationships develop
• how our beliefs generate our experience
• As well as resistance, power struggles, judgment, competition, vision, leadership, success, and much more.

It is very important to know or have emotional intelligence for:

Physical Health – The ability to take care of our bodies and especially to manage our stress, which has an incredible impact on our overall wellness, is heavily tied to our emotional intelligence.

Mental Well-Being – Emotional intelligence affects our attitude and outlook on life. It can also help to alleviate anxiety and avoid depression and mood swings.

Relationships – By better understanding and managing our emotions, we are better able to communicate our feelings in a more constructive way.

Conflict Resolution – When we can discern people’s emotions and empathize with their perspective, it’s much easier to resolve conflicts or possibly avoid them before they start.

Success – Higher emotional intelligence helps us to be stronger internal motivators, which can reduce procrastination, increase self-confidence, and improve our ability to focus on a goal.

Leadership – The ability to understand what motivates others, relate in a positive manner, and to build stronger bonds with others in the workplace inevitably makes those with higher emotional intelligence better leaders.

Emotional intelligence is still not completely understood, but what we do know is that emotions play a very critical role in the overall quality of our personal and professional lives, more critical even than our actual measure of brain intelligence. While tools and technology can help us to learn and master information, nothing can replace our ability to learn, manage, and master our emotions and the emotions of those around us.

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