Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'HR Management'

101 Links about HR

February 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogging, HR Management · 995 views

Today I received an email directing me to a new list called “The HR Bible: 100 Articles Every Human Resources Pro Should Read“. Given at one point had grand plans of building a one stop shop of this information, I had to look.
An initial scan over the titles provided we with a sense of excitement, [...]

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Employee engagement

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments · HR Management, Management · 2,021 views

Found a great video (for some reason I can’t embed it in my blog) via Employee Engagement: Results That Matter put together by McDaniel Partners detailing some very interesting insights and statistics around employee engagement, well worth the 4 minute watch.
(Hat tip: HR 101).
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Top companies to work for

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments · HR Management, Management · 2,146 views

Just a quick follow up post, on my higher ESAT = profitable companies post last week.  The 2008 Fortune Top 100 Places to Work for in America has been released, and the winners are:-
1. Google
2. Quicken Loans
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Edward Jones
5. Genentech
6. Cisco Systems
7. Starbucks
8. Qualcomm
9. Goldman Sachs
10. Methodist Hospital Syste
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Satisfaction does equal higher returns

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments · HR Management, Productivity, Work Life Balance · 1,464 views

A fairly common statement heard these days in organisations is “high employee satisfaction translates to higher earnings”. Gautam Gosh pointed me to a recent paper by Alex Edmans, a Finance Professor at Wharton which compares;
stock returns of companies with high employee satisfaction and compares them to various benchmarks — the broader market, peer firms in [...]

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Top 25 HR blogs

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, HR Management · 2,112 views

There must be something in the water cause here is a list of the Top 25 HR blogs, there is some cross over with the Top 100 list from yesterday, and a couple of new ones which were noticeably absent from the first list, eg The Human Capitalist by Jason Corsello.
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