December 4, 2012
December 4, 2012
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Rumors can be true, or based in fact or be completely fictitious. In any case, the more these stories are repeated, the more powerful they become. Some rumors linger on for years and become ghost stories. Ghost stories, repeated over time are conveyed as if they are current. These stories can cause a great deal of harm to the individuals in starring roles, as well as the organization. Ghost stories can shape your work environment even after the main characters leave the company. Repetition of the story hard wires our thinking about the person and the company that permitted the […]
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October 24, 2012
October 24, 2012
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Social psychologists and business theorists have used the concept of culture to analyze organizations since the 1940s. In 1982, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman brought the concept into the spotlight with In Search of Excellence. The concept of corporate culture is now widely recognized. Google corporate culture and a quarter of a billion hits describe the concept, use of understanding and methods to change culture. Two distinct views of culture emerged in the 1980s; adaptationist and ideational. Peters and Waterman, among others are proponents of the adaptationist view, defining culture by customs, ceremonies and patterns which can be observed by […]
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September 27, 2012
September 27, 2012
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People continue fill each day to its maximum. As the world appears to get smaller and move faster, lack of time to relax, think and plan may lead to poor choices, anxiety and incivility. There is a myth that the Indians didn’t see Columbus’ ships because they couldn’t relate to such a large object on the water. It’s believed the myth is based on Captain Cook traveling to Australia. The aborigines didn’t acknowledge the ship until men approached the shore by canoe. Was it that the aborigines couldn’t see the big ship? Social scientists exploring this phenomenon of perceptual blindness […]
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August 30, 2012
August 30, 2012
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One of today’s most significant employment trends is older workers who are staying employed and planning to remain employed. People have been extending their work years since the early 1990’s. Workers 55 and older made up 12.9% of the workforce in 2000. According to the Department of Labor, that group will be 20% of our workforce by 2015. A 2010 survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute showed workers 50 and older who planned to retire at or before 62 declined to 7.4%. Health care expense is the single cost factor that keeps people from retiring. The economic downturn […]
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