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Apple Versus Samsung
Read more: Apple Versus SamsungOne of my favorite Star Trek scenes is from Star Trek 4, where Scottie tries talking to the computer. In this classic scene, one of the basic Star Trek futurisms is on display as he tries to get the computer to respond to him verbally. Who actually knew that IBM was going to come…
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HRO: Profits, or Business Model?
Jason asks if we can just get past the HRO profit (loss) thing. I think he’s right. What’s important in the equation is not if the HRO’s are making money or not (and chances are that none of them are), but how the financials are affecting the shaping of their businesses. Instead of focusing on…
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Jeitosa’s Top 5 for 2007
I was adamant this year about not putting out a list, so instead I’ll borrow from someone else. Jeitosa is an interesting organization built with industry experts with strong ties to organizations such as ADP and Workday. In fact, the Jeitosa President and CEO Karen Beaman was listed as the Workday HCM strategist (something like…
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BEST OF 2006
This is the list of 2006 articles that was most read. Thanks for your readership and I look forward to another year. 1. Sleepless Nights in HR parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 2. The Wrong HR Silos 3. HR Function Commoditization – The Future of HR 4. Hewitt’s Lessons Learned 5. PS vs…
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Work
Work, we know, is both a burden and a need, both a curse and a blessing… Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself or herself, measures his worth, and his humanity. ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page 189))…
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Converting Strategic Plans to Action
The distinction that marks a plan capable of producing results is the commitment of key people to work on specific tasks. Unless such commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plan. ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page81)) I’ve defined (time and time again) HR strategy as “shaping the…
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Shrinking of the Younger Population
In the developed countries, the dominant factor in the next society will be something to which most people are only just beginning to pay attention: the rapid growth of the older population and the rapid shrinking of the younger generation… Determine whether your organization is betting on young people, older people or immigrants. ((Drucker, Peter…
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How to Develop People
Any organization develops people; it has no choice. It either helps them grow or it stunts them… In developing people the lesson is to focus on strengths. Then make really stringent demands, and take the time and trouble (it’s hard work) to review performance. ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page 275)) Do…
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Performance Appraisals
Appraisals – and the philosophy behind them – are far too much concerned with “potential.” ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page 274)) Instead of focusing on the future, Drucker says to focus on the prior positions and the employee’s performance against goals. Then, rather than defining how to progress within the organization,…
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5 Things About Double Dubs
Michael Specht tagged me. I don’t usually do this stuff, but perhaps it is useful to let you know just a little bit about myself. It’s going into the middle of “15 days of Drucker” as my last post of the year. As an anonymous blogger, I’m having a hard time with this one, but…
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Management as a Human Endeavor
The modern enterprise is a human and social organization. Management as a discipline and as a practice deals with human and social values. To be sure, the organization exists for an end beyond itself… But only when management succeeds in making the human resources of the organization productive is it able to attain the desired…