Some one has said that - A new country brings new opportunities, new challenges and also new difficulties.Working abroad in a foreign country can be quite challenging for some people especially where interaction with other people is part of the job profile. In such a situation, knowledge of the foreign language and an understanding of their culture can be helpful. Those of us who have had an experience of traveling abroad through work or for leisure have a better chance of adapting well in a … [Read more...]
How not to mess up with your performance appraisal?
Performance appraisals are increasingly viewed by many as total waste of time and having absolutely no impact on performance. In fact some are of view that they reduce the performance than increasing it. Why such a great principal of Human Resources have been targeted by many as useless? The blame should go to its implementation rather than concept itself. While implementing Human Resource Department, Appraiser's and employee do things which actually reduce the whole process to a mockery. And … [Read more...]
Performance appraisal and career strategy
Performance Appraisal Defination Assessment of employee contribution to the success and growth of an organization can be defined as the Performance Appraisal. Continuous assessment of employee performance helps organization to determine whether the performance of employee is aligned with the objective of the organization and this will ultimately help to measure the actual job performance vis-a-vis standard job performance. Performance Appraisal is an effective control technique and it requires … [Read more...]
Work from Home: Need of Employer or Need of Employee
Rita* was surprised when her manager (of a large 5000+ employee IT & BPO company) has summoned her and have asked her to start working from home. Working as a project manager with leading multinational, and a mother to a small baby of six months, Rita was always looking for such opportunity. However she was afraid that asking her company work from home might result in slow career progression within the company. Rita's manager has informed her about new mandate by management where a certain … [Read more...]