The change management iceberg suggested by Wilfried Kruger emphasizes that manager mainly consider the hard issues for change i.e. cost, quality and time. These issues represent only the tip of iceberg i.e. only about 10% of the total issues. Most of the issues – soft issues – are below the surface. Change affects 4 types of people in the organization: […]
A change agent is a person from within the organization or brought in as an outside consultant who helps bring about organizational transformation through focus on organizational effectiveness, improvement, and […]
Central tendency is the inclination of managers to rate all their subordinates with an “average” score during performance appraisal. For instance, if the rating scale was from 1-7, the managers […]
Cell production is a form of team work where the entire process of production is split into small groups called cells. Each cell is responsible for a complete unit of […]
Casualization is basically defined as the change of the workplace, having predominantly temporary workers rather than the permanent workers. It is predominantly caused by the forces of supply & demand. […]
The case study is a method used as a part of, off-the-job managerial training and development. It includes a detailed written description of a stimulated or real life decision making […]
Definition: Cascade Communication Cascade communication means passing of messages or information from senior executives to junior executives to managers. Those managers then pass on this message to other employees directly […]
Definition: Career Plateau Career plateau is the point in time in a professional’s career, where the possibility of a vertical promotion is less. The position of the employee becomes stagnant […]
Career path refers to the growth of the employee in an organization. It refers to the various positions an employee moves to as he grows in an organization. The employee […]
Career mobility refers to the movement of employees across grades/ positions (both upward and downward) or a complete change in occupation Career mobility can be a result of both – […]
Career ladder refers to the vertical growth of the employee in an organization. It refers to the various positions an employee moves to as he grows in an organization. The […]
Business necessity is defined as a particular practice which is considered necessary for effective or efficient business operation and there exists an explicit purpose for applying a particular business practice […]
Bumping is a practice used by many companies to reserve talent pool during downsizing, wherein, a senior level employee, whose position has been selected for elimination, is offered the option of […]
Definition: Bulletin Board Bulletin Boards are the most basic means of communicating with employees and can be a hassle- free method of conveying the new policies and procedures to all […]
Definition: Broad Banding Broad banding is defined as a method for evaluation and construction of job grading structure or typical salary band of an organization that falls between by spot […]
Definition: Boundaryless Careers Boundaryless Careers are the careers which are meant to span across a set of different organizations, sectors, domains & not a single organization. The people following such […]