Organizational Health – Concept, Dimensions, and Characteristics

Management Concepts

Organizational Health Approach – Building a Strong Workplace

Modern Management Concepts

Participative Management – Workers Participation in Management

Human Resource Management

Case Study on Entrepreneurship: Larry Page

Business Analysis

The Boundaryless Career: Modern Contemperory Perspective on Career

Human Resource Management

7 Things to Consider When Choosing a Location for Your Business

One of the most important things before starting business is to choose the best place the business is to be started because in the first step or question before starting a new business is ‘Where to start the business’ because the finance is required when the plan of the business got final. Following are the tips and factors which needs to be satisfied by the person going to start a new business and is in the process of choosing the best location: 1. Nature of the Business Before choosing a location for a new business the owner has to understand the nature of the business and then he should choose the area that whether the community of the vicinity is of need of the products which are the product line of the business and whether any other such business is started in such locality and if so then evaluate the Continue reading

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Hundis – Meaning and Types

A Hundi is a negotiable instrument written in an oriental (vernacular) language.  The term ‘Hundi’ includes all indigenous negotiable instruments whether they are in the form of notes or bills. But they are mostly of the nature of bills of exchange. They are virtually inland bills of exchange and recognized by custom and law in India. The term comes from the Sanskrit word Hund which means to collect. It means that Hundis were used as means of collection of debts. Hundis are very popular among the Indian merchants and indigenous bankers from ancient times. The Negotiable Instruments act does not apply to Hundis. Hundis are governed by the custom and usages of the locality in which they are intended to be used. In case there is no customary rule known as to a certain point, the court can apply the rules of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It is also open Continue reading

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Type of Tests Taken in the Selection Process

Job seekers who pass the screening and the preliminary interview are called for tests. Different types of tests may be administered, depending on the job and the company. Generally, tests are used in the employee selection process to determine the applicant’s ability, aptitude and personality. The following are the type of tests taken in the employee selection process: 1). Ability tests: Assist in determining how well an individual can perform tasks related to the job. An excellent illustration of this is the typing tests given to a prospective employer for secretarial job. Also called as ‘ACHEIVEMENT TESTS’. It is concerned with what one has accomplished. When applicant claims to know something, an achievement test is taken to measure how well they know it. Trade tests are the most common type of achievement test given. Questions have been prepared and tested for such trades as asbestos worker, punch-press operators, electricians and Continue reading

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Organizational Development Through Management by Objectives (MBO)

Management by Objectives (MBO)  program begins with the top management providing clear statement of organizational purpose or mission so that individual member can align their goals with critical organizational objectives. This statement can then serve as a guide for developing long range goals and strategic planning.   Departmental and individual goals can then be derived from organizational   goals. Organizational Development  through  MBO approach generally involve the following stages: Formulating Long Range Goals: Guided by the organization’s mission statement, senior management defines critical long term objectives and determine how available resources will be used to accomplish these goals. This process then leads to strategic planning activities which describe how the organization will cope with its changing environment. Developing Specific Objectives: In this step, broad organizational objectives are translated into specific measurable outcomes with clearly stated  time-frames   Although organizational objectives may include areas such as profitability, market share, and quality, Continue reading

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What is Big Data Visualization?

By 2025, it is predicted that the value of data will increase by 10-fold. Virtually, every branch of industry or business will generate vast amount of data. Thus, the world will experience an aggressive growth and data could be a missed opportunity when not being utilized. And to make matter worse, the rate of collecting and storing data is faster than the ability to use them as a tangible decision-making. With the help of ever-growing technology, visionaries are creating visualization methods to help turning raw data with no value to an informative data. Big data has served a purpose for organizations to optimize their businesses. With an abundant amount of data that organization generate every day, the ability to turn the data into a decision, effectively and efficiently is crucial. Thus, the knowledge of analytics and visualization would come hand-in-hand to tackle the problem in big data. Hence, a new Continue reading

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Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Value stream mapping is a framework that could be used by the line-managers to identify the types of wastages in a value chain. The goal of value stream mapping is to identify, demonstrate and decrease the waste. Value stream mapping identifies the non value adding activities in a process and eliminates wastage due to non-value adding activities. It focuses on visual maps the flow of materials and information from the time products come in the back door as a raw material through all manufacturing raw materials. In this frame work, the line-manager could be able to track the process flow and value addition to the product in every activity. Whenever a non value adding activity is identified then it is called as waste. 1. Value stream mapping to identify the type of wastage Value-adding steps are drawn across the center of the map and the non-value-adding steps be represented in Continue reading

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