There are four generally recognized phases to the lifecycle of a business or industry. • Introduction This is the beginning of the organization. It’s the entrepreneurial phase where everything is new. Policies and systems are being created as they are…
Industry analysis is a tool that facilitates a company’s understanding of its position relative to other companies that produce similar products or services. Understanding the forces at work in the overall industry is an important component of effective strategic planning.…
Orientation and onboarding are two activities that will set the tone for the balance of an employee’s line on the job with this employer. It is a common belief that the first 90 days of a worker’s experience on a…
Special Considerations: Reasonable Accommodation. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) “A reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way things are usually done that enables an individual with…
Employment Offer An employment offer should include a start date, wage, or salary (in weekly or monthly amount62), benefits, job title, work location, name of supervisor, restatement that the offer is made under an “employment at will” understanding, and any…
This is SHRM’s definition: “Talent Acquisition encompasses the activities involved in building and maintaining a workforce that meets the needs of the organization.” Talent acquisition involves all the HR strategies and processes that are involved in attracting, recruiting, and selecting…
Each employer organization has pressures from both internal and external sources. Those pressures impact the competitiveness the organization will be able to apply to the world in which it operates. Porter first published his suggestion that these five forces are…
Here is SHRM’s BoCK definition: “HR Strategic Planning involves the activities necessary for developing, implementing, and managing the strategic direction required to achieve organizational success and to create value for stakeholders.” All career levels of HR are expected to support…
During the Civil War, people were selling defective food and arms to the Union military. This law, sometimes referred to as the Lincoln Law, prohibits such dishonest transactions. It prohibits making and using false records to get those claims paid.…
SMART goal setting stands for the following: • Specific Know exactly what you want to accomplish. Goals must be well-defined. They must be clear and unambiguous. • Measurable Have a yardstick to measure the specific intention. • Attainable Make the…