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Most of us pretty much accept our company's culture as a given, and if it's not what we want we just hope for new, more supportive leadership. But what if [...]

Out-of-control conduct by clinicians is so rampant in hospitals that discouraging disruptive behavior is again on the list of the Joint Commission's potential goals for 2008. But beyond that, bad [...]

The Work Zone at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London, England, will show the public the workplace of the future as envisaged by the sponsor of the zone, national recruitment company Manpower. Manpower's director of millennium projects Tony Hoskins explains that work is changing in a way that means greater flexibility and therefore more choices. He adds that teamworking will be one of the most important skills needed which is why the Work Zone features a giant table football game. However the zone lacks features showing how employers' traditional responsibilities have changed.

Meeting Objective This month we will look at repetitive motion injuries, how they affect the work environment and ways to prevent them. Icebreaker (Sample Speech) Repetitive motion injuries such as [...]

As Joan Lloyd points out in the Management Corner, divas, prima donnas, high performers or whatever you want to call them can be one of the greatest managerial challenges that [...]

A report into future employment patterns in the UK commissioned by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) forecasts that traditional, full-time jobs will be the stuff of folklore by 2020. The report's author, Valerie Bayliss, declares that uncertainty is the only certainty in the future of work. The report paints a picture of a Britain in which most people will work but few will have a job. Information technology will create and break whole segments of business while allowing skilled workers to become globally mobile. The gap between work-rich and work-poor households could widen further.

When invited to 'please take our survey,' most people take a pass. But not the teachers at Broad Creek Middle School in Newport, North Carolina. They eagerly participated in the [...]

* In these highly turbulent times, with news of terrorist activities monopolizing the airwaves, corporate leaders should remember that HR continues to be their most valuable resource, says Joyce L. [...]

ONLY 12 YEARS TO THE YEAR 2000 -- PREPARE FOR CHANGE LANSING, Mich., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The 21st century is only 12 years away and Workplace 2000 will bring [...]