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May 24, 2012

Richard Bird and 4 other people answered this question

What does "organizational behavior" mean to you?

What does "organizational behavior" mean to me?
Organizational behavior is the collection of individual behavior in an organization. This "collective" behavior is influenced by several factors including leadership, values, structure, and several environmental factors such as geographic location, local customs, etc.
How do you shape ... more

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Feb. 6, 2012

vee srinivas and 7 other people answered this question

Does it make sense to implement ERP if your business isn't planning to restructure its operations?

If you want to enter into an ERP system, you will necessarily have to follow the process path as dictated by the ERP. It is not possible, not to restructure and simultaneously enter into an ERP. more

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Aug. 7, 2011

vee srinivas and 3 other people answered this question

Why are employees scared of change?

Not the employees. The Management. Management is cozy with the currently working system and is aware of all the loopholes let us say. The results of any query in the old system were predictable:-only thing lacking was the detail. In a new system the results ... more

July 19, 2011

Steve Christensen answered this question

What parts of your ERP system will change in response to organizational changes?

Cost centers and HR information have the flexibility to respond to organizational changes...everything else...not so much. Change is constant, pervasive and permanent. ERP's weren't built to change. Admittedly they have gotten slightly better over the past 20 years but they are still massive, complex, tightly ... more

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June 30, 2011

Tim Rutledge and 2 other people answered this question

What does the future of HR look like? Does it have one?

HR definitely has a future; it just needs to barge into it.
Over the years organizations have tended to graft activities that affect employees, or seem to, onto HR, and call them HR policies. In truth, there is no such thing as an HR policy; there ... more

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June 29, 2011

Daniel Bloom and 2 other people answered this question

What does HR do? Is that different from what they’re supposed to do?

Caty,
Despite Alan's view that HR needs to remain inside this little confined silo that HR seems to have found themselves in, that view of the HR function is out of touch with the reality of the workplace. As David Ulrich so explicitly states it is ... more

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June 29, 2011

Kimberly Roden and 1 other person answered this question

What are the common misperceptions other departments have about HR and why?

Very true Alicia! That's how managers will evolve into better managers allowing employees to be engaged and develop as well.
At the same time, the folks who complain about HR also need to understand that HR doesn't run the company -- the CEO does! HR ... more

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