Complicated is actually not so complicated. In it, things are complicated, but predictable. In a clock mechanism, there are wheels within wheels and it takes an expert to be able to unravel that. However, all clock maker get to master it easily. This is so because despite the numerous connections, a person with knowledge can easily …
If there is one management insight I have learnt in my career of 30 years in several organisations, it is that most managers shy away from hard decisions regarding the weak links in the organisation. In this regard, I directly reproduce Colin Powell’s words – ‘Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which …
ORGANISATIONAL AND JOB PROFILING 1. General Work Environment An Example Pressure of Work Structured but somewhat relaxed setting where there is reasonable time to contemplate decisions. Homework necessary with reasonable intermixing of business and personal time. Volume of Work Deadlines Homework 2. Type of Work Accuracy Work requiring strong mathematical, statistical and computation …
Open ended questions – An open-ended question is one which requires more than a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. A One Step Probe is a question designed to collect a limited amount of basis information. These question usually begin with who, what when and where. A Two Step probe -Sometimes, to probe the information further …
Similarity Error Many interviewers are predisposed to react positively to candidates who are similar to themselves ( in outside interests, personal backgrounds, appearance) and react negatively to candidates very different from themselves Contrast Error Candidates should be compared to the standards that the organisation has established for the position, not to each other …
Introduction 1. Interviews are particularly useful for getting the story behind a participant’s experiences. The interviewer can pursue in-depth information around a topic. Interviews may be useful as follow-up to certain respondents to questionnaires, e.g., to further investigate their responses. Usually open-ended questions are asked during interviews. 2. Before you start to design your interview …
Of late, I’ve seen a lot of emphasis on the role of culture on nourishing creativity and innovation. Sure, what is there to disagree. My point is simply that while this is essential, it is still not the core. The core is the ‘How to’ of it. Just as the core of a glass of …
Learning to write good business English works on the same principles as leadership. Leadership is not measured through the leader – how tall, dark and handsome he/she is? Or, how erudite, how experienced, how successful, how full of guts etc. The only measure is – how well it got the followers to deliver better. The …
Trends have now become a prime tool for innovation through exploiting chaos. Here are two extremely powerful tools that anyone can use to make business sense from trends – Trend-bulletins and trenDNA cards. Both these tools are based on the trend-watching activity. Trendwatch is a systematic activity by trained spotter to scan the globe …
A high-ranking student in a military academy was assigned the thesis: “The influence of the evolution of military strategies on artillery development.” Six months later he asked for permission to change the thesis to: “The influence of artillery development on the evolution of military strategies.” His research had shown that the evolution of artillery had influenced military strategies, rather …