Workforce Issues in the Blogosphere
October 11th, 2007The main Data Dome web site still requires top priority, so here are a few of the more interesting posts on our kinds of topics. Enjoy!
After finding almost 40 headlines in 21 days that showcased matters relating to corporate fraud or incompetence (or both), Jim Kissane “wonders” if fraud and incompetence can be considered a skillset, even a corporate value.
Has greed overtaken “core values” as being more desirable for workers than working hard, protecting company assets and keeping the customer satisfied?
Workforce Developments has a helpful post on understanding the Department of Labor’s (DOL) monthly jobs report.
You can check out the White House spin, or you can read the business media to find out how Wall Street reacted. One good source of analysis is the monthly Jobs Byte from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Jay Shepherd at Gruntled Employees uses his classic wordplay to make an important point: More Ept managers are needed!
Universal truth: Inept managers lead to disgruntled employees, which in turn lead to diminishing profits. (And employee lawsuits, of course.)
Parallel universal truth: Ept managers lead to gruntled employees, which in turn lead to minishing profits. (And fewer lawsuits.)
Finally, Chief Happiness officer Alexander Kjerulf has office design eye-candy at “10 seeeeeriously cool workplaces.” (I’ve added this blog to the reads).
Many companies have buildings that are sleek, modern, architectural glass-steel-and-cement sculptures on the outside – and cubicle wastelands on the inside. These companies need to remember that most employees tend to work inside the building.
