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The Changing Face of Human Resource Management
By Rudy Karsan – CEO, Kenexa
The role of human resources (HR) management has changed significantly in the modern business context. What was better known as Industrial Relations/Personnel a few decades ago began to be called HR, and is today becoming better known as Human Capital Management (HCM). This, however, is not merely a change in euphemism for the department that manages employee-related issues—it is representative of a significant metamorphosis, or evolution, of the HR function into an entity that is increasingly being considered a strategic part of organizational development and success.
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Performance Management as a Business Process
By Bryan Hayes, Ph.D. and Dave Bracken, Ph.D. – Senior Consultants, Kenexa
When treated as a business process a performance management system can transform the organization’s culture, creating and sustaining a high performing, innovative workplace. The most effective organizations view performance management as a full business process that effectively integrates science, tools, and processes.
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Kenexa Creativity Series
Selecting for Creativity
By Anne Herman, M.A. – Research Consultant, Kenexa
In the 2nd of a series of articles exploring creativity in organizations, Anne Herman explains the parameters that could be used to select for creativity.
If we think of creativity as the ability to come up with novel, yet valuable, ideas and solutions to organizational needs and problems, then we can come to some conclusions about selecting for creativity…
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Worth Reading
The Power of Ordinary Practices
By Michael Roberts
Seemingly mundane things that managers do can have great impact on their workers, says Professor Teresa Amabile. In this conversation with Professor Mike Roberts, she updates her ongoing research on creativity in the workplace by investigating how people's intense inner work lives affect their productivity—and how managers can encourage production..
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On Friday, 9/22/06, Marsha Dreesen was presented with the Nebraska HR Professional of the Year award at the 2006 Nebraska State HR Conference. Marsha was nominated and elected by her peers and was presented the award in front of over 500 HR colleagues.
Marsha currently serves an HR Director for the HCM Division and is based in the Lincoln, NE office.
Congratulations Marsha!!!
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