The popularity of coaching increased over recent years due to the features of modern organizations (i.e. flatter organizational structures), where employees have to adapt and quickly develop in terms of skills and responsibilities.
Performance management, and especially performance management at individual level is a hot topic, debated by HR professionals, managers, employees, academics, researchers and practitioners alike. In the past almost 50 years, ever since it started being formally implemented, both the process itself and the name used to describe it have gone through numerous changes. So what is in store for performance management?
In the workplace, the concept of equity refers to comparisons employees make between themselves, their co-workers, and also people from other firms, in terms of inputs and outcomes.
The concept of organizational culture is believed to be one of the most discussed topics when studying organizational performance. By calibrating an organization’s culture to the values and general principles encountered among its employees, a company can set the context needed for employees to perform and thus, to obtain the expected results.
When it comes to hiring a new member in the customer service team, companies sometimes find themselves in the position of choosing between persons with great experience and technical skills and persons with less experience, but with a natural sense of empathy and care towards customers.