Transformational leaders are those who continually strive towards improving their leadership qualities and also stimulate their followers to exhibit outstanding performance (Bass, 1985). Narayanamurthy, the founder of Infosys, is one such example. Read more »
Importance of transformational leaders in an organization
Definition of Strategic Human resource Management
Strategic Human resource management is an approach that refers how the aims of the organization will be acquired through people by means of human resource strategies and combined human resource practices and policies. Strategic Human resource management is also based with viewing the people of the organization as a strategic element for the acquirement of competitive benefit (Huslid, 2003).
Need for control in organizations
Management is defined as the art of getting things done by others (Dale, 1969). Efficient management involves five major functions namely planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling (Miner, 2007). Of all the five functions, management intends purely in controlling the activities and operations of an organization. Control is nothing but the action of taking corrective actions when there are deviations between the expected and actual results of a process.
What is Individual conflict?
Within any organization, there are three major conflicts caused by individuals as suggested by Druckman (1993). They are:
- Interest conflict- regarding preferred outcomes a discrepancy between individuals occur
- Understanding conflict- disagreements of interpersonal conflict about the good way to gain shared goal, and
- Ideology conflict- disputants’ differences in the values.
Introduction to conflict
According to French (1998) Conflict is unavoidable among human beings. Conflict is a natural consequence of the human beings interaction that begins when more than one social entity (i.e., individual organizations, nations and groups) joins in contact with one another in achieving their objectives. Read more »
Challenges of online recruitment from a job seekers’ perspective
Online recruitment is not meant for everyone and it is not a solution for all hiring needs. It is always important to keep in mind how an online environment affects the applicant pool (Boone and Kurtz, 2010). Read more »
Challenges of online recruitment from an employers’ perspective
An organization on adapting online recruitment can be benefited to a great extent. However, there are certainly few challenges associated with their successful implementation. According to Khosrowpour (2007), there are four major challenges by name managerial, organizational, technological and legal challenges that have to overcome by organizations for making the best use of online recruitment process. Read more »
Pros and Cons of Internal Job posting programs
The advantages of recruiting from within the own employee ranks are well-known and well-documented. Promotion from within helps in keeping morale and motivation levels of the employees high. And assuming that the internal search is successful, an organization need not worry about how an employee will fit into its culture. Read more »


