"We are a technology and knowledge savvy company." "Our most important strength is employees." "Our company has a good talent management program." Similar statements are increasingly heard in various articles, scientific journals, and management seminars. Corporate CEOs are competing to make claims that their employees are very important assets. In fact, many employees do not …
Recently, cyberspace was tinged with boisterous chatter from netizen commenting on the steps of the PT AFI Union in carrying out its illegal strike, which was followed by a statement of PT AFI which said that the worker had been absent from work for more than 7 days in a row. Since 21 February 2020, …
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In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith. The concept of God, as described by theologians, commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (all-knowing), omnipotence (unlimited power) and omnipresence (present everywhere). Google in the last decades is the closest humankind has ever come to derectly experiencing an …
China has yet to produce a world-class company like GE or Samsung, and outside the country most of its businesspeople are better known for amassing wealth than for innovative management ideas. Yet China offers more management lessons today than do most other countries. Chinese companies have learned to manage differently over the past 30 years …
In this era of dramatic, rampant, and incessant political change, predictions about the future can no longer be based either on conventional wisdom or historical precedent. We are, after all, in the middle of a paradigm shift that is shredding prognosticators and their prognostications with voraciousness. Plainly and simply, historical performance can no longer serve …
