Collaboration between HR and operational departments is essential to establish the right criteria for knowledge, skills, and abilities, previous performance, and other desirable objective traits in successful candidates. Collaboration between HR and operational managers must include the final candidate selection process. Managers are hiring according to apparent nationality and cultural biases. Slide #6 Legal Considerations The consequences of accusations or claims of discrimination could be damaging to the organization both financially and in terms of

We can use this opportunity to establish loyalty among our existing customers, develop referrals among our customers to their colleagues, and establish our brand and credibility as local suppliers of organic fertilizer of high quality and at a good price to our market. With this in place, it will be difficult for any new market entrants to displace us in our local area as the main suppliers of organic

Accounting Accounting professionals are not often thought of as leadership material, at least until they build a strong background in finance or another discipline. They possess valuable skills, but those skills are viewed more as a staff function, nice to have but not essential to developing competitive advantage and building shareholder value. The accounting skill sets include the ability to monitor and manage costs; in-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment; and the

Crisis Management in VW’s ‘Dieselgate’ Scandal Trust is the most important factor in the success of any organization. This trust extends to all levels of stakeholders. If customers feel that they cannot trust the company for any reason, they will not purchase their products. Stakeholders have to trust that the organization will make sound business decisions to keep profits high and manage value. This is becoming even more prominent in the

How do you design corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts that are integrated with the business strategy? How do you measure social impact? How do you promote a corporate culture that embraces and supports your CSR strategy? The CSR programs need to be run at a senior level, not passed off to a director or manager level. The social responsibility of an organization should be rightly placed in the head office. There,

The treatment of the undocumented workers has legal and economic implications, but is only an issue in the political arena. Companies that hire illegal immigrants are being socially responsible. The argument that illegals suppress wages is not based on sound evidence - the jobs illegals do would otherwise be unfilled. If anything, hiring illegals is socially responsible because it gives those people an opportunity to better themselves, something they otherwise