Structural Failures within Organizations – Close is Not Good Enough

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 17, 2008 

Steve Roesler throws out the concept of applied management in his latest post?on employee survey research.? I couldn’t agree more that we need more applied management within organizations. And I would ask, just what are we applying? Is Close Good Enough? Engineers take natural laws and science-based knowledge and use this inform to inform their […]

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Help Candidates Self Select with Work Levels Job Descriptions

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 8, 2008 

Because we don’t?have?science-based understanding?about work, i.e.?that it occurs in discreet, measurable levels, we do a really poor job of writing job descriptions. What About the WORK? Most job descriptions are a mishmash of ambiguous competencies, personality characteristics, and often include arbitrary educational qualifications.? They do a lot of talking about the candidate qualifications but precious […]

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The Chicken-Egg, HR “Seat at the the Table” Argument

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 19, 2008 

Regarding the long-suffering demand that HR be granted a seat at the table, I’d like to address this issue using my work levels goggles.? Is it really about HR needing to acquire this competency or that competency, or is it about organizational structure? I’m Talking About a Strategy Table If we assume that “the table” […]

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