Head of Coaching at Westfield Health, Mark Pinches, discusses why taking breaks is beneficial to maximising productivity and provides some guidelines to follow when taking breaks.
Chief Human Resources Manager (CHRM)
Gone are the days of sleeping off a bout of illness in bed! Figures released by the Office for National Statistics suggest that a sniffle and a sore throat won’t get in the way of work for most Brits, and revealthat the average number of sick leave days
Human-resources managers often devise organizational structures, develop codes of conduct and set guidelines for organizational behavior. Those measures are certainly beneficial in that they orient the behavior of individuals within the organization towards achieving organizational objectives.
As technology continuously ramps up its advances, more people can feel the demands of being constantly connected: that nagging feeling that the next email is right around the corner, or that the next incoming phone call could bring the next crisis needing urgent attention.
During the three-month period ending in March, Alibaba’s net-income group share was 10.65 billion yuan (US$1.55 billion), a 98-percent jump over one year. The group’s total revenue was $5.59 billion. Revenue from Alibaba’s core business, retail, amounted to $4.59 billion, while entertainment revenue was $571 million.
Among the hardest human-resource management tasks are identifying and recruiting the best talent to meet specific tasks within an organization. The rapidly changing workforce and working environment have made it hard for the human-resources team to make unbiased decisions when identifying the best personnel for their firm.