Thursday, November 25, 2004
Personality Testing
Career Personality Test
Frustrated from not getting the right job? Stuck in a dead-end career? Find out which occupation is right for you!
What's Your Gift For Gab?
Do you spill the beans or crack the jokes? Find out what's your speaking specialty.
What's Your Beauty Secret?
Find out what keeps you looking and feeling your best - inside and out! Take our quiz now!
What's Your Driving Fantasy?
What makes your inner engine tick? From off-roaders to Sunday drivers, we all have an inner driving dream. What's yours? Take Tickle's What's Your Driving Fantasy? test now!
Frustrated from not getting the right job? Stuck in a dead-end career? Find out which occupation is right for you!
What's Your Gift For Gab?
Do you spill the beans or crack the jokes? Find out what's your speaking specialty.
What's Your Beauty Secret?
Find out what keeps you looking and feeling your best - inside and out! Take our quiz now!
What's Your Driving Fantasy?
What makes your inner engine tick? From off-roaders to Sunday drivers, we all have an inner driving dream. What's yours? Take Tickle's What's Your Driving Fantasy? test now!
The 10 best employers in India
The Bangalore-based, Rajiv Mody-founded Sasken Communication Technologies has been ranked as the best company to work for in India, in a study conducted by international HR Consulting firm Mercer in association with Business Today magazine.
The other companies that feature in the '10 best companies to work for in India' list include IT giant Infosys Technologies at the second spot; energy and environment management firm Thermax at number 3; HCL Technologies' subsidiary HCL Comnet at the fourth place and home finance major HDFC at number 5.
National Thermal Power Corporation is the only public sector unit to feature in the top10 list and has been ranked as the sixth best company to work for in India.
The other companies that complete the top 10 list are: pharmaceuticals major Dr Reddy's Laboratories at number 7; IT major Satyam Computer Services at rank 8; India's sixth largest IT firm Patni Computer Systems at number 9; and Hughes Software Systems at number 10.
To create the rankings, Mercer worked with international market research firm TNS and surveyed companies across 14 different industry groups.
For the study, all the companies were evaluated in four key areas. These include employee perception, HR processes and policies, HR metrics and stakeholder perception.
Commenting on the participants and the results, Nitin Dheer, Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting (XLRI, 98)said, "Mercer was responsible for the design of the process as well as analysis of the results, which was done on a no name basis to pre-empt any situations of bias or consultant client conflict, while TNS took care of actual client interface. This insured that the survey results were completely neutral and reflective of the actual caliber of the company."
Rank Company
1 Sasken
2 Infosys
3 Thermax
4 HCL Comnet
5 HDFC
6 NTPC
7 Dr Reddy's
8 Satyam
9 Patni Computer
10Hughes Software
The other companies that feature in the '10 best companies to work for in India' list include IT giant Infosys Technologies at the second spot; energy and environment management firm Thermax at number 3; HCL Technologies' subsidiary HCL Comnet at the fourth place and home finance major HDFC at number 5.
National Thermal Power Corporation is the only public sector unit to feature in the top10 list and has been ranked as the sixth best company to work for in India.
The other companies that complete the top 10 list are: pharmaceuticals major Dr Reddy's Laboratories at number 7; IT major Satyam Computer Services at rank 8; India's sixth largest IT firm Patni Computer Systems at number 9; and Hughes Software Systems at number 10.
To create the rankings, Mercer worked with international market research firm TNS and surveyed companies across 14 different industry groups.
For the study, all the companies were evaluated in four key areas. These include employee perception, HR processes and policies, HR metrics and stakeholder perception.
Commenting on the participants and the results, Nitin Dheer, Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting (XLRI, 98)said, "Mercer was responsible for the design of the process as well as analysis of the results, which was done on a no name basis to pre-empt any situations of bias or consultant client conflict, while TNS took care of actual client interface. This insured that the survey results were completely neutral and reflective of the actual caliber of the company."
Rank Company
1 Sasken
2 Infosys
3 Thermax
4 HCL Comnet
5 HDFC
6 NTPC
7 Dr Reddy's
8 Satyam
9 Patni Computer
10Hughes Software
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Getting Emotional About Brands
What role do emotions play in consumer decisions? And what impact do
those emotions have on hard-number business outcomes? Gallup scientists have been wrestling with these questions, and this article reveals six key findings.
http://gmj.gallup.com/content/default.asp?ci=12910
those emotions have on hard-number business outcomes? Gallup scientists have been wrestling with these questions, and this article reveals six key findings.
http://gmj.gallup.com/content/default.asp?ci=12910
Are You Selling Your People Short?
Corporate managers routinely subject employees to performance reviews that emphasize people's "areas for improvement," not their talents. The problem with this approach is that by focusing on weaknesses, organizations fail to capitalize on their employees' strengths. It's time to view your people differently.
Don't Be a Cat-and-Mouse Manager
When managers intimidate and antagonize employees, the organization
suffers. In fact, Gallup's research with millions of employees and tens of thousands of managers reveals this simple truth: People perform better for managers who care about them.
suffers. In fact, Gallup's research with millions of employees and tens of thousands of managers reveals this simple truth: People perform better for managers who care about them.
Are Your Employees Scaring Off Customers?
Disengaged and poorly managed workers could be chasing business out the door, write the authors of How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life. What's more, workgroups drained by excessive negativity also have higher turnover, more accidents on the job, and lower customer satisfaction, innovation, and quality scores.
In Search of the Perfect Office
Dr. Philip Stone, a psychology professor at Harvard, has spent the past 40 years studying the mentality of employees, from cube dwellers to business leaders. In this Q&A, he discusses what he's learned about the optimal work environment, whether employees need to meet in person, and how a phone conversation may be a good lie detector.
