Posted on May 6, 2008 by bradhinton
This article from the Australian Financial Review(subscription required) discusses a recent book by human resource management academic, Lynda Gratton, on the power of weak ties in the network. Having read Gratton’s Living strategy, I was intrigued to learn more about the new book, Hot spots, albeit written for a more mass market audience.
Weak ties are people who [...]
Filed under: Communication, Human Resource Mgt, Knowledge Management, Management, Networking, Networks, Organisational behaviour, Social Network Analysis, Social networking, Sociology, The workplace | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2008 by bradhinton
I was listening to the radio this week when I heard an interview with a film producer on triple j. Of special note was the comment by the female dj that perhaps casting for movies should be done the same way as decisions are made in those reality tv shows. Just sms your vote! The film producer was [...]
Filed under: Business, Collaboration, Human Resource Mgt, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Management, Networks, Organisational behaviour, Participatory democracy, Social computing, Social networking, Society, Technology, The workplace, Web | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 25, 2008 by bradhinton
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just released a report based on a survey, How Australians spend their time. The section I want to comment on says this (from the media release):
“Time spent on recreation and leisure activities has decreased by 1 hour 45 minutes per week since 1997 (to 29 hours 31 minutes a [...]
Filed under: Communication, Culture, Human Resource Mgt, Just me, Knowledge Management, Nonverbal communication, Psychology, Social networking, Society, Sociology, Technology, The workplace | No Comments »
Posted on February 3, 2008 by bradhinton
One of my favourite podcast sites is HBR IdeaCast. And one of my favourite podcasts that I have listened to recently is called The new science of human capital, IdeaCast No. 76. The podcast is an interview with one of the authors of the book Beyond HR. The gist of the podcast concerns talent management within organisations. [...]
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