Labor Management

In "Talent and Freight Forwarding in the Digital Era: Embracing Automation for Supply Chain Success," we delve into the transformative impact of automation and digital networks on the world of supply chain management. This book explores the critical role of talent management in the freight forwarding industry and how it intersects with the advancements in technology. With supply networks becoming increasingly complex and digitally-driven, the traditional roles of employees are evolving. We uncover how workers are focusing on areas of value as new technology platforms and automation emerge, ...

The aim of this guide is to provide small business owners and managers with an overview of how company productivity can be improved. It covers what productivity is, how it is measured, and what a company can do to increase it. There are many productivity factors the firm can manage. How well does the firm utilize new knowledge; is it working at an economy-of-scale level; are the employees highly motivated and loyal or is there labor unrest and high worker turnover; is the resource (human and capital) allocation maximizing established goals; and finally, what is the overall quality of the ...

When I started my career in 1991, I was damn near homeless and digging pits for the local cable company. But through persistence, a positive mind-set, and a lot of failing, learning, and overcoming, I overcame depression, rage, and low self-esteem to rise through the ranks to build a $40 million company along with running two family-owned small businesses, all of which allows me to mentor others.

Thirty years ago, the best-selling "letter to the government", Work in America, was published to national acclaim, including front-page coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. It sounded an alarm about worker dissatisfaction and the effects on the nation as a whole.

No longer only the domain of corporate public relations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has now become a serious concern for many firms and a major sphere of academic research. However, most strikingly, by encouraging corporations to play a role in economic governance, particularly at the global level, CSR also raises issues for political science, public policy, and the world of politics as a whole.

You can't have a healthy economy with an unhealthy work force. Work Less proposes ways to reduce work hours and keep workers happier, healthier, and more productive.

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Accenture wins a lot of awards and portrays itself as the perfect company, but perhaps Accenture seems too good to be true. After all, the company promised "market relevant" and "performance based" to its Austin call center agents, but it did not follow through.