Personnel articles from July 1990

Personnel archives from July 1990

Hooking Up an HRIS
July 1, 1990... Hooking Up an HRIS Two key issues must be addressed if the implementation of a newly acquired human resources information system (HRIS) is to meet unique organizational objectives: First, the participation of personnel department users in...

Regaining Competitiveness Requires HR Solutions
July 1, 1990... Regaining Competitiveness Requires HR Solutions By all accounts, human resources professionals today need to participate in the strategic management of their organizations. To become true "business partners," however, HR professionals will have...

Work and Family: How Managers Can Make a Difference
July 1, 1990... Work and Family: How Managers Can Make a Difference When it comes to family-responsive issues, many HR managers find themselves in a familiar bind: They want to offer their workforce an attractive program that meets their needs - yet they also...

Overseas Staffing for the New Europe
July 1, 1990... Overseas Staffing for The New Europe The year 1992 is fast approaching - and with it the economic unification of Europe. HR managers need to learn as much as possible now about the intricacies of staffing their organizations' overseas facilities,...

Workplace Testing: The 1990 AMA Survey
July 1, 1990... Workplace Testing: The 1990 AMA Survey, Part 2 We missed our guess on drug testing. When the American Management Association's (AMA's) fourth annual workplace testing survey went into the mail in December 1989, we were convinced that we'd find a...

Put Performance to the Test
July 1, 1990... Put Performance To the Test Bill N. had been working for a major trucking company in New York City for about a week, when he was called to the personnel office. The personnel manager told him that he was fired because he had failed his drug test....

What's New in HR Development?
July 1, 1990... What's New in HR Development? As the human resources departments of many organizations assume new responsibilities and face new challenges, many companies are seeking to enhance the competence of their HR staff. But how are they defining the...

On Jumping with the People Whose Parachutes You Pack: An OD Consumer Speaks Out
July 1, 1990... On Jumping with the People Whose Parachutes You Pack Only two years ago, I thought OD was something resulting from drugs, not management skills. This is perhaps understandable, since I am not a manger, but rather a physician by education and...