Absence/lost time management: strategies to keep the workforce productive

Managed disability is an effective tool to reduce the expense of disability claims. However, many employers have not realized the financial significance of lost time due to unexpected absence. This article discusses emerging trends that contribute to the need for absence/lost time management, quantifying the costs of lost time to the employer. Methods for tracking absence/ lost time are illustrated, as well as examples of lost time management.     

如何进行企业并购后的财务整合?

财务管理是企业管理体系的核心与中枢,它不仅关系到并购战略意图能否贯彻,而且关系到并购方能否对被并购方实施有效控制以及并购目的的实现。所以,主并企业与目标企业在资产和财务环节的整合是并购成功以后整合的第一要素     

个人用户网络安全刍议

在互联网飞速发展的今天，网络频发的病毒和攻击事件使人们对个人用户的网络安全问题广泛关注。个人用户安全防范意识的淡薄，电子邮件、网络应用程序和操作系统的安全漏洞都为网络安全埋下了诸多隐患。要正确认识这些网络安全隐患，提高个人防范意识，采取积极的预防、检测和修补措施来保护网络系统安全。     

如何续写中国经济神话

中国经济神话正在一个所有主流经济学信条都难以解释的内在逻辑的支配下进行演绎和发展,全世界都在惊奇地看着中国——GDP年底就超过德国成为世界第三大经济体;近940项产品世界产销量第一的记录;超过11%的经济增长速度;平均市盈率达70倍的股票市场行情上涨趋势依然强劲;令人发愁的贸易顺差增加额;在人均GDP只有2000美元条件下许多大城市的房地产价格已高得离谱;高达40%的城乡居民储蓄倾向;一党执     

交行将如何继续前进?

目前,交行的公开上市准备工作已经全面启动。公开上市是对其财务重组和整体改革成果的检验,并将为交行进一步深化改革奠定坚实的基础2004年7月,交行经过3年多的默默筹备,突然一鸣惊人,完成财务重组,成功引入汇丰银行的战略投资,在改革上实现历史性的突破,并结束前期准备,正式进入上市前的实质性准备。     

A new game plan for C players

It's a big driver of business success, but one that executives are loath to talk about: upgrading the talent pool by weeding out "C" players from management. These aren't the incompetent or unethical managers whom organizations dismiss without a backward glance; C performers deliver results that are acceptable--barely--but they fail to innovate or to inspire the people they lead. The authors of The War for Talent have studied what it takes to upgrade an organization's talent pool. In this article, they explore the hidden costs of tolerating under-performance and acknowledge the reasons why executives may shy away from dealing decisively with C players. They recommend that organizations take an "iron hand in a velvet glove" approach to managing subpar performers. That is, companies should establish rigorous, disciplined processes for assessing and dealing with low-performing managers but still treat them with respect. The authors outline three ironhanded steps. First, executives must identify C players by evaluating their talents and distributing employee performances along an assessment curve. Second, executives must agree on explicit action plans that articulate the improvements or changes that C performers must achieve within six to 12 months. And third, executives should hold managers accountable for carrying out the action plans. Without such discipline, procrastination, rationalization, and inaction will prevail. The authors also emphasize the need for the "velvet glove." Executives must ensure that low performers are treated with dignity, so they should offer candid feedback, instructive coaching, and generous severance packages and outplacement support. The authors' approach isn't about being tough on people; it's about being relentlessly focused on performance.     

How to reduce unemployment: A new policy proposal

This paper uses a model with a continuum of equilibrium steady state unemployment rates to explore the effectiveness of fiscal policy. The existence of multiple steady state equilibria is explained by the presence of search and recruiting costs. I use the model to explain the current financial crisis as a shift to a high unemployment equilibrium, induced by the self-fulfilling beliefs of market participants about asset prices. I ask two questions. (1) Can fiscal policy help us out of the crisis? (2) Is there an alternative to fiscal policy that is less costly and more effective? The answer to both questions is yes.     

升值之言该如何听

自今年6月中国暗示将松动人民币汇率以来,人民币升值幅度仅为0．4％,这大大低于华盛顿的期待,因此,中美两国的关系日益紧张起来。随着失业率的膨胀,以及选举年即将到来,美国国会再一次将人民币汇率摆上了议事日程：9月6日,华盛顿两位高官为缓和中美关系前往北京,就人民币及其他重要问题进行高峰会晤,以期达成共识。     

新区建设中的投融资战略

近年来,各地的开发区建设已经成为全国地区经济发展中的一大亮点。与那些成立时间早、有自然禀赋以及其他先天优势的开发区相比较,新近获批的开发区如何发挥后发优势,如何产生竞争力与吸引力,是本次“2007中国沈阳·沈北新区战略投融资高峰会”的第一主题。     

如何把服务业政策落到实处

与《意见》的出台同样引起关注的是《意见》的实施和落实。北京将会有什么样的措施来保证《意见》的实施呢?对于《意见》的进一步落实,徐逸智向记者谈了他的想法。     

How to kill creativity

In today's knowledge economy, creativity is more important than ever. But many companies unwittingly employ managerial practices that kill it. How? By crushing their employees' intrinsic motivation--the strong internal desire to do something based on interests and passions. Managers don't kill creativity on purpose. Yet in the pursuit of productivity, efficiency, and control--all worthy business imperatives--they undermine creativity. It doesn't have to be that way, says Teresa Amabile. Business imperatives can comfortably coexist with creativity. But managers will have to change their thinking first. Specifically, managers will need to understand that creativity has three parts: expertise, the ability to think flexibly and imaginatively, and motivation. Managers can influence the first two, but doing so is costly and slow. It would be far more effective to increase employees' intrinsic motivation. To that end, managers have five levers to pull: the amount of challenge they give employees, the degree of freedom they grant around process, the way they design work groups, the level of encouragement they give, and the nature of organizational support. Take challenge as an example. Intrinsic motivation is high when employees feel challenged but not overwhelmed by their work. The task for managers, therefore, becomes matching people to the right assignments. Consider also freedom. Intrinsic motivation--and thus creativity--soars when managers let people decide how to achieve goals, not what goals to achieve. Managers can make a difference when it comes to employee creativity. The result can be truly innovative companies in which creativity doesn't just survive but actually thrives.     

如何做好自动柜员机的管理工作

自动柜员机是一种集计算机技术、自控技术、安全技术于一身的精密程度极高的机电一体化自助设备。为了弥补营业网点数量不足、缓解柜面压力、降低银行经     

德利国际：持续创造被利用的价值

德利国际新能源控股有限公司（以下简称＂德利国际＂）董事长杜德利是一位智慧型的企业家,虽然创业初期他的学历仅初中文化,但他对企业经营及发展战略的思考却有着一整套自成系统的理论体系。正是基于此,从1997年开始经营太阳能热水器的他,带领企业从众多太阳能光热企业中脱颖而出,于2005年3月登陆美国资本市场,成为太阳能热水行业全球首家上市公司;继而,他利用上市融到的800万美金,开始实施企业跨越式发展战略,以全球首家低碳生态全案解决商的战略定位,向新能源整合运营与低碳技术系统集成领域进军,不争而胜。杜德利的成功秘笈是什么？且看《国际融资》记者对德利国际新能源控股有限公司董事局主席兼总裁杜德利先生的独家专访     

中国如何做好"万亿富豪"?

主持人语：十年前,中国外汇储备突破了1050亿美元,到2006年底这一数字又突破了1万亿美元的大关。按照重商主义的精神,拥有万亿外汇储备的中国已经迈进“富豪”的行列了。然而,富有富的烦恼,因为当外汇储备节节攀升之时,中国宏观经济面临的压力、美元汇率下降带来的风险以及人民币升值的压力也越来越大。眼前需要做的事情有两种：一是如何让外汇储备增长速度放下来,保持适度的规模；二是如何让这么多的外汇储备发挥出最大的效益。关于前者,外管部门已经做了诸多努力,虽然迟了些；关于后者,现在还不断有各路高人出招,谋划将外     

完善我国医疗责任保险制度的路径研究

当前,我国医疗责任保险保障范围不断扩大、产品种类与理赔机制不断创新,但投保主体、被保险人等的范围与标准仍有待明确、保险公司经营成本较高、当前运营机制对投保人的激励效果有限、保险公司经营管理机制有待完善、配套机制也尚不健全。为此,应从健全法律制度体系、提升保险公司管理能力、加大政府支持力度等方面,着力完善我国医疗责任保险制度。