Employee Engagement - Why Does It Matter?
12/16/2013
The 2012 Towers Watson Global Workforce Study concluded that the main factor in driving employee engagement and performance is "a work environment that fully energizes employees by promoting their physical, emotional and social well-being."
work environment
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'Cheating Lessons'
10/1/2013Think you know the best methods for reducing cheating? Rather than changing classroom practices and techniques, the best solutions may require changes in the course design, according to a new Harvard University Press book by Professor James M.
education
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Requiring Civility?
9/3/2013
Academic freedom, first amendment free speech rights and civil, respectful discourse are all core values in the academy. These can be prickly bedfellows.
education, work environment
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Great Idea!
8/14/2013
"In our era of electronic communications, we've come to expect that important innovations will spread quickly." However, it takes effort to change established practices and usual behaviors.
difficult behavior and harassment, work environment
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Encouraging voice
6/27/2013
Over 50 years ago, economist Albert Hirschman theorized that people have two strategies for dealing with serious organizational problems —“exit” and “voice”.
difficult behavior and harassment, work environment
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Minding Your Online Manners
6/24/2013
Instructor Brian Goedde gives high marks to students in his online Composition class who support their arguments with evidence...and skip the snarky comments.
difficult behavior and harassment, education
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Feedback Sandwich
4/19/2013
The 'feedback sandwich' may be giving workers a bit of indigestion, and may not be as effective as you think, according to some research reported in a recent NYTimes article.
difficult behavior and harassment, education, work environment
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Deeper Learning
4/8/2013
"What you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know" says Tony Wagner, a Harvard educational specialist interviewed in a recent NYTimes column by Thomas Friedman.
education, work environment
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Give your colleagues a break
2/13/2013
Do you get irritated when your colleagues don't work at the same non-stop multi-taskinging pace you do? Surprisingly, workers who know how to take breaks and 'unplug' are often more productive than those who are connected 24/7.
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Bad Apples in the Laboratory
1/4/2013
What kinds of bad apple behavior are the biggest problems for a group trying to complete a task? Listen to Will Felps, a professor at the Rotterdam School of Business talk about his research with Ira Glass on This American Life.
difficult behavior and harassment, group work