So I needed a break from packing and thinking about what to eat for dinner… both are hard work. I hit email, facebook, then twitter. Ok… I miss my family. Anyhow, I found a link @joegerstandt posted. By the way, if you tweet, are interested in organizations and difference/diversity, he should be on your list. [...]
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The Employee Handbook
Recently on HR Morning, there was a post regarding what should be mentioned in employee handbooks. It was in response to a question regarding whether or not specific disciplinary measures should be included. They responded no, specific measures should not be included, but there should be mention that violations of employee policy would be met [...]
No Comments Khalil on Apr 24th 2010
Filed under Culture,Race,Social Justice,Work
Ethnocentrism. Is it ok?
In a recent assignment for a class I facilitate, one of the students posed the question (which I’m paraphrasing) of whether it was ok for people from subordinate or target racial groups to be ethnocentric. The question came after reading an article by Milton Bennett describing the DMIS (note: ours was different, but this is [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jan 31st 2010
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The 4 Day Work Week
In some places, the four day work week works. It does good things and has good results. For the company, primarily, and perhaps there are some environmental benefits. While it initially sounded good, after giving critical thought to an opportunity I had to take on such a schedule, it really didn’t make much sense. When [...]
No Comments Khalil on Aug 9th 2009
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Facebook, Twitter, and Blogs at work
It goes without saying that I am interested in how organizations respond to the extracurricular activities of their members. Be it employees or volunteers, there is often a vested interest in controlling, or at least attempting to control, what employees do and say in their lives outside the organization. The Chronicle (yes, it’s mediocre academic [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 28th 2009
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Despite the appearence…
I’ve been writing every single day for at least 15 minutes. Much of it, however, doesn’t work or fit here. It is a bit personal, or it is a bit heady and research-centered. For some reason, I lean towards not getting overly-personal in this specific space anymore. Most of the time, I think it is [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 4th 2009
The famous last words of any researcher or writer is that I’ll start tomorrow. I’ve been saying that to myself for a while now. I’ll get on this, I’ll get on that. The fact of the matter is that I just haven’t had time. Between work and family, I’ve not had time. So I’m trying [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jan 26th 2009
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Hump Day Humor…
Ok. This is just funny. And in some ways, reminds me of where I work.
No Comments Khalil on Jan 21st 2009
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Primate Committee Thinking Experiment
Someone in my office printed this out the other day. Thus far, nobody is taking responsibility for it, but I found it both funny and extremely insightful and had to transcribe it. Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jul 14th 2008