https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bad-manager-mistakes-make-good-people-quit-dr-travis-bradberry/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/high-turnover-costs-way-more-than-you-think_b_9197238

London receptionist ‘sent home for not wearing heels’

Construction firm Mears bans workers from having beards

Should anti-tattoo discrimination be illegal?

British Airways Christian employee banned from wearing crucifix

EU workplace headscarf ban ‘can be legal’

Is it legal to force women to wear high heels at work?

LINK : AGEING POPULATIONS

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/10/what-are-the-economic-implications-of-ageing-populations/

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/top-job-interview-questions-and-answers-2061226

For Steve Jobs, hiring (recruitment) was a vital aspect of his role as CEO of Apple. What was exception was that Steve Jobs hired for attitude and ability, rather than qualifications and experience. 

In his own words, “You know who the best managers are? They’re the great individual contributors, who never ever want to be a manager, but decide they have to be a manager because no one else is going to be able to do as good a job as them.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliapeart/2019/09/10/the-12-most-important-skills-you-need-to-succeed-at-work/?sh=75046bd01c6a&fbclid=IwAR2_MIowsxajr8hnk_JYirG5gX1SW8gUKc35ovBwl1M0YIVdZ0nJzKnuLyg

How a Kaizen philosophy (to continuously do something better) helps to improve labour productivity. Workers trained how to use a Kaizen approach to their work help to improve the efficiency as well as the profits of the business.

http://hrmpractice.com/360-degrees-performance-appraisal/

https://hbr.org/2014/01/how-netflix-reinvented-hr

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2019/09/10/how-generation-z-will-revolutionize-the-workplace/?sh=647916864f53

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-01-10/u-s-adds-145-000-jobs-in-december-jobless-rate-holds-at-3-5-video

Read this article from Forbes magazine about the benefits of working from home (WFH). The article suggests that people who work from home get more done, i.e. they are more productive. But what are the potential pitfalls of WFH? 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2017/10/18/people-who-work-from-home-really-get-more-done-heres-how-you-can-too/?sh=27514dbe2640

http://ht3.cdn.turner.com/money/big/technology/2017/01/02/french-disconnect-rule.cnnmoney_1024x576.mp4

Apple outsources to Foxconn

Foxconn has been in the news for negative reasons, such as the unethical way in which workers were treated. Watch this BBC video clip titled “Apple accused of failing to protect workers” at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China:

Offshoring applies to more than just call centers, as outlined in this ABC News (Australia) broadcast:

Watch this short BBC clip about why many businesses in the United Kingdom are using re-shoring: