The growth of scientific management in the early 20th century equipped the business community with various tools designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In most companies today, organized ...

How can unexpected successes be replicated? How can failures be mitigated? What steps can be taken to prevent future catastrophes? These are questions that every organization must grapple with, and ...

I've worked for my company for four and a half years. Every year I've had a Very Good or Excellent performance appraisal. However, I just got put on a Performance Improvement Plan. I was completely ...

A PIP outlines an employee's deficiencies and provides a roadmap for improvement. Managers may use a PIP to help an employee improve or to manage them out of a role. A PIP can be an opportunity to ...

Hospital leaders are under tremendous pressure to achieve value-based care while doing more with less. Initiatives to support these goals and execute process changes are complex and require more than ...

Our industry has developed a reliable, working electric grid along with a highly skilled workforce to operate it. We have shown a remarkable ability to analyze, understand and learn from our problems.

The following tips are compiled from the performance improvement plans previously prepared by faculty members in consultation with their department chairs and/or the dean’s office. Most of these ...

This policy identifies the proactive and progressive actions a supervisor may take when a Professional Staff Member’s performance, attendance, or behavior is unsatisfactory (e.g., does not meet the ...