Teams make five contributions; creativity, quality, speed, productivity, and employee satisfaction (Daft, 2021). These five contributions should lead to higher organizational performance and greater competitive advantage.
Author Archives: Erik Angus
The Impact of Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management plays a strategic role in organizational performance by focusing on finding the right people, maintaining an effective workplace, and managing talent. These efforts impact human capital, which is often cited as the most important factor in determining the success of an organization (Daft, 2021).
Strategy Maps + Organizational Goals
Organizations should have three categories of goals, strategic, tactical, and operational. There should be a clear connection to how each goal impacts other goals in the form of a strategy map.
The Triple Bottom Line
Everyone has heard of a corporation’s obsession with taking care of the “bottom line”. But few are familiar with the modern take on this concept, the “triple bottom line”. The triple bottom line consists of the “three Ps” of people, profit, and the planet. This concept is the future of business.
Reflection + Marriage
In 2021 psychologists reported receiving nearly a two-fold increase in referrals compared to the prior year, as more and more people search for ways to manage mental illness or just find healthy ways to work through life. Traditional tools like talk therapy at the base is a form of verbal reflection with a professional. WhileContinue reading “Reflection + Marriage”
Organizational Decentralization & Gen Z
Decentralized organizations are rooted in the idea of delegation and employees having decision-making power. This creates environments of independence and will free up time for senior level management to focus on bigger initiatives and less on the day to day operations of an organization.
Educate Yourself on the Economy
With inflation at an forty-year high, the stock market in a bear market and likely heading to a recession, and with the U.S. Federal Reserve consistently increasing interest rates, there has never been a more important time in the last 40 years to pay attention to the economy. But unsure where to go for trustedContinue reading “Educate Yourself on the Economy”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 6) – Wealth and Health
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Race, Homeownership, and Wealth Summary A racial income gap is commonly recognized andContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 6) – Wealth and Health”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Allostatic load adversely impacts a person’s health in a cycle that is challenging to break. Allostatic loadContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 4) – Impact of Child Maltreatment
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Adverse childhood experiences, allostasis, allostatic load, and age-related disease
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