The Job of an Executive!

A few days back I was busy reading Peter Drucker’s “The Effective Executive” and I realized that how much important is the work of “knowledge worker” and much more is difficult to define his duties. I am planning to write my conclusions from the book, but today, I happened to read a passage from Seth’s Blog, and I admit that these words spoke my mind. I quote them here as a preamble to my coming posts on How to become an Effective Execute?, here is the quote that truly defines the role of an executive and a knowledge worker: I always took the position that my boss (when I had a job) worked for me. My job was to do the thing I was hired to do, and my boss had assets that could help me do the job better. His job, then, was to...

What Is HR ? Human Resource or High Risk !

After 10 years of selfless service, a man realized that he has not been promoted, no transfer, no salary increase no recommendation and that the Company is not doing any thing about it. So he decided to walk up to his HR Manager one morning and after exchanging greetings, he told his HR Manager his observation. The boss looked at him, laughed and asked him to sit down saying; Myfriend, you have not worked here for even one day. The man was surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain. Manager:- How many days are there in a year? Man:- 365 days and some times 366 Manager:- how many hours make up a day? Man:- 24 hours Manager:- How long do you work in a day? Man:- 8am to 4pm. i.e. 8...