My brother came to me in an anxious manner wondering why my last two articles expressed no hope for a better job nor a better workplace, due to the unfair acts of some of the entrepreneurs and the business owners from one side, and some managers as on the other. “It left me with a bitter feeling” he added. I smiled, calmed him down a bit, and said, before I explain to you why I see that the employment marke ...

We have seen how some business owners and entrepreneurs, who lack the perception of the importance of Human assets to any organization, are abolishing the hopes of their human assets for progress and security in their jobs. Yet there are other individuals and factors, who would deliberately or ignorantly assist in creating the sense of insecurity and oppression among the employees, they are the employed top ...

Progressive school of management views human assets as the most valuable for the existence and survival of any organization, whether for profit or not-for-profit one. For a moment we might think that this is a characteristic of how to run organizations in the modern world of the advanced countries, where management sciences were created and being taught. But if we stop for a while and realize what is the de ...

My friend called me few days ago, with a loud questioning tone asking me, are you a fortune teller? I smiled in a sarcastic way and replied, of course not, but why? He followed by another question, do you remember your article few weeks ago when you expressed your worries, when life would start to go back to its normal pattern after the lock-down, about how some business owners and entrepreneurs would take ...

One afternoon my phone rang and on the other side, in a serene voice, a lady confirming my name, then introducing herself as the human resources manager of a group of companies that work in retail business of a major product. Swiftly but with the same monotonous tone she said, - You have applied for the position of the general manager of our branch in the city of (…….) - Yes, - But why this city in particul ...

Since the beginning of the global quarantine, the ban of free mobility, and the self-detention of mankind due to the pandemic of the 21st century, countless opinions and speculations expressed their fear, pessimistically, about what is next! What is after the end of this mass anxiety? The vast majority spoke about a new world free from emotions, social life, or even interpersonal human communication, that i ...

Both Federal and Provincial government(s) are doing a good job in their endeavors to contain the spread of the pandemic, but is it their best? Or is there more that could be done? Indeed, the relief funds that were approved to financially assist those who are suffering from the economic losses due to the Corona virus, for businesses and employees, act as a strong pain killer. But the disease still exists. I ...

Quite number of countries around the world adopts a strategy known as “preparing the Nation for war”, in which formerly designed measures and procedures are established to allow the State to function and operate under certain unusual circumstances such as wars, natural catastrophes or pandemics. However through history it was observed that such measures would vary according to eras, regimes and cultures, wh ...