Look around in the corporate world and you would observe that while almost all departments in a company are subject to quantitative performance measurement, there is one exception – the HR department. For a long time, Human resource management has been treated as a soft skill rather than a scientific discipline. With more & more […]
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Human resource management HRM or simply HR is the management of human resources. It is a function in organizations designed to maximize employee performance in service of an employer’s strategic objectives. (Source: Wikipedia) The HR department has to handle a lot of responsibilities as well as coordinate with all the departments of the organisation. Primary
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DevOps is a hot topic these days. Everyone seems to be harping about how DevOps increases efficiency & other myriad advantages. Atlassian’s tools are considered to be the most DevOps friendly in the market. Be it project management tool JIRA, documentation wiki Confluence, team communication tool HipChat or the developer focused BitBucket, Crucible & Bamboo.
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At UpRaise, we are starting a series of guest posts from world renowned Atlassian Experts. This, the first one, comes from Clearvision. Teamwork is the key to success Atlassian, the team behind JIRA, recently revealed that the #1 contributor to workplace happiness is the sense of belonging to a team. 75% of job success, the same study
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Companies have come a long way from treating their employees as mere resources for achieving company goals to considering them as their prime assets. Managers nowadays take utmost efforts to ensure their team members are satisfied in as many ways as possible. It’s no wonder some of the biggest names have set a benchmark for
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Ever get the feeling you are juggling way too many balls in the air? Relax. You are not the only one. Of course here we are speaking metaphorically. Consider a situation which is common to a majority of people. You are driving to work which is probably at peak traffic time in the morning. You
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Organisations try different methods, management gurus come up with new theories & social scientists experiment to figure out what exactly makes teams work with hyper productivity & intense focus. Holacracy is one such experiment, a recent one at it. Holacracy, although not entirely established, certainly has intrigued many a minds. Recently in an HBR
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“Are you bored at work? Then we will pay you to quit”. Sounds unbelievable right? But that’s exactly what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently announced to his shareholders that the company is offering employees $5,000 to quit. That’s right. Imagine being paid to quit! “The first year the offer is made, it’s for
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Every now and then we come across quotes on leadership from some of the brightest minds. We read, analyse and interpret these according to our own understanding. We either believe that these leaders believed in these statements and that’s how they achieved their current position. Or we see these as guidelines for becoming as great
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Unlimited vacations or unlimited paid-time-off. As incredible as it sounds, this phenomenon not only exists but is currently being implemented by about 1% of US companies, according to Society For Human Resource Management. Globally, that would be lesser than 1%. The concept originated in Brazil in the 1980’s but came in spotlight only in early
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