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Colloquium at University of Akron

November 14, 2009

The Psychology Archives at the University of Akron will continue its fall colloquium series by welcoming psychologist Dr. Florence L. Denmark, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Student Union 312. Denmark’s lecture, “The History of Women In Psychology and the Development of the Psychology of Women,” is free and open to [...]

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Age Bias Response to Mark and Tim

October 14, 2009

For some reason my reply button for responding to comments does not work. So I am replying here to comments received from Mark and Tim to a previous blog.
In response to Tim, my powers of prediction were based more on history than on moral hopelessness. For some reason, the courts have consistently drawn a distinction [...]

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Local HR Meeting for the Public Sector – IPMA

September 11, 2009

The fall series of meetings is starting. Start marking your calendars. The next local IPMA-HR meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30am at the Brecksville Community Center. The speaker will be Karen Seidman, R.N., M.P.H., consultant to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, who has been working with the various aspects of pandemic [...]

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On Writing Tests

September 8, 2009

From the Washington Post, a short article on the issues in writing employment tests. The article does not say anything new nor does it really spell out the issues, but it does highlight the continuing conflict between the demands of public sector testing for merit and security and the pressures for equal outcomes in employment [...]

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From Our Friends at HR Tests

September 7, 2009

From Bryan Baldwin and the excellent blog at HR Tests.
Case in point: the state of Washington recently decided to abandon their efforts to implement SAP E-Recruiting after nearly three years and millions of dollars. The state will now go with a hosted solution which is estimated to be $700-800,000 a year cheaper (and hopefully much [...]

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Determinism in the Workplace IV: Why Behavior?

August 22, 2009

Before going much further in this discussion, I need to explain my emphasis on “behavior.” OK Tim, you say, “what about attitude?” Frankly, as a manager in the workplace, I didn’t give a tinker’s damn about attitude (except possibly as it might be expressed in behavior). I can’t see it, I can’t measure it, and [...]

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Update on Jack Welch at Chancellor

August 13, 2009

I had previously posted on the Jack Welch MBA program at Chancellor University in Cleveland. So, I thought I should post an update in that the program is now on hold.
According to Crain’s Cleveland Business:
The highly anticipated Jack Welch Management Institute MBA program at Chancellor University has been put on hold until the famed business [...]

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Determinism in the Workplace III: Rewards.

August 1, 2009

Imagine the following workplace scenarios:
1) In a manufacturing assembly line productivity (number of parts assembled per worker) seems to have suffered a serious decline.
Analysis: Bonuses were previously based on individual worker piecework (measured daily) and were changed to reflect total line output along with other company objectives that workers feel are in the hands of [...]

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Steal (or Copy) this Blog – Please

July 29, 2009

The Rorschach has been leaked by Wikipedia.
I debated posting this news item, because it adds to the publicity for what would appear to be at least a borderline ethical act. However, as reported by the New York Times and other media outlets, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been engulfed in a furious debate involving psychologists who [...]

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SPSS to IBM

July 28, 2009

As many of us watch the baseball trades, a big trade impacting human resources occurred today. Many of us make use of SPSS software for statistical analysis. Thus, this announcement may have long term significance.
From the Wall Street Journal:
International Business Machines Corp. agreed to buy software developer SPSS Inc. for $1.2 billion, expanding Big Blue’s [...]

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