The UAE has been working for years to promote the development of mental health services for the community. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted this need even more. And in the latest development, changes to UAE personal law have placed suicide and help from support groups back in the spotlight. Those who attempt…
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Is the Pandemic Improving Communication?
At first glance it may seem a stretch of the imagination to suggest that the pandemic is improving communication in the workplace. For many years we have become increasingly technically connected, with 24/7 email and phone calls extending working hours and impinging on vacation and family time. Add to this the impact of the multitude…
Should Your Goals be SMART or FAST?
Whether in personal life or in the workplace, it’s generally accepted that setting goals is an important step on the road to achieving success. The “management by objectives” approach was introduced by Peter Drucker in 1954, and advocated managers and employees agreeing a set of goals and working on achieving them throughout the year. Many…
Why HR and IT Need To Be Best Friends
Today there are few relationships in business more important than that between the HR and IT teams. IT need teams have traditionally focused on commercial systems rather than systems to support internal service functions such as HR, and the majority of the budget allocation for IT spend has reflected this focus on commercial, customer-facing applications….
Linking HR Strategy to Business Strategy
An organisation’s most significant competitive advantage is its talent, and leaders must expect their HR function to make a strategic business contribution. The challenges presented to organisations this year have firmly positioned HR into the role of strategically defining how to meet business goals by effective management of its talent. Most people are convinced of…
How To Keep Up To Date on the latest HR Laws, Trends and News
Keeping up to date on the latest labour laws and regulations, HR trends, and global HR news is a challenge that many HR professionals face. In an area that is as broad in scope as HR, the amount of information and volume of sources out there can be simply overwhelming. In addition to maintaining up…
How to Avoid Common Payroll Mistakes
Managing your payroll is often a complicated task, and it requires specialised knowledge. It’s not uncommon for errors to occur when handling payroll in-house, so here we share the most common and costly mistakes and give some suggestions for ways that you can avoid them. 1. Placing too much knowledge in the hands of one specialist…
Tracking Your IT Assets
Increasing dependency on IT across all core business functions means that organisations are spending considerable sums of money to keep employees equipped with the resources they need to get their job done. From PCs to laptops, mobiles to SIM cards, the list of assets provided to employees seems never-ending. It can be a considerable overhead…
Should You Be Working in the Cloud Computing?
When you save files on your computer or USB, you have probably already set up a folder structure to suit your needs, and you know exactly where you are placing the files for storage and retrieval. Cloud computing is a term used to refer to storing and accessing data and programs over the internet. At a…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing HR
The increasing evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is significantly impacting organisations around the world. Previously considered an option for only large global companies, the AI landscape has changed and now provides services and benefits for organisations of all types and sizes. Although industrial applications such as automated and robotised warehouses and production lines are…