What's Wrong With Work Today?
Deodhar, S. (September 21, 2016). What's Wrong With Work Today? Retrieved on September 23, 2016 from http://www.hr.com/en/magazines/all_articles/whats-wrong-with-work-today_itcu7fyo.html
Article Summary In this article, Deodhar examines six key factors that influence organizational productivity. The first is the culture of overwork wherein demands are increasing but productivity remains measured through hours spent at work rather than what has been accomplished during those hours. Second is the biased employee utilization in which demands from the “rock stars” go beyond their limits, whereas demands from low performing employees are usually underestimated. The last four factors deal with time management issues …show more content…
With over 30 years of experience in the software industry in the US and India, he has helped many IT companies. He has received numerous excellence awards, owns a US patent, and through McGraw-Hill, his book “From Entrepreneurs to Leaders” was published. In addition, Linkedin states that he received his education from University of Hawaii at Manoa (MS, Electrical Engineering) and from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (B-Tech, Electrical Engineering) and has worked for numerous IT …show more content…
The topic is also relevant to course as it relates to managing an organization. Although the article was very informative and had tons of information backed by research, the author did not include citations or linkages, which is why I deducted points. Also, I took off points because of idea repetition and introduced ideas that were not fully explained in the article.
Structure and Format: 15/20 – The article was organized with headers and no grammatical errors were noted. However, with ideas that were not properly placed in the body, it made reading the article hard to follow, which is why I deducted points. The introduction was well put but the conclusion needs some improvement.
Site and Access: 10/10 – I retrieved the article from HR.com which is a reliable and trusted website for articles and publications. Finding an article in the site is relative easy because their placement are in a reverse chronological order with the most recent on top, while the oldest last. Also, the site makes navigating easy with the horizontally laid out
Deodhar, S. (September 21, 2016). What's Wrong With Work Today? Retrieved on September 23, 2016 from http://www.hr.com/en/magazines/all_articles/whats-wrong-with-work-today_itcu7fyo.html
Article Summary In this article, Deodhar examines six key factors that influence organizational productivity. The first is the culture of overwork wherein demands are increasing but productivity remains measured through hours spent at work rather than what has been accomplished during those hours. Second is the biased employee utilization in which demands from the “rock stars” go beyond their limits, whereas demands from low performing employees are usually underestimated. The last four factors deal with time management issues …show more content…
With over 30 years of experience in the software industry in the US and India, he has helped many IT companies. He has received numerous excellence awards, owns a US patent, and through McGraw-Hill, his book “From Entrepreneurs to Leaders” was published. In addition, Linkedin states that he received his education from University of Hawaii at Manoa (MS, Electrical Engineering) and from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (B-Tech, Electrical Engineering) and has worked for numerous IT …show more content…
The topic is also relevant to course as it relates to managing an organization. Although the article was very informative and had tons of information backed by research, the author did not include citations or linkages, which is why I deducted points. Also, I took off points because of idea repetition and introduced ideas that were not fully explained in the article.
Structure and Format: 15/20 – The article was organized with headers and no grammatical errors were noted. However, with ideas that were not properly placed in the body, it made reading the article hard to follow, which is why I deducted points. The introduction was well put but the conclusion needs some improvement.
Site and Access: 10/10 – I retrieved the article from HR.com which is a reliable and trusted website for articles and publications. Finding an article in the site is relative easy because their placement are in a reverse chronological order with the most recent on top, while the oldest last. Also, the site makes navigating easy with the horizontally laid out