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Can baby boomers work with Gen X and Y employees?
Managing multiple generations is topic at Olin Business School seminar
June 15,
2009 -- Managers face new challenges with multiple generations working together as baby boomers delay retirement and members of Gen X and Gen Y enter the workforce. A seminar at the Olin Business School is designed to help executives juggle the needs and talents of employees in the 20 to 60 year-old age range.
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Spark workplace productivity and fight obesity with "Meetings on the Move"
Public health experts give tips and discuss benefits of walking meetings
April 6,
2009 -- "'Meetings on the Move' is an inexpensive, easy way to improve health and productivity," says Tim McBride, Ph.D., associate dean for public health at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Meetings on the Move (MOTM) get employees on their feet and out of the office environment. "Forty percent of the population are absolute couch potatoes," says Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D, and professor of social work at Washington University. "That's almost a learned behavior. You learn to sit at school; you learn to sit at work. What 'Meetings on the Move' really does is get us active like we used to be when we were kids. We can learn then to bring activity back into our daily life, just like we learned to take it out." Haire-Joshu also is the director of the Obesity Prevention and Policy Research Center at the Brown School. Video available.
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Study links performance-based salaries to fraud
Salary bonuses provide incentives to cheat
Dec. 5,
2008 -- You don't have to look far these days to find examples of corporate scandals involving fraud. A new study finds that performance-based pay is to blame for fraudulent behavior and actually motivates people to "cook the books". Judi McLean Parks, the Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and co-author of the study believes the results have implications for CEO compensation plans and the financial difficulties many companies are experiencing today. "All I have to do is look at Enron, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to know that this does happen. And now we've demonstrated the causal link to contingent pay." Fraud uncovered at Fannie Mae alone from 1998-2004 has been estimated to be in excess of $10.6 billion.
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Peeking over your shoulder
When is it okay for employers to monitor workers?
May 7,
2008 --
There is an appropriate time and place for employers to monitor employees, according to a business professor at the Olin Business School. If done wrong, firms can lose their worker's trust and willingness to go above and beyond.
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Overcoming a fear of hiring employees
A solution for firms that are wary of being sued for discrimination
June 14,
2007 --
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Companies with 500 employees or more can expect to be sued for discrimination at least once a year, and the cost to defend the accusation can cost as much as $15,000, even if the allegation is found to be without merit. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (CRA-91) held great promise for protecting workers from discrimination in the workplace, but the potential cost of litigation makes some firms wary of hiring minorities. A business professor at Washington University in St. Louis has come up with a plan to circumvent potential lawsuits in a way that benefits both employers and employees.
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Bad behavior is bad business
WUSTL business professor says Imus incident shows importance of workplace civility
May 14,
2007 --
The recent firing of radio personality Don Imus reveals a new trend in business: bad behavior won't be tolerated on the job. A business professor at Washington University in St. Louis says firms can head off workplace incivility by preventing those with power from going unchecked. More...
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Women don't ask
How gender influences negotiations is topic of public forum, March 5
Feb. 16,
2007 -- Linda Babcock, co-author of "Women Don't Ask: Negotiations and the Gender Divide," will discuss her book and research in a community forum on "societal factors that hold women back from asking for what they want" that runs from 7 - 8:30 p.m. March 5 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser Busch Hall, Danforth Campus of Washington University.
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Renowned legal scholar to discuss antitrust
Law School's Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series
Oct. 27,
2006 -- The Law School's Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series, in conjunction with the Federalist Society and the Assembly Series, will present Richard Epstein at 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 31, in the Anheuser Busch Moot Courtroom (Room 310). The lecture is free and open to the public.
The well-known libertarian and influential legal scholar will discuss the question, "Has Modern Complex Litigation Outgrown the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures? The Case of Antitrust."
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Planning for a pandemic
Round tables address IT problems, infrastructure, workplace concerns over flu pandemic
June 8,
2006 --
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St. Louis is one of the few cities trying to stay ahead of the pandemic curve, thanks to workshops being conducted this spring and summer that bring together area institutions and businesses in round table formats. The Business Community and Pandemic Flu Roundtable is sponsored by the Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science's Center for the Application of Information Technology (CAIT) and the University's School of Medicine. CAIT is St. Louis' center for IT training, professional development, and executive interaction for more than 25 years. More than 100 business and institutional attendees are learning to address everything from potential vaccines and medications to sick leave policy and protective gear. More...
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Insiders' angle
Employees are most likely to cut corners when they lack clear goals and feel overworked
April 6,
2006 --
The television show "The Office" portrays more truth than fiction. But the consequences of bad management can be more serious than the awkward moments portrayed on the program. Employees get cynical when they endure multiple changes in company strategy and when they are overworked, according to experts at Washington University's Olin School of Business. As a result, people produce work, but they don't care how they produce it. The drive to get things done in today's business environment is so strong that workers start thinking only of short-term gains and ignoring long-term consequences. More...
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