Staff management

Mon, January 23, 2012 - Talent management shares many similarities with IT network management, according to consultants Maya Townsend and Bob Akerley. They explain what IT networks can teach CIOs about talent, and how IT leaders can optimize the essential human networks inside their organizations.

Wed, December 28, 2011 - If they changed their ways, IT managers could have enormous impact on their organizations

Fri, December 23, 2011 - IT staff retention is shaping up to be one of the biggest challenges facing CIOs in 2012.

Wed, December 07, 2011 - Employees don't have to suffer under the tyranny of a bad boss. Management experts say employees possess the power to soften a bad boss's sharp edges. Here are eight tactics for making a bad boss more bearable.

Mon, December 05, 2011 - In the fast-paced fashion industry, agility is this CIO's core strength.

Mon, November 28, 2011 - At Lifetime Products, Apple products breached a long-time Microsoft stronghold, disrupted a conservative IT culture and tested the CIO's mettle to inspire his troops and embrace the consumerization of IT.

Mon, November 21, 2011 - 'Tis the Season to Call In Sick

Fri, November 11, 2011 - U.S. companies have been hiring workers from India for years, especially graduates of U.S. universities. But Indian companies, as well as American firms operating in India, are now trying to convince some of them to return to India.

Fri, November 11, 2011 - The case affected support, project management and quality assurance workers

Wed, November 09, 2011 - Sentiment analysis software, often used for monitoring customer opinions, can also be used to analyze email and intranets to gauge employee morale. But be forewarned: Employees may see it as Big Brother surveillance.

Tue, November 01, 2011 - Art inspires. Humor inspires. Teamwork inspires. A greater purpose inspires. What are you doing to inspire your IT staff?

Mon, October 31, 2011 - With the economic recovery in question, companies are starting to cut staff again, and employees are more likely to file wrongful termination charges against their former employers. Human resources and legal experts explain how to avoid legal trouble when firing an employee for performance reasons or laying off an employee for financial reasons.

Thu, October 27, 2011 - U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes cloud computing, Web services and a new IT culture of sharing can reap huge savings and prop up Uncle Sam.

Tue, October 04, 2011 - IT shops that want to run Oracle's database machine need to rethink their skill sets

Tue, September 13, 2011 - This year's crop of DEMO startups targeting the enterprise space face big challenges.

Wed, August 31, 2011 - Brewing company's goal is to make employees in the field feel more connected

Mon, August 22, 2011 - The longer workplace conflicts fester, the more stress and acrimony they create. Here are four tips for resolving conflicts with coworkers.

Fri, August 19, 2011 - Recent cases of IT workers who turn against their companies and destructively shut down networks for days provide lessons for how businesses can work to prevent similar attacks.

Tue, August 16, 2011 - On the day they were fired early last year, about 40 IT employees at Molina Healthcare Inc. had been gathered in a conference room for what they were told would be a planning meeting. At the same time, laptop computers were being collected from the assembled workers' desks.

Wed, August 10, 2011 - We've all run into at least one of these four types of troublesome co-workers. Teambuilding expert Kaley Klemp explains how to handle them.

Fri, August 05, 2011 - Microsoft, IBM and other multinational companies have long been customers for VanceInfo, one of China's largest IT outsourcing firms. With more than 11,000 employees, VanceInfo leverages China's low-cost work force to develop products and enterprise software for many of its clients.

Mon, July 25, 2011 - More and more companies are offering paid time off to employees who want to volunteer, either on company-sponsored initiatives or at a charity or agency of their own choosing.

Mon, July 11, 2011 - California's Supreme Court recently ruled against Oracle in an overtime case that may have far-reaching implications for employees and employers across the U.S., especially other California-based tech companies.

Mon, June 20, 2011 - You can't survive without them. They wield enormous power over your systems, networks, and data -- the very lifeblood of your organization. Few people outside IT have any understanding of what they do, and fewer still exercise any oversight over their actions.