Mostrando mensaje 7     < Anterior | Siguiente > Responder a este mensaje Asunto: [NewsLeader] June 2004: A Room with a Loo Fecha: Martes, 8 de Junio, 2004  11:32:48 (-0300) Autor: Alfredo Behrens <abehrens @.........br> Few corporate leaders would dare being benchmarked against Sao Paulo’s paper tigers; who epitomize sound motivation and human resource management practices. Read below.   Click to access this month’s edition of NewsLeader   Corporations in Brazil draw their workforce from a pool whose work relationships range between the extremes of 21st century slavery instances and the freedom of informal work arrangements. In a society where slaves operate the farms of congressmen, a corporate leader is likely to be able to get away with a lot of coercion at the workplace. The relative impunity and the consequent pervasiveness of coercion may induce leaders - and led - to believe that modern labor arrangements are a thing of the future. Yet, at the other end of the labor spectrum, the freedom of informality can inspire corporate leadership to elicit long-lasting motivational resources within the corporation. This is why I bring to light the case of Sao Paulo’s paper garbage collectors; who lend a new meaning to Chairman Mao’s “paper tigers” depiction of advanced corporate capitalism. Click below for more, including How to improve the effectiveness of your corporation’s email communications in English De Kooning, Appel and links to Abstract Expressionist art Theodore Zeldin’s concern regarding the relative imperviousness of technically oriented managers; Click to access this month’s edition of NewsLeader; or copy the link below and paste it into your browser: http://newsleader.blogs.com/newsleader/files/2004-06-Jun.htm   Earlier issues of NewsLeader can now be found at: http://newsleader.blogs.com once there click on the issue’s link.