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Behavioural differences influence work situations. When the boss behaves contrary to established norms, which is often, the boss' behavioural difference becomes more obvious to employees.

Management succession system is of course one of the main preoccupations of the human resources dep-artment but the system remains weak due to family domination in business.

A local company released an advertisement to recruit a HR manager.

Do we have the talent we need to be successful? Unfortunately, we seldom ask this question to ourselves.

There are a variety of returns employees may receive from the employer. But many know only the base salary - a main offer that often dominates selection.

Management Today: Coping with role stress in an organisation

It is difficult to attribute specific results to training. There was a disagreement between finance and human resource department on arriving at a training budget for a major company.

Recently, my friend joined as director of human resources in a family-owned company in a newly created position. So my friend has to do lot! His managing director asked him to outline a plan on why, what and how he is going to organise HR activities during 2002.

Induction is important to young people, so that they can become motivated and productive as soon as possible. Especially, the induction of UAE trainees should be practical, systematic and include regular opportunities for reviews.

Some friends were discussing the slowdown in their businesses. While the majority were expressing concern over decreasing margins, one said, "I have good people in my company. They will re-shape my business soon.

Twenty years ago, multinational companies had a shortage of qualified local managers at foreign units. So they emplo-yed expatriates in large numbers.

While at university, I never realised the importance of theories of motivation that one day will be used in industry. It was a mistake of the system that our learning process was traditional and designed to secure marks.