I found this interesting guide on Twitter: Best Practices and Tips <http://afreelist-blogspot.tradepub.com/free/w_make01/?p=w_make01> However the topic of this...
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kristen91@...
kmax91
Mar 4, 2010 10:10 pm
I worked for several years at Mars. Every office, globally, is open--everyone, from the president down, is out in the open. Cube walls are 8 inches high. It...
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David Kalish
dkalish
Mar 4, 2010 9:55 pm
Probably need at least one room with walls and a door where private conversations can take place. David Kalish ... From: Linda M Konstan <lkonstan@...> ...
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Gary Lear
waya10
Mar 4, 2010 8:50 pm
Linda, Another thought that I had based on Max's comments concerns the amount of conversations that people are going to be having. If these are accounting,...
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Max Wagoner
hrnetcornell
Mar 4, 2010 8:24 pm
In my opinion there is no doubt that payroll belongs in accounting. Payroll is 90% an accounting function. Of course, HR needs to have a close relationship...
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Max Wagoner
hrnetcornell
Mar 4, 2010 8:16 pm
... Will they have "private" space for private meetings? There is no way in the world I would want to work in "open" space even with payroll or HR colleagues....
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Joan Glover
gloverj@...
Mar 4, 2010 7:41 pm
We moved our office to an open space environment 5 years ago. We are small (under 100 employees). The CEO, VP's and HR Director all have private offices, no...
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Gary Lear
waya10
Mar 4, 2010 6:52 pm
Linda, Being a person who likes their privacy, I would hate the thought of having to sit in an open area and try to do my work. I just shudder at the thought....
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HRStrategy@...
Mar 4, 2010 5:16 pm
I have worked with payroll in each function and certainly prefer it in accounting as most of the work more closely resembles accounting demands and tax laws....
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Debbie Hall
skipsmagiclea
Mar 4, 2010 3:52 pm
Good question Linda. And I guess, if a company set up a good auditing system it would work. Just as a good auditing system needs to be in place for the...
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Christopher J. Schaffer
cjs_phr
Mar 4, 2010 3:39 pm
Payroll should be in accounting for internal control purposes. Basically payroll is a specialized accounts payable function and no one would argue that AP...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Mar 4, 2010 3:34 pm
Hi, Debbie, Thanks for the quick response. Couldn’t someone in accounting pull off the same scam. Quite honestly, whether it’s in HR or accounting,...
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Debbie Hall
skipsmagiclea
Mar 4, 2010 3:29 pm
I'm a believer in having it in accounting so that there is a check and balance. I worked at a company once where payroll was processed by an HR person (not...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Mar 4, 2010 3:24 pm
Linda Konstan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Mar 4, 2010 3:08 pm
So a colleague at a 1200 employee nonprofit is considering setting up totally open shared spaces instead of private offices for the 12 person HR Department....
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Gary Lear
waya10
Feb 25, 2010 9:29 pm
I've come across a lot of other research on this issue, but I just started listening to Daniel Pink read his latest book "Drive: The Surprising Truth About ...
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Gregorio Billikopf
bielikov
Feb 18, 2010 11:49 pm
Dear HRnetters: I have begun in earnest the process of video recording volunteers to demonstrate various aspects of the book Party-Directed Mediation: Helping...
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Fred
fnickols
Feb 18, 2010 9:43 pm
Thanks for the pointer to this piece, Linda. It's a good example of what innovative HR ought to be about; namely, redefining the relationship between...
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Loretta Raftery
loretta172000
Feb 18, 2010 8:00 pm
Try Mark Lipis Lipis Consulting, Inc. 1355 Westwood Blvd. Suite 208 Los Angeles, CA 90024-4953 Phone: 310-445-4393 Fax: 310-445-4395 ...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 18, 2010 7:50 pm
If you are or know someone who falls into this category, please let me know. HR consultant who has completed three total executive compensation studies for at...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 16, 2010 10:56 pm
Check this out - just showed up in one of my newsletters today: *****Tailor-Made Careers***** Deloitte's Mass Career Customization program, which allows...
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David Kalish
dkalish
Feb 16, 2010 10:34 pm
Gary: Thank you for the link. Yes, that is one consequence of doing what I was talking about. David Kalish ... From: Gary Lear <discuss@...> Subject:...
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Gary Lear
waya10
Feb 16, 2010 5:41 pm
David, You mentioned about providing computer access to employees in regard to our discussion on Innovative HR. I'm not sure if this is what you are talking ...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 16, 2010 12:30 am
Steve McEflresh has tried, to no avail to send this information to us all so I’m forwarding on his behalf. Linda Konstan Linda, You pose an interesting...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 15, 2010 4:23 pm
If anyone knows a Peoplesoft Enterprise Campus Solution pro who would like to work for a major New York City college (salary $150K range), please tell them to...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 15, 2010 4:04 am
This is great, Gary. It gives me much to think about. Linda Konstan Sensible Human Resources Consulting 25+ years taking legal compliance and employee...
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Gary Lear
waya10
Feb 15, 2010 2:30 am
Linda, It depends on what you are looking for when you ask about "Innovative HR." As you mentioned, there are scores of HR consultancies that are offering ...
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Gary Lear
waya10
Feb 13, 2010 3:02 am
Linda, Here is a quickie, courtesy of Yahoo! Finance; I'll send along some of my thoughts later this weekend: ...
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Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
Feb 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Interesting that no responses (except 2) have come in. Is it because HR is just not innovative? We see the word all the time. Consulting firms are ...
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schultz60015
Feb 12, 2010 3:27 pm
Linda, I think the most innovative thing I have seen lately is Best Buy's ROWE "Results Only Work Environment" ...
