Production of software is growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide. In addition, the increasingly global business climate has accelerated the need for business software. An inadequate number of software engineers exist to produce and maintain software to meet this demand. One possible solution to correcting this shortfall is reeducating existing non-software employees to become software engineers...

This paper addresses a decision problem related to simultaneously scheduling the tasks in a project and assigning the staff to these tasks, taking into account that a task can be performed only by employees with certain skills, and that the length of each task depends on the number of employees assigned. This type of problems usually appears in service companies, where both tasks scheduling and...

Shelter employees with euthanasia responsibilities are an at-risk population for a variety of psychological and emotional ailments. This study surveyed 305 employees from 62 shelters throughout the United States to gather first-hand perspectives on what should be done to assist shelter workers in dealing with euthanasia-related stress. Researchers conducted a qualitative analysis of 359 improve...

The business environment is rapidly changing and in order to create a competitive advantage the market, organizations are facing problems of attracting highly skilled employees, hiring training right people for specialized jobs, effectively managing talent pool succession pool. In 21st century, when advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, robots, automation exploding la...

The ultimate challenge of human competence management is to successfully organize and harness the skills and knowledge of employees for added value creation inside the company. In this context, it is important to understand the aspirations and needs of employees for changing the current ways of working, and their subjective appreciation of the respective organizational roles they play. From the...

Manufacturing companies have to meet a lot of challenges in continuing training for employees. Especially on the way towards industry 4.0 the workforce needs to be able to handle fast changing environments and ever-changing working contexts. Furthermore, they have to be familiar with constantly new technologies (e.g. complex user interfaces, mobile devices) that are introduced during the proces...

The seaport of Gioia Tauro is the largest transshipment terminal of the Mediterranean Sea. A crucial management task for the companies operating in the seaport is team building: the problem of properly allocating the available personnel for serving the incoming boats. Teams have to be carefully arranged in order to meet several constraints such as: availability of employees and their skills, co...

Do investments in your employees actually affect workforce performance? Who are your top performers? How can you empower and motivate other employees to excel? Leading-edge companies such as Google, Best Buy, Procter & Gamble, and Sysco use sophisticated data-collection technology and analysis to answer these questions, leveraging a range of analytics to improve the way they attract and retain ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the literature regarding prevention of depression in the workplace. METHOD Literature review of what the author believes are seminal articles highlighting workplace factors and interventions in preventing depression in the workplace. RESULTS Employees can help prevent depression by building protective factors such as better coping and stress management skills. Employees...