Business

An approach to monitoring employees

Employees are humans first, and most people are adaptable to their circumstances. An assured salary will produce compliant behaviour within reasonable limits. An intrusive monitoring system will inevitably result in a proportion of employees trying to beat the system. There are many ways of staying put at the work place without a motivated and sustained [...]

Team Development – Tuckman’s Model

In 1965, Bruce Tuckman published a theory outlining a four stage model of group development and behaviour. Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing model is deceptively simple, covering developments in relationships, team capabilities and leadership styles over the lifetime of a team. In the 1970s, Tuckman extended his model to include Adjourning, the completion of [...]

Groupthink and the Abilene Paradox

When faced with a difficult task, we often seek the ideas and insights of a number of individuals. Attacking a problem with a group rather than an individual provides additional perspective and an opportunity to piggy-back on each other’s ideas. Despite the popularity of using teamwork to make decisions, it may not always be the [...]