Better than anyone, Canadians have cause to complain about living in a northern climate. And complain they do. You need look no further than our own Environment Canada, which speaks of "misery days" as it reports on our brutish winter times.
You would think, in this money-mad society, that most people make their big work-related decisions on the basis of maximizing their compensation. And you would be wrong. In fact, social scientists will tell you that most people satisfice; that is, they choose an action that is merely “good enough” rather than optimal. For example, when …
Back in 1999, Queen’s IRC Senior Research Fellow Dr. David Weiss offered a far-reaching view of the forces affecting human resources management. A decade later, David takes a look back and a prescient look forward to make sense of the rapid changes in the profession. What does he see?