Case Study: Nurturing Employee Productivity
In this chapter, we will take a case study to understand the value of nurturing employee productivity. Before their acquisition by JACOBS, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) was one of the largest infrastructure…
Defining Improving Personal Productivity
According to the Office of Personnel Management, located in Washington, DC, personal productivity consists of a flowchart that begins with the employee planning his assignment properly and setting realistic expectations,…
Personal Productivity – Introduction
Most people admit that they have faced times when they all wondered if it would be better to have more time in a day. That might not be possible any…
Probes – Configurations
Probes - Configurations Eddy current probes are classified by the configuration and mode of operation of the test coils. The configuration of the probe generally refers to the way the…
Case Study: Expanding Your Horizons
In this chapter, we will take a case study to understand the value of expanding your horizons and how it plays a critical role in improving one’s personal productivity. DreamReads,…
Evaluation of Work
All companies have a formal review system that they implement annually for all the employees, however it’s always advisable to have frequent informal review and feedback processes taken in 2-3…
Why Employees Lose Interest To Work?
Successful employees realize that the tags of “disobeying, uncooperative” etc. are attached to those in a team who were once selected to work for them by the company itself. In…
Absolute Probes
Absolute probes generally have a single test coil that is used to generate the eddy currents and sense changes in the eddy current field. As discussed in the physics section,…
Herzberg’s Theory
Frederick Herzberg, the famous American psychologist and an authority on “Business Management”, had said that an employer is hiring a group of people to work in such a way that…
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
David A. Kolb, the famous educational theorist, who is known for his Learning Style Inventory (LSI) has once propounded a theory known as the “Kolb’s Learning Cycle” which states that…


