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Why we need Knowledge workers? Who are knowledge workers? Peter Drucker has first invented the term “knowledge worker” in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow in 1959. He defined high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through training to develop products and services. He stated that the knowledge workers would be the most valuable assets of a 21st-century organization as their high level of productivity and creativity. They can be professionals in information technology areas such as Programmers, web designers, system analysts, technical writers, and researchers.   Also, this group can include pharmacists, public accountants, engineers, architects, lawyers, physicians, scientists, financial analysts, and design thinkers. Knowledge workers are said to think for a living, not like blue-collar laborers who are paid for carrying out physical tasks. The number of knowledge workers, who are to solve complex problems or to develop new produ

Why Corporate social responsibility (CSR)? There is an important message around the world that whatever we do today will have an impact on future generations. We should not think that all the efforts we get to protect ourselves will be enough to protect our children in the future. However, we can make the world for them a better place to live only with very mindful efforts. We always have to address our present needs with the needs of the next generation. And this is the corporate social responsibility (Damithendra, n.d.) . According to WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) “The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to sustainable economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society.” This understand that corporate social responsibility is an act of presenting the concern of the organization and the commitment towards the sustainab

Why a personal development plan is important? What is personal development? Personal development is a continuous and enduring process of nurturing, shaping and improving skills and knowledge to ensure maximum effectiveness and ongoing employability. Also, this is about empowering individuals to improve their performance and reach their full potential at each stage of their career. What is personal development plan? Personal development planning is the process of 1.        Creating aims and objectives including what you want to achieve or where you want to go, and the target time frame. 2.        Creating current experiences 3.        Identifying needs for skills, knowledge or competence 4.        Selecting appropriate development activities to meet those perceived needs Personal Development Cycle   Why the personal development plan is important? Personal development is an import phase of life which each one of you should strive for an

Why we need and how we can have a performing culture? What is culture? We can call the environment that surrounds us all the time as the culture. Shared values, belief systems, attitudes and the set of expectations that people in a workplace share, we called culture. However, the leadership and the strategic organizational directions and management influence the workplace culture in a massive way. Strongest company cultures develop from input and feedback from employees. Why organizational culture matters? It is important to employees because workers are more likely to enjoy their time in the workplace when they fit in with the company culture. They enjoy work as their needs and values are consistent with those in the workplace. They like to develop a better relationship with coworkers and are even more productive (Doyle, n.d.). What happens through a culture? A positive culture improves teamwork, increases the morale, improves the productivity and efficienc

Why the work-life balance is important? Do you feel burned out or overwhelmed? Then you are not having a work-life balance. Do not you think that you put your health at risk? Let us see why it is important to have work-life balance. When you aim to succeed in your work life, you put your all effort for it and leave a little time for other parts of your life like family, hobbies and personal happiness. To have mental and physical health, it is vital to have a healthy work-life balance. If not you will lose productivity at work and connection to your personal life.   Even science has shown that the more overworked you are, the greater the risk you have for heart failure and stroke (Stahl, 2018) . At work, prioritizing a healthy culture and cultivating a happy workplace the environment promotes work-life balance. When employees are happy in their roles, the workplace will feel like their second home and will not only work for the paycheck (Kohll, 2018) .

Why the design of work/job is important to an organization? Functions and the activities of an organization and the relationships between them called the design of work at an organization. Work design decides whether the employees retain a longer or shorter period of time with the organization. Employees may leave the organization if they are not happy with the work or job design of the organization. Therefore this affects both individual employees and organizational outcomes (Armstrong, 2006) . All work activities will effect mentally and physically on employees. Therefore the job and work design should identify the suitable facilities, furniture, machines and tools to match with the employee's attributes, capacities and activities of the employee to perform well. The best performance will come when an organization has a person-environment fit work design. Positive, suitable and effective work environment will improve the commitment of the employees, self-mo