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Love the Job You Have
Jul 13th
Love the Job You Have
Of course getting out of bed gets tough. You don’t need to say goodbye to your boss forever and bid him adieu just to be happy with your career. Your professional life can go through its chares of ups and downs, and before you jump ship, think about what your options are right now. With so many companies holding firm on their hiring halts, you may put too many things on the line. Don’t feel trapped with your job if you look at things from a different perspective. Remember, there are always two sides to every story, and right now, you’re just too focused on one part.
Okay, so what if you haven’t had a raise in years? If you’re pay increase, along with everyone else’s, is axed from the plans, you need to stop complaining. Right now, your company had to do this in order for you to keep your job. Realize that and look for other ways to feel validated for a job well done. Set a new goal for yourself and work hard at getting there. If your boss sees that you’re actually motivating yourself to work harder, you’ll get the praises you deserve. Experts say that positive reinforcement works not only with children, but with adults as well. You know you’ve accomplished something, and that makes you feel more satisfied. Plus, with different companies downsizing, you really will have more on your plate. You will be valued once they see that you’re willing to do your share to help the company survive. Rest assured, once recession is over, you will also be the first to reap the rewards. Aside from that, you will get stellar recommendations from your supervisor. If you’re really strapped for cash, look for extra ways to earn money. Take an after-work job or start selling stuff online. Remember, you have a world of opportunities at your feet. With a little bit of research, you will definitely find ways to finance your indulgences.
So when others complain, it’s best that you keep your mouth shut. If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. Nonetheless, be there for your colleagues. Hear them out and help lift their spirits. Talk to them about your plans of earning extra cash and form partnerships with them. Remember, two heads are better than one. You can even improve on your plans when you have inputs from other people. Be their ally in a different way, and make them feel that if you just put your heads together, you can actually make the best of the situation you’re in.
Remember, your boss is also under a lot of pressure, even more than what you’re getting. Instead of dragging others down with you, try to understand the situation. Don’t take this personally and just let your coworkers know that you can be each others’ pillar of strength. That way, all of you can keep your emotions under wraps and the atmosphere at work will be so much better.
Business Process Outsourcing in Action
Jul 10th
Business process is the skeleton of a certain business activity. It involves the description of different tasks and possible outcomes that are associated with a specific business activity. It is essential in crafting the business goals of a certain corporate organization, which is clearly defined in the organization’s business strategy.
Business process is classified into three categories, which are as follows:
• The management processes, which is followed to run the operation of the business and comply with all existing yet relevant requirements.
• The operational processes, which is followed in delivering the business value to clients, and is considered as an integral part of a corporate organization’s core business.
• The supporting processes, which is followed to support the core-based processes. It includes accounting, information technology (IT) support, and recruitment processes.
Being the skeleton of your organization’s business activity, you must give utmost importance to your business process as a whole. This is extremely important since the success or failure in achieving the goals of your business will largely depend on the process that you have followed, together with your business strategies and plans. Thus, without an effective business process, your business is as good as dead when the time comes.
Realizing the importance of a business process in achieving their business objectives, there are companies that prefer to outsource some or all of their business process (most specifically the non-core processes) to third-party organizations. The main motive in outsourcing a business process is to allow the business to invest most of their time, financial, and human resources into core activities and focus on building effective strategies, which will fuel the growth of the company.
Since the global marketplace is fast-changing and highly-competitive, your business must concentrate on improving the productivity and at the same time trim down unnecessary costs. Non-core business processes are being outsourced since the tasks involved in these processes consumes time, essential resources, and energy. Thus, outsourcing these non-core business processes will help you achieve a cost-efficient system.
Non-core business processes that can be outsourced range from production to customer service to support functions (such as software development). Most companies that are outsourcing their business process are from Western countries and they are delegating the work to outsourcing firms located offshore, especially countries located on the Eastern hemisphere, such as China, Philippines, India, and Malaysia.
While more and more companies are becoming comfortable with outsourcing their business processes, outsourcing most of their learning and development functions is still a new approach to many learning professionals. Moving the training and learning model that is completely in-house to one that will be handled by other individuals outside the business is a big leap. However, as mentioned earlier, it is important that these processes receive equal importance and consideration for the benefit of your business as a whole. Thus, despite of business process outsourcing as a new approach, many training and learning professionals are starting to get the grip of the new system and subsequently will follow the outsourcing trend.
Business process, especially the non-core one, needs to be given equal importance and attention to achieve an efficient business operation. Outsourcing these business processes will not be a waste of time and financial resources, but rather a strategy to be followed. Surviving in this highly-competitive global marketplace is not as easy as you think. You need an option that will work to your advantage — and that is outsourcing.
Karin Le Blanc Internet entrepreneur, publisher and writer