Joking and generally having fun at work can increase productivity and employee engagement. It may reduce stress, build harmonious relationships, improve teamwork, promote creativity, aid communication and reduce absenteeism…who would want to miss out on some enjoyable activity at work? But remember the less than hilarious Joker from Batman lore? Described as an anarchist and an agent of chaos…his example reminds us that there is good reason to bear
Rates of sexual assault and harassment as well as threatening or abusive conduct have been declining in the public sector. Worryingly however, reports of bullying, racism and discrimination are on the increase. The annual WA Public Sector Commission 2016/17 report revealed that 534 minor misconduct complaints were received during that year. Comprising of 969 separate allegations, 64% (621 complaints) were regarding staff behaviour with almost one third of those
Many organisations avoid the issue of crisis planning, as if anticipating a crisis is tempting fate. Establishing a set of basic crisis management procedures, which can be used in any organisation from a school to a major industrial centre can be done using four steps: Determine the major categories of crisis events that may occur in the organisation. Crises can be divided into three types, people crises, natural disasters
