Peter or Dilbert? Like Groucho Marx said, “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.”

I wonder whether Laurence J. Peter (Peter Principle) and Scott Adams (Dilbert Principle) ever met and ever discussed their visionary ideas about the way organizations work. Given the difference in age between these two, I doubt it, although Peter’s theories clearly made their mark in Scott, who knew how to express them at their best [...]

Resilience, a new buzzword in Human Resources

I can’t explain why or how, the human resources “gurus” insist on rescuing words from other disciplines, which have nothing to do with ours, to explain phenomena that occurs in companies, and more so in their employees. The latest buzzword is the term resilience, which according to Wikipedia is “in psychology is the positive capacity [...]

In the clouds, trying to understand the terminology

Over the last few months I have spent time trying to understand the difference between Outsourcing, SaaS, ASP, etc., I have only just been able to reach one reasonably coherent conclusion. The world of IT has been changing radically. Each day new terms appear and disappear—all that achieves is to complicate things unnecessarily. And it [...]

Meta4 debuts the home page in the web

As we announced yesterday, today we have published our new home web page for Meta4 Spain. Next week we will continue efforts with all the websites in all countries.

Countdown starts for the newly indexed Meta4 website

Countdown with even less to go—tomorrow at this time, our newly index Meta4 website will be up and running. The new look—more functional, modern and attractive—lets visitors to access all information at a click. We also wanted to simplify the process for contacting us. All the communication channels with Meta4 are visible at a glance, [...]

Meta4 launches a specialized training programme on using its Meta4 PeopleNet solution

The purpose of the programme is to train HR professionals in their Meta4 PeopleNet product. The participants will obtain certification which will prepare them for using Meta4 solutions in the labour market. “Our objective with this training programme is to make it easier for all HR professionals interested filling current and future vacancies in any [...]

Meta4 launches its Human Resources blog

We are pleased to share with you the birth of our new blog. Meta4 experts will put forward all their “musings” as well all the latest advances in the world of human resources. We hope this blog will be useful for all surfers looking for information on developing and retaining talent, global human resources management, [...]