What the research really says about effective goal development

Performance Solutions has published a white paper discussing the effectiveness of the SMART (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time bound) model of goal development.

Source: Performance Solutions.

The paper on goals contains a summary of the research results from over the past 40 years, and is aimed at helping anyone applying goals at work to make better informed decisions when it comes to setting and managing goals.

According to the company, emotional investment wins hands down over SMART goals.

Read the white paper here.

White paper on managing talent in the China hospitality industry offers solutions

The Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (CSHTM) and its Institute for Hospitality & Tourism Education & Research (IHTER) have released a white paper on talent in the Chinese hospitality industry which may be of interest to HR managers handling Chinese resources as well as to those in the hospitality industry. 

Managing Growing Pains of China’s Relentless Hotel Development Pipeline provides the hospitality industry with ideas on what can be done to address the severe shortage of qualified and skilled talent in China for hotels entering the market, including professional coaching, conflict resolution and career ladder strategies at the workplace.

Authored by Simone Champagnie, executive director at IHTER; Danqing Liu, Associate professor at CSHTM’s Marriott Tianjin China Program; and Christine Toguchi, MD at MacroVision Network and the Project consultant for IHTER, the paper explores the insight, ideas and pertinent questions arising from the intellectual exchange that took place at the Visionary Leaders Forum in Shanghai last June. 

Click here to download the white paper in English and Mandarin.

UAE's TRA publishes YouTube usage guidelines

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE has launched guidelines to YouTube usage as part of The UAE Social Media White Papers collection. 

The TRA notes that YouTube has more than 1 billion unique visitors every month and over 100 hours of video uploaded every minute, and stated that the laws of the UAE prohibit the publication of content which is contrary to public morals, the principles of Islam and the social and moral welfare of the UAE, or any content that contains irreverence towards Islam and any other heavenly religions. The content must also respect the UAE Government, its leadership, political institutions and ultimately the UAE’s cultural heritage and social norms and customs. 

The white paper on YouTube lists the following guidelines: 

• Users are prohibited from undertaking predatory behaviour, stalking, threats and harassment of others. Harassment could include copying a user’s channel layout, using a similar username or posing as another person. 
• Users must only upload videos which they have made or which they are authorised to use. 
• YouTube is owned by Google. In using the YouTube service, users agree to Google’s terms relating to the collection and sharing of their personal information.

The TRA has an extensive collection of white papers with guidelines on various Internet services and social networks. White papers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yahoo/Flickr; LinkedIn; Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, the Apple Store, Blackberry and Keek are also available here.