Prof. dr. Crisis Prescription from Zuhal Baltas

With the Personnel Management Association PERYÖN inviting human resources units to be sensitive about “employees” during the crisis period, companies explained their 2009 alternative scenarios to Sabah Newspaper’s Human Resources supplement, Is Human.*
President of Baltas Eksen Selection, Evaluation and Organization, Prof. Dr. Zuhal Baltas expressed her comments on this issue as follows.
Regarding the course of the crisis, Zuhal Baltas said, “2009 will be a year in which the economy will shrink and there will be contraction in every field. At this point of the crisis, everyone expects to hear positive news about the development of the crisis. With this expectation, the positive signs that I think will come in April-May will be greater than the real impact it will create.” “It will also be perceived as good and this impact will be felt in the last quarter of 2009.” He made a statement.
Comparing the current crisis with the crises experienced in the past, Baltas said, “The companies that can withstand the crises shown by the previous crises have some basic characteristics. The characteristics of the institution are as follows:
 High level of employee commitment,
 Commitment to a vision that employees believe in,
 A common value system shared with all employees,
 The existence of a management climate that supports innovation and creativity for the institution.
Crisis is a process in which the quality of managers is tested. Therefore, managers need to keep their anxieties under control during this period and be careful to make their speeches without threatening and in a way that will energize employees.”
said.
Stating that the first step in crisis environments should not be dismissal, Prof. Dr. In response to this situation, Zuhal Baltas said, “The most harmful practice in times of crisis is to reduce the investment in people and human resources to zero with impulsive decisions. This causes the intellectual capital of the institution to be wasted and the investment made in corporate commitment and human resources policies, which are vital for the institution, to be wasted.” It causes him to leave.” made his comments.
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