Understanding People Risk

By Geoff Wade

Though the risk associated with human resource management ("people risk") has been identified as the most significant threat to global business operations, it is still seen as a relatively unfamiliar area. In this article, Geoff Wade, Operations Manager with Aon Hewitt's Regional Talent & Rewards Analytics Center, illustrates the concept of people risk, highlights the importance of managing people risk, as well as the steps involved in preparing and identifying people risks. He also goes on to specify ways to categorize, quantify and overcome people risks.

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Rethinking Rewards

By Anand Shankar and Rick Payne 

This article discusses how views are changing toward rewards in response to changes in the business environment, avenues to make information available, the ways in which people seek gratification and recognition, as well as the methods that companies use to manage increasingly networked organizations. Anand and Rick also discuss generational perceptions of rewards, and how rewards can best be managed.

Flexible Benefits: An Effective Prescription in China

By Angela Zhou

In this article, Angela Zhou, Senior Consultant with Aon Hewitt's Health & Benefits Practice in China, first reviews the benefits landscape in China, from the 1970s to the present day. Noting the growing popularity of flexible benefits (flex) in China, Angela highlights the advantages of flex, the key to successful flex schemes, and ways to maximize the advantages of flex.

Do Big Bonuses Cause CFOs to Fudge Reports?

By Brian Dunn and Na Boon Chong 

Based on a recent Harvard Business School study "Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO", this commentary by Brian Dunn and Na Boon Chong challenges the assertions made in the study. Brian and Boon highlight the views held by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and go on to provide recommended steps that a company should take.

Corporate Governance

• Using Evaluation to Build a Strong Board of Directors, Mar 11
• Rethinking Pay, Oct 10
• Can Boards Take Leading Role in Risk Governance?, Sep 10

Leadership & Talent

• Understanding People Risk, May 12
• Top Companies for Leaders in 2011 Study: Asia Pacific Insights and Best Practices, Mar 12
• Pick and Plant, Mar 12

Health & Benefits

• Flexible Benefits: An Effective Prescription in China, May 12
• Intriguing Insights on High-Tech Benefits, Mar 11
• Flexible Benefits in China, Jan 11

Rewards

• Rethinking Rewards, May 12
• Do Big Bonuses Cause CFOs to Fudge Reports?, May 12
• Asia Pacific Compensation Trends in the Technology Industry, Mar 12

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Case Studies

• Compliance, Efficiency and Financial Impact, May 10
• Breaking the Mold, Apr 10
• Building a Global Company from Japan, Feb 10

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