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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Davies, Kent R. |
Author Affiliation: | Freelance Business Writer, Phoenix |
Title: | Under pressure: Tough economic times can take their toll on employees. Keeping spirits high can be an important (and overlooked) task for superintendents |
Section: | GCM extra Other records with the "GCM extra" Section
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Source: | Golf Course Management. Vol. 78, No. 9, September 2010, p. 82, 84, 86. |
Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Related Web URL: | http://www.aegreenkeepers.com/descargas/revistas/41.pdf#page=54 Last checked: 12/22/2011 Requires: Adobe Acrobat Notes: Greenkeepers version, in Spanish |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Communications; Economic profile; Employee relations; Futures; Golf course budgets; Golf course superintendents; Personnel management; Staff motivation
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Abstract/Contents: | Encourages golf course superintendents to communicate actively with employees as a potential means of tackling anxiety and economy related mental stress. Provides several suggestions to possibly achieve higher staff morale, highlighting setting a positive tone and presenting facts and information clearly and openly to staff members. Warns that "unmanaged rumor mills can be your greatest enemy...The truth, when delivered in a timely manner, is effective at counteracting destructive organizational rumors." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Translated and reprinted in Greenkeepers, 41 Octubre 2011, p. 54-56 with translated title "La plantilla, bajo presión", Lang: Spanish Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Davies, K. R. 2010. Under pressure: Tough economic times can take their toll on employees. Keeping spirits high can be an important (and overlooked) task for superintendents. Golf Course Manage. 78(9):p. 82, 84, 86. |
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