Study: Long-held view of ‘bell curve’ in performance measurement proven flawed…
“All five of our studies suggest that organizational success depends on tending to the few who fall at the ‘tails’ of this distribution, rather than worrying too much about the productivity of the ‘necessary many’ in the middle,” Herman Aguinis said of Indiana University.
“A new showing that 51 percent of recent college graduates were employed full-time struck many as a low total, but it represents an improvement over last year. The Rutgers University Worktrends report released Thursday found that 6 percent were unemployed and 6 percent were working part-time while actively seeking full-time jobs. The remainder were either pursuing additional education or training, not looking for work or were engaged in volunteer activities.” Source: By Janice Podsada, The Hartford Courant.
