The success of any company depends on organization. Organizing is the process of identifying, specifying and assigning work, grouping work and resources into structure and establishing a chain of command between individuals and groups. Allstate management uses knowledge and human resources to organize and achieve the goals of the company.An organization is more successful if its employees learn quicker, and implement and commercialize knowledge faster than the workers of the competition. An organization that does not learn continuously and is not able to continuously list, develop, share, mobilize, cultivate, put into practice, review, and spread knowledge will not be able to comp ...view middle of the document...
It is an integral tool for employee's personal and professional development.Since it is imperative to constantly know which knowledge is essential, where it is available in the organization, which associate possesses this skill, how this knowledge can be adequately utilized, how it can be shared, how this provides added value and how it can be maintained. The knowledge infrastructure within the Allstate is organized in such a way that effective team work, creativity, positive thinking, self confidence and a good learning environment are stimulated by; for example, the use of computers, Internet and Intranet, continuous training, an auditorium, organization of brainstorm sessions, review meetings, etc. The ability of Allstate employees to learn by experience depends on the willingness of its employees to think about problems, about the opportunity presented to associates to identify and solve common problems together, the willingness to intervene preventively, and the existence of a working atmosphere where every employee feels responsible for the company's performance. In practice, organizations especially seem to learn if employees have a sense of direction through a collective ambition (mission and vision), and work with all their might to realize this ambition. Because of this, employees feel a strong common bond, which motivates them to learn together. Under these inspiring circumstances, they are also willing to share their knowledge with their colleagues and match their personal objectives with the ones of the organization.The human resources department is committed to hiring individuals who are highly qualified and they feel will be successful on the job. One of the ways human resources finds candidates is through employee referral. The Employee Referral Program was established to encourage current employees to refer family and friends to Allstate for employment. The thought behind this is, if you like your job and believe that Allstate is a great place to work, then you are our best spokesperson for finding highly skilled future employees. Employee referrals have historically been Allstate's richest source of new hires. Employees refer others whom they believe will be successful on the job, resulting in h...