By Bill Price As PBOG Magazine commences its three-issue series on “The Making of a Well,” with separate installments on (A) Prospecting and Exploration (this issue, page 58), (B) Drilling (“Getting to the Bottom of Things,” scheduled for May), and (C) Completions and Takeaway (June), I’m tracking along by describing the various human resources (types […]
The Small Business HR Challenge
While the personnel functions within a small company can be challenging, there are answers out there, too. By Bill Price Many businesses start as a family affair with their children pitching in. Sometimes it is two friends with nothing more than a handshake and a verbal agreement to split the profits. These small business situations […]
Planning the Right Employee Benefits to Retain Employees
By Bill Price Employee benefits or perks should be designed to encourage employees to remain on the job, think favorably about the company, and generally improve employee welfare. This is not a time to follow the status quo by just doing what is popular. Benefits should meet the needs of your employees, who may very […]
Essentials of Obamacare: An Employer’s Guide
By Bill Price An important question facing businesses today is uncertainty about how the new Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, affects them as employers. The employer ponders some big questions: Will it apply to my company? Will the changes make it too expensive to insure my employees? Obviously the most important human resource […]
Human Resources
Employment Picture: Permian Basin Who is gaining ground and who is losing ground? By Bill Price, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: With this article we introduce our newest columnist, Dr. Bill Price, whose credentials in human resources are cited in the article’s tagline. Besides his training in HR, Dr. Price had a career in the United States […]
When Smaller Doesn’t Mean More Manageable
by Lana Cunningham From the era of cable tool rigs and the Model T Ford to today’s instant communication by cell phone and computers, Phil Kendrick, Jr., has worked through generations of changes in the petroleum industry. His father started Kendrick Oil & Gas Company in Abilene in 1918 and the son, at 86, […]
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