...FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHER MOTIVATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THIKA WEST DISTRICT, KIAMBU COUNTY BY TERESA KEMUNTO NYAKUNDI A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OCTOBER, 2012 DECLARATION This Research Project is my original work and has not been presented to any other university for a degree or any other award. Signature________________________________ Date__________________________ TERESA KEMUNTO NYAKUNDI REG. E55/CE/14342/2009 This Research Project has been submitted for examination with our approval as University Supervisors: Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Prof. Grace Bunyi Associate Professor Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Dr. Libese Senior lecturer Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University ii DEDICATION I dedicate this study to my family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge my supervisors Prof. Grace Bunyi and Dr. L.I Libese for their guidance during the writing of this project. If it were not for their guidance, this work could not have been a success. I also acknowledge teachers and principals of public secondary schools in Thika West District ...
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...Introduction To Public Administration–MGT111 VU LESSON 01 INTRODUCTION 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The course on Public Administration/Management has following objectives: Understand the concept of public administration/ management/organization Understand the evolution of the concept of public administration and its importance Understand the role of government Understand the role and core functions of public manager Understand the structure of government /organizations Create understanding about the skills required by the public manager in imparting duties Understand the changing role of government and role of public managers. Importance of Course: The course on public administration/management is important as every citizen must understand the functioning of government. Besides, whether one works in private or public organization, or one is doing ones own business or whatever the profession, this course is useful as it helps understand organizations and their functioning. It also helps us understand the environment in which we are working. Introduction: definitions, concepts & setting At the end of lecture the students should be able to understanding: • The meaning of PA • The practice of public administration (PA) • Public administration as a subject of study • Definition of Public administration • Public administration, democracy and rights of citizens The Meaning The word ‘administration’ has been derived from Latin words ‘ad’ = to and ‘ministiare’ = serve and ‘Public’ =people...
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...PROMOTION AS THE MARKETING STRATEGY OF ST.VINCENT COLLEGE OF CABUYAO: A BASIS FOR ACTION PLAN A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Laguna College of Business and Arts Graduate School, City of Calamba In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION Major in Educational Administration and Supervision By: MELVIN L. CORDEZ February 2009 APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION major in EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION, this thesis entitled “Promotion as the Marketing Strategy of St. Vincent College of Cabuyao : A Basis for Action Plan” prepared by Melvin L. Cordez is hereby submitted for oral examination. NATALIO A. MERCADO, Ph.D. Adviser Approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION major in EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION by the Examination committee with the rating _________ on February 21, 2009. Dr. Guadalupe B. Margallo Chairman Mr. Ariel p. Tuazon, msme Dr. Lucilinda C. San Juan Member Member Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of MAsTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION major in EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION. LUCILINDA C. SAN JUAN, Ed. D. Dean, Graduate School ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The researcher would...
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...Chapter This chapter examines the global environment and identifies the various forces emanating from it which managers must perceive, interpret, and respond to. These forces are divided into two categories, the global task/specific and the general. The chapter also discusses the forces behind the process of globalization and the challenges that today’s open trade environment present to managers. The chapter then closes with a discussion of national culture, its impact upon organizations, and a model to be used to compare various national cultures. Learning Objectives 1. Explain why the ability to perceive, interpret, and respond appropriately to the organizational environment is crucial for managerial success. (LO1) 2. Identify the main forces in both the global task and general environments and describe the challenges that each force presents to managers. (LO2) 3. Explain why the global environment is becoming more open and competitive and identify the forces behind the process of globalization that increase the opportunities, challenges and threats, and complexities that managers face. (LO3) 4. Discuss why national cultures differ and why it is important that managers be sensitive to the effects of falling trade barriers and regional trade associations on the political and social systems of nations around the world. (LO 4) MANAGEMENT SNAPSHOT: NESTLE’S FOOD EMPIRE Nestle, a global organization, is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland...
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...multiple languages and which can offer integration, customization, multiple platform options and more. As a global business we understand these challenges and have developed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions that meet the demands international businesses generate. At Sage we believe that to offer an exceptional customer experience we must have a complete understanding of our customers’ needs and ensure we have specific and relevant solutions to meet these in the future. Call centers began in the Philippines as plain providers of email response and managing services, these have industrial capabilities for almost all types of customer relations, ranging from travel services, technical support, education, customer care, financial services, and online business-to-customer support, online business-to-business support. The Philippines is also considered as location of choice due to its less expensive operational and labor costs, as well as having a highly skilled labor force, proficiency in American-style English and idioms, and a constant stream of college-educated graduates entering the workforce. Philippines remain as a top BPO destination for the estimated $150-billion business process outsourcing industry. The management at Call Center Philippines has been working with outsourcing vendors for over ten years. (Retrieved from http://ccaponline.org/index.php=article&id=244:expanding-call-centers-in-davao-philippines&catid=96:industry-news&Itemid=283) ...
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...Review of Research School Leadership Study Developing Successful Principals Stephen Davis Linda Darling-Hammond Michelle LaPointe Debra Meyerson Stanford Educational Leadership Institute Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation SELI Stanford University School of Education 520 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305-3084 Phone: 650.724.7384 Fax: 650.723.9931 Email: principalstudy@stanford.edu http://seli.stanford.edu This report was commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and produced by the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute in conjunction with The Finance Project. © 2005 Stanford Educational Leadership Institute (SELI). All rights reserved. Principals play a vital role in setting the direction for successful schools, but existing knowledge on the best ways to prepare and develop highly qualified candidates is sparse. What are the essential elements of good leadership? How are successful leadership development programs designed? What program structures provide the best learning environments? What governing and financial policies are needed to sustain good programming? “School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals” is a major research effort that seeks to answer these questions. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and undertaken by the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute in conjunction with The Finance Project, the study will examine eight highly developed pre- and inservice program models that address key issues in developing strong...
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...Structure CHAPTER CONTENTS Learning Objectives Key Definitions/Terms Chapter Overview Lecture Outline Management in Action Building Management Skills Small Group Breakout Exercise Be the Manager Case in the News 1 Chapter 07 - Designing Organizational Structure LEARNING OBJECTIVES LO 7-1. Identify the factors that influence managers’ choice of an organizational structure. LO 7-2. Explain how managers group tasks into jobs that are motivating and satisfying for employees. LO 7-3. Describe the types of organizational structures managers can design, and explain why they choose one structure over another. LO 7-4. Explain why managers must coordinate jobs, functions, and divisions using the hierarchy of authority and integrating mechanisms. KEY DEFINITIONS/TERMS authority: The power to hold people accountable for their actions and to make decisions concerning the use of organizational resources. boundaryless organization: an organization whose members are linked by computers, faxes, computer-aided design systems, and video teleconferencing and who rarely, if ever, see one another face-to-face. business-to-business (B2B) network: a group of organizations that join together and use IT to link themselves to potential global suppliers to increase efficiency and effectiveness. cross-functional team: A group of managers brought together from different departments to perform organizational tasks. decentralizing authority: Giving lower-level ...
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...efficient use of resources. This chapter opens by examining the four critical factors that help managers to determine the most appropriate organizational structure their organization. Next, it discusses three components of organizational design: job design, grouping jobs into functions and divisions, and the coordination of functions and divisions. The chapter closes with a discussion of integrating mechanisms and the growing popularity of global strategic alliances and business-to-business network structures. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify the factors that influence managers’ choice of an organizational structure. (LO1) 2. Explain how managers group tasks into jobs that are motivating and satisfying for employees. (LO2) 3. Describe the types of organizational structures managers can design, and explain why they choose one structure over another. (LO3) 4. Explain why managers must coordinate and integrate between jobs, functions, and divisions as an organization grows.(LO4) LECTURE OUTLINE MANAGEMENT SNAPSHOT: MICROSOFT CENTRALIZES TO MEET GOOGLE’S CHALLENGE Microsoft has been working hard to compete with Yahoo and especially Google, which are developing innovative Web-based software products to attract broadband users. Because Microsoft’s managers realize their decision making is slowed by its decentralized structure, they have decided to reorganize. Seven business units are being consolidated into three principal divisions, each of which will...
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...GLOBALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and the Impact on Institutions This page intentionally left blank GLOBALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and the Impact on Institutions Report of the AACSB International Globalization of Management Education Task Force AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business 777 South Harbour Island Boulevard Suite 750 Tampa, Florida 33602-5730 USA Tel: + 1-813-769-6500 Fax: + 1-813-769-6559 www.aacsb.edu United Kingdom North America Japan India Malaysia China Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK First edition 2011 Copyright r 2011 AACSB International. Reprints and permission service Contact: booksandseries@emeraldinsight.com No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the copyright holder or a license permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by The Copyright Licensing Agency and in the USA by The Copyright Clearance Center. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the text, illustrations or advertisements. The opinions expressed in these chapters are not necessarily those of the Editor or the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication...
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...Communication and IT Department of Business Administration Garment Industry Analysis in China Case Study on YiChang Richart Factory Limited Degree Thesis of 30 credit points Service Science LIU XIANG & XING ZHENZHEN Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 Information@kau.se www.kau.se Supervisor: Lars Haglund 1. ABSTRACT Purpose - In manufacturing industry, China is the most powerful all over the world. The garment industry is one of the most important parts in the market for manufacturing goods. And for the garment industry, China is the largest export country in the world. When we go shopping, we can see a lot of tags about ―made in China‖. Referring to China’s exporting capability in the garment industry, we want to find out why most of international clothing companies choose China as their manufacture market for their production basement. And whether the ―made in China‖ tagged in clothes is influencing consumer behavior or not. Moreover, the authors would like to provide some feasible suggestions on the management for the Chinese garment manufacturers, especially in the labor force problem. Methodology - This paper mainly takes the methodologies of literature review, both qualitative and quantitative analysis in case study, and questionnaire survey. The literatures reviewed here include company articles, academic papers, books, and website information. And in consumer behavior part, we use questionnaire as our...
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...Human Resource Management (MGT501) VU MGT - 501 T his subject/course is designed to teach the basic principles of Human Resource Management (HRM) to diverse audience/students, including those who are studying this as a supporting subject for their bachelor degree program. This course is designed to provide you the foundations of HRM whether you intend to work in HRM or not, most of these elements will affect you at some point in your career. Either you will be working with some organizations or having people working for you, in both cases you will be dealing with people. To be understandable and lively means that we need to communicate you. We start every chapter with learning objectives. The most important thing you will get out of this course are the basic skills required to succeed in today’s environment which are, you must be able to communicate, think creatively, plan effectively and deal with people. Copyright © Virtual University of Pakistan 1 Human Resource Management (MGT501) INTRODUCTION TO HRM After studying this chapter, students should be able to understand the following: Describe HRM? Explain why are we concerned about HRM? Discuss Road-map of HRM VU Lesson 1 LESSON OVERVIEW This chapter introduces the students with the basic concepts of the human resource management (HRM). During the lecture, we will be discussing the three main things, i.e. the introduction to HRM, the importance of HRM, and a brief discussion of the Resource topics...
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...Human Resource Management (MGT501) VU MGT - 501 T his subject/course is designed to teach the basic principles of Human Resource Management (HRM) to diverse audience/students, including those who are studying this as a supporting subject for their bachelor degree program. This course is designed to provide you the foundations of HRM whether you intend to work in HRM or not, most of these elements will affect you at some point in your career. Either you will be working with some organizations or having people working for you, in both cases you will be dealing with people. To be understandable and lively means that we need to communicate you. We start every chapter with learning objectives. The most important thing you will get out of this course are the basic skills required to succeed in today’s environment which are, you must be able to communicate, think creatively, plan effectively and deal with people. Copyright © Virtual University of Pakistan 1 Human Resource Management (MGT501) INTRODUCTION TO HRM After studying this chapter, students should be able to understand the following: Describe HRM? Explain why are we concerned about HRM? Discuss Road-map of HRM VU Lesson 1 LESSON OVERVIEW This chapter introduces the students with the basic concepts of the human resource management (HRM). During the lecture, we will be discussing the three main things, i.e. the introduction to HRM, the importance of HRM, and a brief discussion of the Resource topics...
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...Human Resource Management Structure of Unit: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Objectives Introduction Opening Case What is Human Resource Management? Nature of HRM Scope of HRM Objectives of HRM Functions of HRM Role of HRM HRM in the New Millennium Summary Self Assessment Questions Reference Books 1.0 Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to: 1.1 Understand the basic concepts of human resource management (HRM). Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management process. Provide an overview of functions of HRM. Describe how the major roles of HR management are being transformed. Explain the role of HRM in the present millennium. Introduction Human beings are social beings and hardly ever live and work in isolation. We always plan, develop and manage our relations both consciously and unconsciously. The relations are the outcome of our actions and depend to a great extent upon our ability to manage our actions. From childhood each and every individual acquire knowledge and experience on understanding others and how to behave in each and every situations in life. Later we carry forward this learning and understanding in carrying and managing relations at our workplace. The whole context of Human Resource Management revolves around this core matter of managing relations at work place. Since mid 1980’s Human Resource Management (HRM) has gained...
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...Employees What Shapes External Competitiveness? Labor Market Factors How Labor Markets Work Labor Demand Marginal Product Marginal Revenue Labor Supply Modifications to the Demand Side Compensating Differentials Efficiency Wage Signaling Modifications to the Supply Side Reservation Wage Human Capital Product Market Factors and Ability to Pay A Dose of Reality: What Managers Say More Reality: Splintering Supply of Labor Organization Factors Industry Employer Size People’s Preferences Organization Strategy Relevant Markets Defining the Relevant Market Competitive Pay Policy Alternatives Pay with Competition (Match) Lead Policy Lag Policy Flexible Policies Pitfalls of Pies Consequences of Pay-Level and Mix Decisions Efficiency Fairness Compliance Your Turn: Sled Dog Software Your Turn: Managing a Low-Wage, Low-Skill Work Force January is always a good month for travel agents in Ithaca, New York. In addition to the permanent population eager to flee Ithaca’s leaden skies (our computer has a screen saver whose color is titled “Ithaca”; it consists of 256 shades of gray), graduating students from Ithaca’s two colleges are traveling to job interviews with employers across the country— at company expense, full fare, no Saturday-night stayovers required. When they return from these trips, students compare notes and find that even for people receiving the same degree in the same field from the same college, the offers vary from company to company. What explains the differences? Location...
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...Plan GM 592: Leadership in the 21st Century STUDENT NAME Month day, 200X Table of Contents . Purpose of Study . Background Analysis . Literature Review . Benchmark Analysis . SWOT Analysis . Proposed Action Plan with Implementation Timeline . Potential Impact of Current Trends . Desired Future State References Purpose of Study The position I currently hold is Advanced Skills Training Manager for a global provider of office technology and equipment. My direct team unit in the organization is the corporate university (an HR function), but we also have cross functional responsibilities to sales with a dotted line reporting structure to the Regional Sr. Sales Leadership team. My primary responsibilities are to manage training and development for the field sales organization within my territory (543 reps and 87 managers in the North Eastern ¼ of the US). This territory is divided into 6 “Areas” – each with its own Sr. Leadership team and sales force as well as unique geographic, competitive, and cultural needs. Mypositionhas very recentlychanged (duringthis class, in fact) and,as a result, myrole has shifted and I been assigned three additional Areas as well as new direction and responsibilities. Prior to the change, the university primarily focused on new hire skills with some management and higher level classroom training. The mission for my new position is to support the Area Business plan through “front line” skill building and...
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