...express and opportunity to add insurance cover for fragile or valuable items, or to use online booking system where people can send the occasional parcel without opening any kind of account or having a formal arrangement with the company. “The national network is supported by dedicated account management and costumer services team, which benefits our customers by working with a partner who provides a reliable, secure and flexible services. The company vision is to maintain our position as the expert within the UK parcel market” LO1 Understand the different perspectives of human resources management. Explain Guest’s model of HRM Human Resources Management can be define as “the organisational function that deals with recruiting ,managing ,developing and motivating people, including providing functional and specialised support system to foster regulatory compliance with employment and human rights standards” (Strandberg,2009,p2) Guest’s (1987) ideal-type model is used to characterize...
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...Human Resource Management Roles Sharon Lokomski HCS/341 8/29/2011 Mark Stricklett Human Resource Management Roles The human resource department plays a major rule in businesses. With the human resource department companies can run more smoothly so that different departments can be split up and have there own managers. There are two important roles for the human resource department which include strategic planning and functional support. The strategic planning is developing and counseling the orgainizations performance. There needs to be a good plan so the company will have its employee working together as a team and be able to have a manager for there department. The functional support is the legwork and tactical processes of the performance of the management system. With having these two in place the company could run properly and have a working environment. Some of the job descriptions of the human resouce department are to create jobs that could include the tasks, duties, and responsibilities for each employee of the company. This also has performance standards to define the different levels of work in the company. The human resource department has leadership training to have managers trained so they can train there employees on the jobs that they were hired for. The only way that the effectivness of the human resource department plays a part in how well the organization runs. With having different managers for the departments the employees could have...
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...ASSESMENT 1) From Mclean she views her role as HR manager to be involved everything that has to do with the running of the store. She wants to be involved in everything to do with managing the store. Even though She is strategically focused, have a strong work ethics and has a retail experience that doesn’t make define her role as a HR manager as she needs expertise in HR , she is too involved and has to know her role a HR manager . 2) Harriman Brown’s Business strategy a) To increase productivity in every aspect of the organization by decreasing productivity. b) To invest more into new brands and product that attracts sales c) To reduce cost by developing and introducing new technological means to predict sales and manage inventory efficiently. d) To improve, attract and retain high quality employees to manage the organization effectively. 3) The structure of HR in the organization is highly decentralized. Mclean as the Manager doesn’t delegate and give roles to be carried out by the HR team. She does the entire interview by herself and wants to get involved in everything where by she runs out time to get things accomplished. 4) From the table: a) We can see that store managers don’t think more on performance management of employees. b) On remuneration its clear store managers share the views on remuneration and benefits to the employees of the organization. c) Store managers want training and development. ...
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...Introduction With the development of high technologies, social media has been widely used by companies and individuals. Many users, especially the younger ones, are active users of many kinds of social network media, like Twitter, Facebook, MySpac, blogs and YouTube. However, while there are many benefits of using social media for companies, they still face with many problems of the effects of using social network media by their workers, since many workers like to post their comments on social media freely, which may related to the company’s secret information, hence, although many organizations do not have clear guidelines for prohibiting employees from using social media, they still take measures to monitor their employees’ behaviors on social media. In addition, many organizations do not have social media policy, even they have, and the enforcement of the policy is not effective. In this situation, the case study aims to find out resolutions for how the social media policy could be implemented effectively in organizations with Singapore Airlines as an example. Two issues, including enforcement challenges, and de-motivating staff due to monitoring them, will be discussed, and respective resolutions will be presented to each issue for better designing or implementing the social media policies. Enforcement challenges Many companies face with challenges when enforcing social media policy. For example, companies that have implemented social media policy say that the enforcement...
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...[pic] SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AFIN 209 - CORPORATE FINANCE AND FINACIAL MODELLING MID TERM EXAMINATION SEPTEMBER 2012 Time allowed: 3 HOURS plus 5minutes reading time Instructions to Candidates: 1. Check that you have the correct examination in front of you. 2. There are SIX (6) questions in this paper. Answer FOUR (4) questions. 3. All questions must be answered on the answer sheet only. 4. Begin each question on a new page. 5. Discount tables have been provided 6. There shall be no any form of communication between students during the examination. Any students caught doing this will be disqualified. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. QUESTION ONE a) Assume the total cost of a university education will be $185632.5 when your child enters college in 18 years. You presently have $15000 to invest. What annual rate of interest must you earn on your investment to cover the cost of your child’s university education? ( 6 Marks) FV = PV (FIVIF r,t) $185632.5 = $15000(FIVIF r,18) (FIVIF r, 18) = $185632.5/$15000 (FIVIF r, 18) = 12.3755 Therefore Check the value 12.3755 in the period of 18 years in the future value factor tables r= 15% b) A student requires K11, 000,000 to clear an outstanding balance before graduating in two (2) years time. How much should he invest now at 9% compounded quarterly...
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...comprehensive format, outlining outcomes to all relevant parties involved in the decision making process. First Alternative I chose to use a decision-making model to conclude and affirm my decision regarding the defective whistle. First choice, although less favorable but maintains the best interest of the company would be to hold the order and cancel shipments. Advantages of this choice are as follows: conservation of public image as well as prevention of any inhumane civil suits. The disadvantage would be the overall financial loss not only to remake these toys, but reproduction with new standards and new materials as well. Although this would cause a huge financial strain, protecting the reputation of the company while minimizing damage to human life if paramount over any profits gained from the defective products. Financial Impact The purpose...
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...Today’s Perspectives Applying Psychology in the 21st Century: Psychology Matters Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies Psychology’s Future MODULE 3 What is the scientific method? ● What role Research in Psychology do theories and hypotheses play in The Scientific Method psychological research? ● What research Descriptive Research methods do psychologists use? ● How do Experimental Research Psychological Research psychologists establish cause-and-effect relationships using experiments? MODULE 4 What major issues confront psychologists conducting research? Research Challenges: Exploring the Process The Ethics of Research Exploring Diversity: Choosing Participants Who Represent the Scope of Human Behavior Neuroscience in Your Life: The Importance of Using Representative Participants Should Animals Be Used in Research? Threats to Experimental Validity: Avoiding Experimental Bias Becoming an Informed Consumer of Psychology: Thinking Critically About Research...
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...Human Resource Management of Today Robyn Varner HRM/300 September 26th, 2011 ANGELA ODEN Abstract Human Resource Management of Today Human Resource Management is very valuable and plays a significant role with an organization. With the changes in the business world, Human Resource Management has transformed into a key piece of the business strategy and overall support within an organization. Human Resource Management must balance two primary responsibilities: assisting the organization in it strategic direction and representing and advocating for the organization’s employees (DeCenzo & Robbins, 2007). Recruiting, motivating, and maintenance are key practices for Human Resource Management. Globalization has changed the world of business and how an organization recruits to fill the open positions. The first step is for Human Resource Management to understand the organization’s mission and strategy, the human resource need can be determined and the screening process can begin. With the creation of online job boards recruiting is no longer limited to the workforce within a specific area. This has opened up the geographic area and the range of skills in which organizations can search for and find the specific skill set needed for the position. With increased applicants, the screening process is very important to ensure that right candidate is selected. Human Resource Management is also responsible to supply important information regarding the company’s...
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...inspiring love story - The Rose Within A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed(menyedari) thorns upon the stem and he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by this thought, he neglected(mengabaikan) to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom... it died. So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God-like qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid(di tgh2) the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects(kecacatan). We despair(berputus asa), thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually(akhirnya) it dies. We never realize(sedar) our potential. Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess(memilih) is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them. This is one of the characteristic of love... to look at a person, know their true faults and accepting that person into your life... all the while recognizing the nobility(bangsawan,keagungan) in their soul. Help others to realize they can overcome(mengatasi) their faults. If we show them the "rose" within themselves, they will conquer their thorns. Only then will they blossom(berbunga) many times...
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...fact that the Boogeyman lives in a closet, merely underlines that the Boogeyman is a tale for children. Only children have the innocent imagination to believe them, because they are not yet members in 'the reasonable tribe' of humanity. The difference in this Boogeyman story however, is that this one is actually happening. Lester Billings' children are being killed! While these murders are not violent crimes, the death of a child is always horrible (and might lead to justifying hallucinations). It is your basic innocence versus the world. Some human beings have, in this world, deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts. Preying on others to feed their own animalistic needs (like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho). The Boogeyman is not traditionally a human, though he is born from human imagination and desire for thrills... But, one might argue, that anything created by humans is human, and therefore the Boogeyman must be human, just like nuclear war, marriage, guns and fancy clothing. During a person's lifespan, he or she loses more and more of their childish imagination whilst advancing in scientific beliefs. Science contra imagination means a lot to this story: To sum up...
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...The social history of England evidences many social changes over the centuries. These major social changes have affected England both internally and in its relationship with other nations. The themes of social history include demographic history, labour history and the working class, women's history, family history, the history of education in England, urban history and rural and agricultural history. The topic generally excludes politics, diplomacy and intellectual and constitution. Prehistoric society The distant past does not offer us much information on the structures of society, however, major changes in human behaviour make it likely that society must have changed dramatically. In common with much of Europe, the switch from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming around 4000 BC must have heralded an enormous shift in all aspects of human life. Nobody knows what changes may have occurred, and recent evidence of permanent buildings and habitation from 3,000 years ago means that these may still have been gradual shifts. One of the most obvious symbols of change in prehistoric society is Stonehenge. The building of such stone circles, burial mounds and monuments throughout the British Isles seems to have required a division of labour. Builders would have needed to dedicate themselves to the task of monument construction to acquire the required skills. Not having time to hunt and farm would make them rely on others to such an extent that specialised farmers would emerge...
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...Unit 9 Final Project HU – 245 - 10 Professor Ronald Wade Erin Broker 8/30/2009 Kaplan University Unit 9 Final Project Introduction Ethics is the area of study that deals with morality and how we make decisions about how we behave as individuals and how our actions reflect our values and conduct towards one another. This class focused on two viewpoints that helped us define morality and how to apply it in new ways of thinking and reasoning when dealing with issues in our lives: consequential reasoning and non-consequential reasoning. Through an evaluation of my collected works, I will attempt to show an improvement in the areas of analytical skill building, knowledge acquisition, and practical application that are the key objectives of this class. The objective of these three skill areas was to help us better understand how to think ethically and to understand why others think the way they do and how to come to a better understanding of a difference of opinions on various subjects. Analytical Skills Analytical skill building helps to improve your critical reading, writing and thinking skills. In unit 2 Case Study B, I evaluated a situation where an employee was upset with his employer’s treatment of its employees. In analyzing the situation, I was able to come to an understanding of how best the company should respect Mr. Lopez’s rights and moral dignity as an employee by using consequential reasoning: A company should take whatever steps necessary to...
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...The True Nature of Lear’s Madness Out of all of Shakespeare’s works, King Lear is by far his greatest tragedy. Tragedy, not in the sorts of horrific blood shed, but in terms of the hostile nature of humankind, that was thoroughly explored within the play. The brilliance of the play does not only lie in its brilliant storyline, it ultimately lies in the numerous universal, yet controversial themes. Themes of familial obligation, metaphorical blindness, political disarray, cruelty, betrayal, insanity and madness, these are only a few of the many conveyed. The critical summation of King Lear is as such: King Lear, ruler of Britain, decides to abdicate his throne and leave Britain in the charge of his three daughters. However, due to his weakness to flattery he bestows the entire kingdom to his daughters, Goneril and Regan. Unlike her malevolent sisters, Cordelia is banished by Lear. Ultimately, as a result of the committed acts, Lear sets not only himself, but also his entire country into civil strife. The natural order originally established by Lear falls apart and disorder engulfs the realm. Lear’s, ‘fall from grace’ in addition to the abuse he attains from his offspring causes him to go temporarily insane. However, insanity leads Lear to self-realization, completely stripped from his royal pretensions. Such a realization causes Lear to overlook his values and finally learn of humility. One is able to state that before the climax took place Lear, in fact was ‘mad’, this...
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...While many opinions seem harmless, others can be cruel, unjust, or harmful to reputations. Some opinions can build up such a wall that all hope for the light of another viewpoint seems lost. Culture and Lifestyle •Christian Science •Christianity •Religion •.My dictionary says that the primary sense of the word “opinion” involves “fixing in the mind.” It goes on to say that it is “the judgment which the mind forms of any proposition, statement, theory or event.” When we are going to vote for people or proposals in government, civic events, or even church, or we need to make a decision in our own lives, how can we make sure that we are resting our judgments on a certain and solid basis – on something more permanent than human opinion? One simple way is to begin with prayer to God, who is the Mind of each of us. We can always sincerely ask God how to think about any issue that crosses our path. This prayer may lead us to actively turn away from what circumstances are telling us about a person or situation, and to drop some fixed ideas we have habitually clung to. Today as yesterday, God, our true Parent, tells us of the constant and all-powerful good that belongs to each of us and is our only real experience as His children. Prayer can help us feel the power of this message, even in the midst of conflicting opinions. When we want to make the best decision – to follow our highest sense of what is right – we can prayerfully acknowledge each person’s oneness with Mind as the perfect...
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...January 15th 2012 Com/220 Argumentation assignment The speech I chose to read instead of hear was “The morality of birth control” by Margaret Sanger (1921). I chose this speech because I have worked in the healthcare field for over 10 years now, this subject truly catches my attention. Its also the reason why for my final project I have chosen to speak about abortion and pro choice debates. After reading the article I picked up on bias’ right of the bat. The fact that women have been viewed as immoral for wanting to control the size of their families or to act as responsible adults. Margaret talks about how many different groups were invited to the conference that was held and everyone acted with dignity except one group. This group was the religious “church” going individuals. This group views birth control as a “sin” so to speak and think it’s against gods will. I can vouch for this personally. I recently took a new job almost three months ago with a very well known catholic organization. We have amazing benefits except they will not cover ANY form of contraception or fertility treatment. This means I have to pay out of pocket for my prescriptions of birth control. A choice I have chosen as a single/divorced mother of three. I don’t want to have any more children, but in their eyes I am being immoral. To me some of the fallacies or misconceptions with this issue that they are basically stating that religion and worship make a person moral. How can that be when...
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