...REINVENTING THE WHEEL AT APEX DOOR COMPANY Jim Delaney, President of Apex Door Company, has a problem. No matter how often he tells his employees how to do their jobs, they invariably “decide to do things their own way”, as he puts it, and arguments ensue between Delaney, his employee and the employee’s supervisor. One example is in the door-design department. The designers are expected to work with the architects to design doors that meet the specifications. Although its not “rocket science”, as Delaney puts it, the designers often make mistakes- such as designing in too much steel- a problem that can cost Apex tens of thousands of wasted dollars, especially considering the numbers of doors in, say, a 30-story office tower. The order processing department is another example. Although Jim has a specific, detailed way he wants each order written up, most of the order clerks don’t understand how to use the multipage order form, and they improvise when it comes to a question such as whether to classify a customer as “industrial” or “commercial”. The current training process is as follows. None of the jobs have training manuals per se, although several have somewhat out-of-date job descriptions. The training of new employees is all on the job. Usually, the person leaving the company trains the new person during the 1- or 2-weeks overlap period, but if there is no overlap, the new person is trained as well as possible by other employees who have occasionally filled in on the job...
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...of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community. Knowledge The administrator has knowledge and understanding of: 1. Learning goals in a pluralistic society 2. The principles of developing and implementing strategic plans 3. Systems theory 4. Information sources, data collection, and data analysis strategies 5. Effective communication 6. Effective consensus-building and negotiation skills Dispositions The administrator believes in, values, and is committed to: 1. The educability of all 2. A school vision of high standards of learning 3. Continuous school improvement 4. The inclusion of all members of the school community 5. Ensuring that students have the knowledge, skills, and values needed to become successful adults 6. A willingness to continuously examine one's own assumptions, beliefs, and practices7. The school community is involved in school improvement efforts ISLLC Standards for School Leaders Standard 2 8. The vision shapes the educational programs, plans, and activities 9. The vision shapes the educational programs, plans, and actions 10. An implementation plan is developed in which objectives and strategies to achieve the vision and goals are clearly articulated 11. Assessment data related to student learning are used to develop the school vision and goals 12. Relevant demographic data pertaining to students and their...
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...Contents Introduction 5 1.1 Comparison of several types of learning style used in ‘Stemcor’ 6 1.2 Explanation of the roles of the learning curve and the significance of transferring learning to the workplace of Stemcor. 6 1.3 Assessment of the contribution of learning styles and theories at the time of planning and designing a learning event for the Stemcor. 8 2.1 Comparison of the training requires for personnel at different levels in Stemcor. 9 2.2 Assessment of advantages and disadvantages of training methods used in Stemcor. 10 2.3 Usage of a systematic approach to design training and development for a training event at Stemcor. 12 3.1 Preparation of an evaluation using suitable techniques. 12 3.2 Perform an evaluation of a training event. 13 3.3 Assessment of the success of the evaluation methods used. 14 4.1 Description the role of government in training, development and lifelong learning. 14 4.2 Description of how development of the competency movement has impacted on the public and private sectors. 15 4.3 Assessment of how contemporary training initiatives introduced by the UK government contribute to human resources development for an organisation. 15 Conclusion: 16 Bibliography: 17 Introduction Stemcor is an international steel trading corporation. It is the one of the biggest independent steel trader. It is a UK based company. It located at London in Britain. It operates business in around 45 countries of the world. It consists of...
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...It’s because of a leadership that organisation gets their desired tasks and targets. Management is responsible for people and resources in a unit according to the rules or values that have already been set while the leadership set a direction to the people in the group. The aspect of leadership assumes importance in this age of cut throat competition as effective leadership paves the way by which an organisation achieves its various objectives. In this regard roles of the leader are important as they seek to exhort the employees to increase their participation in the management and effective evaluation of strategies in regards to the organisational goals (Barney and Barney, 2009). We can understand the link between strategic management and leadership by this example that good leadership and effective management are always the of success in any organisation so both of these are the skills which going side by side without management a good leadership can only satisfy for the time being not in a long term same as an effective management is nothing without the good leadership. When great leadership is jointed with effective management, you are able to set a direction and be able to allocate the resources the way you want. Not only that, you will achieve your goal the way you have thought and the way you want to achieve. When seen in the context of Qualbank it may be ascertained that the bank was a running entity and operated profitably. During the period of late 80’s it suffered...
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...Effective Study Skills And Academic Performance Introduction Effective study skills are necessary for a college student to excel academically. The student must develop these skills in order to retain information learned in the present for their future benefit. Study skills can be a combination of several techniques, including time management, note-taking, self-testing, and test-wiseness, to name a few. There is no one best way to study, therefore, techniques can be tailored to the needs of the student to achieve the most optimal result. However, diagnostic testing is also available to assist students in assessing their weaknesses in their learning behaviors and study habits. Research has shown that effective study skills lead to improved academic performance. The habits that students develop during their college years will remain with them long after graduation and will be reflected in their performance in the workforce. This paper will provide insight into the different techniques that improve study skills, and in turn, improve academic performance. The Merriam – Webster Dictionary defines the word study as "the application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge, which can be in a particular field or to a specific subject." The dictionary then defines skill as "the ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance." A rather general combination of the two terms would yield, "learning and motivational strategies considered...
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...Knowledge management and organizational performance: Theoretical Study 1. Introduction Knowledge is an asset that needs to be effectively managed. Interest in knowledge management (KM) has grown dramatically in the recent years, as more researchers and practitioners have become aware of the knowledge potential to drive innovation and improve performance. For an organization to remain competitive, it must effectively practice the activities of creating, acquiring, documenting, transferring, and applying knowledge in solving problems and exploiting opportunities. Many researchers argue what the organization comes to know explains its performance. The ultimate test of any business concept, such as KM, is whether it improves business performance. If organizations cannot use knowledge to improve performance, knowledge does not have measurable value. However, management research has often overlooked the role of knowledge and KM in the analysis of organizations and their performance. Most of KM research consists of either theoretical analyses of KM issues or case-based reviews of organizations’ KM practices. Consequently, KM research is short of offering an unambiguous understanding of the role of KM in improving organizational performance. On the other hand, effective KM entails an understanding of the interrelationships that may exist among KM processes such as knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge documentation, knowledge transfer, and knowledge application. These...
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... Effective school leaders should ensure that vision, mission, and goals encompass awareness of school culture, instruction, organizational management, group process and consensus building, learning resources, school law and politics, and ethics. School leaders play a significant role in school culture. Organizations with a positive culture have cohesiveness and responsibility towards maintaining embedded attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors (Ali, Brownson, Kahlert, & Sobel, 2002). It is important for leaders to create cultures that have values, equity, and high expectations. Effective leaders accomplish positive cultures with the use of appropriate dialogue, actions, and symbolic gestures. The overall goal of positive school culture is effective student learning and achievement. Therefore, school leaders must establish a culture that meets the needs of diverse student populations and challenges of accountability-driven education systems. This also involves effective collaborative instruction that is designed to maintain a focus on improving student learning. School leaders are required to ensure that students are meeting performance standards in a collaborative process. The research in this paper offers several suggestions for school leaders to facilitate their responsibilities to student achievement. Organizational development and management are discussed to provide principles and concepts that promote a dynamic continuum of teaching and learning. An organization...
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...Reading: The Six Principles of Breakthrough Learning (Introduction and Chapter 1) and High Impact Learning (Foreword, Preface and Chapter 1) The Six Principles of Breakthrough Learning Page 12 Key Point “Management has a fiduciary and ethical responsibility to ensure that those investments (training) produce a return: results that improve performance and competitiveness.”1 Implications The implications are that managers should be held accountable for ensuring that employees have been provided with training sufficient to prepare them operate at maximum performance. They should also be held accountable for the systems are in place to support the transfer of knowledge/skills learned to the workforce. Manager should then be held accountable for monitoring and documenting improvements as an indicator of the effectiveness of the training. This information could then be used to determine if the training was cost effective based on the returns. 3 -23 The Sixe Principles of Breakthrough Learning D1-Define will be useful to me because it points out that fact that companies should ensure that trainees understand why they are being trained and that they are provided with clear objectives regarding the company’s expectations as to how and when the skills/knowledge learned is transferred to the workforce. An example would be setting specific tasks assigned to accomplish stated units of performance integrated throughout the training curriculum...
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...Introduction Effective study skills are necessary for a college student to excel academically. The student must develop these skills in order to retain information learned in the present for their future benefit. Study skills can be a combination of several techniques, including time management, note-taking, self-testing, and test-wiseness, to name a few. There is no one best way to study, therefore, techniques can be tailored to the needs of the student to achieve the most optimal result. However, diagnostic testing is also available to assist students in assessing their weaknesses in their learning behaviors and study habits. Research has shown that effective study skills lead to improved academic performance. The habits that students develop during their college years will remain with them long after graduation and will be reflected in their performance in the workforce. This paper will provide insight into the different techniques that improve study skills, and in turn, improve academic performance. The Merriam – Webster Dictionary defines the word study as "the application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge, which can be in a particular field or to a specific subject." The dictionary then defines skill as "the ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance." A rather general combination of the two terms would yield, "learning and motivational strategies considered essential in being successful in college" (Tuckman...
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...Janeen Watkins Week Six- Standards and Instruction Workshop Assignment April 12, 2014 Dr. Piedra EDU 530 Decision Making for Instructional Leadership Saint Leo University Standards and Instruction Workshop Teachers in Florida are required to complete professional development in order to renew their teaching certificates. School districts have developed professional development systems that provide teachers with opportunities to complete these recertification requirements through inservice trainings, also called continued education (Council, 2008). A principal on the other hand not only has to keep up with their professional development, but is also required to provide continuing education opportunities for the teachers on the staff at their school. At the start of the 2014 school year Florida is required to fully implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a state-led effort to establish a common set of expectations across states for what K-12 students are expected to know and be able to do in English language arts and math (Anderson, Harrison, & Lewis, 2012). School leaders can facilitate a smooth CCSS transition through professional development opportunities. When exploring professional development options a principal should focus on three important areas. These areas are a knowledgeable presenter, student achievement outcomes, as well as best practices (Educational Training Specialists, 2010). Knowledgeable Presenter Quality professional development...
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...Subject: Human Resource Development 1. * Meaning and concepts of Human Resource Development, Human Resource Development (HRD) is considered as a vital part of Human Resource Management and it is defined as "an organized learning experience within a given period of time with the objective of producing the possibility of performance change." HRD aims at overall development of human resources. HRD is more concerned with the training and development of employees. Human Resource Development (HRD) means to develop available manpower through suitable methods such as training, promotions, transfers and opportunities for career development. A) Describe the major functions in Human Resource Development (HRD) Frame work of an organization. – 2011 * OR - Features of Human Resource Development, The nature / scope / function / characteristics or features of HRD are as follows :- 1. Training and Development: HRD involves training and developing the employees and managers. It improves their qualities, qualifications and skills. It makes them more efficient in their present jobs. It also prepares them for future higher jobs. 2. Organizational Development (OD): HRD also involves Organizational Development. OD tries to maintain good relations throughout the organization. It also solves problems of absenteeism, internal conflicts, low productivity and resistance to change. 3. Career Development: HRD also involves career planning and...
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...Learning and Development: Assignment Project Title: What can the performance management process offer to learning and development activity within an organisation? Date Due: 02/04/14 Submission Date: 02/04/14 Lecturer: Kevin O’ Leary Declaration of Originality; I / We hereby certify that this material, which I / we now submit for assessment on the module International Business Management, is entirely my/our own work, except where properly referenced. In addition, I / we certify that it has not been submitted in whole or in part for assessment for any academic purpose other than in partial fulfilment for that stated above. Student Name & Number (printed) | Signature | Annie Logue | | What can the performance management process offer to learning and development activity within an organisation? Annie Logue C12519327 02/04/14 Table of Contents * Introduction * Performance Management * Learning and Development * Line Managers/ Responsibilities of Management * Personal Development planning * Conclusion. Introduction The aim of this report, I will critically assess how the performance management process offers to learning and development activity within an organisation. Throughout this report you will gain an outlook on performance management, what it does in the organisation and how is it effective in the organisation. How performance management and learning and development are integrated, what are the responsibilities...
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...Chapter I Why thus lack of study habits affect in academic performance II. Introduction The extent of student’s learning in academics may be determined by the grades a student earns for a period of learning has been done. It is believed that a grade is a primary indicator of such learning. If a learner earns high grades it is concluded that they may also have learned a lot while low grades indicate lesser learning. However, many experiences and studies found out that there are also several factors that would account for the grades. No single factor can be definitely pointed out as predicting grades. It has been an interplay of so many factors – gender, IQ, study habits, age, year level, parent’s educational attainment, social status, number of siblings, birth order, etc. In fact, almost all of existing environmental and personal factors are a variable of academic performance. However, at this point in time, there searchers would like to investigate the possible relationship of study habits and the factors affecting it to the academic achievement of under graduate education students of University of the East. Background of the study In the globalization and technological revolution, education is considered as a first step for every human activity. It plays a vital role in the development...
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...Effect of coaching on employee performance and organizational performance Name: YUE YIN Student Number: YINYU1302 Course: MGT3HRD Tutor: Ajay Kumar Date: 17/12/2015 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Coaching improve employee performance 3 3.0 Benefit to the organization 6 4.0 Barriers to coaching 8 5.0 Conclusion 8 References 10 1.0 Introduction The global competitive market place today has shifted the way modern organizations approach human resource within the organization. The flatter organizational structure coupled by job insecurity among workers and particularly new one find it difficult to adjust to the new changes. The newly promoted staffs are also finding it difficult to adjust to the progress and develop quickly as they gain new skills and responsibility. Coaching is one of the best strategies that can be used to help these workers to be more adaptable and increase their flexibility. Coaches can use different learning styles to support a range of employee who need specialized skills in order to increase their performance. Since individual needs are highly diverse, a one size fit for all is obviously inappropriate. Thus, organization needs to develop new strategies that support the organization to tailor individual needs (Ellinger, Ellinger & Keller, 2013). Coaching can be used by managers to provide a flexible responsive development approach which can support many workers with diverse needs compare to traditional form of training...
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...principles pertain to all learners and the learning process. They are best understood as an organized set of principles; no principle should be viewed in isolation. This document is adapted from the principles developed by the American Psychological Association. 1.The learning of complex subject matter is most effective when it is an intentional process of constructing meaning from information and experience. Successful learners are active, goal-oriented, self-regulating, and assume personal responsibility for contributing to their own learning. Message for Teachers: Use techniques that aid students in constructing meaning from information, experiences, and their own thought and beliefs. 2.The successful learner, over time and with support and instructional guidance, can create meaningful, coherent representations of knowledge. The strategic nature of learning requires students to be goal directed. Students must generate and pursue personally relevant goals. Message for Teachers: Create meaningful student learning goals consistent with their personal and educational aspirations and interests. 3.The successful learner can link new information with existing knowledge in meaningful ways. Knowledge widens and deepens as student continue to build links between new information and experiences and their existing knowledge base. Unless new knowledge become integrated with the learner's prior knowledge and understanding, this new knowledge remains isolated, cannot be used most effectively...
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