...the world. Recent decades have coincided with the rapid globalisation in Australia society, due to a main reason is the government’s immigration program as skilled worker migration. This program has been very much impacted on Australia labour force. According to Australia penetrates into the ageing society, a serious skilled labour shortage is occurred in many industries. {text:toc-mark-end} {text:toc-mark-end} {text:toc-mark-end} Especially, the nursing industry is mainly affected by the aging population issue. Because of falling mortality rate, life expectancy and declining fertility rate, demand for nursing workforce is rapidly increasing in number. So, the solution that the government came up with the shortage of nurses was the General Skills Migration where overseas nurses can work in Australia. Through the skilled worker program, as many as number of lack of nursing labour force could be replaced by immigrated nurses. Introduction Understanding and respect for different culture is one of valuable moral principles in these days as multiculturalism society. According to Bennett (n.d.), multiculturalism is defined that the emergence of the term is strongly associated with a growing realisation of the unintended social and cultural consequences of large-scale immigration. The influx of migrant skilled workers, foreign wives, business migration and other foreigners into Australia in recent years has led to a dramatic transformation of Australia society. Since 1945...
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...and problems. This involves labor relations and unionized organizations. Another function is Human Resource Development (HRD), which involves training and development, where employees are given the knowledge and skills to perform their works effectively. HRM ensures that members in the organization acquire the competencies or skills required to meet the present and future job demands. HRM is also concerned with compensation of its workers for their contribution towards the organizational objectives. Even though, non financial plays a crucial role in improving the morale of the personnel, the significance of monetary reward cannot be undermined. Another HRM function is maintenance, which refers to improving and sustaining the already established conditions. The main function of HRM is to ensure that an organization acquires competent and willing workforce and to utilize their abilities and talents effectively, in order to achieve its objectives, (Randhawa, 2007, 7). HRM aims at ensuring that an organization hires and retains the most skilled workforce who can help to achieve its goals and objectives. Week 2 A business can protect itself from discrimination charges by complying to the 4/5ths rule, and through considering individuals from every age during the hiring practice. An organization, which has a right mix of persons at all levels, indicates that it is compliant and thus, will be free from discrimination charges....
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...prepare a summary of monthly operations to help identify the source of performance problems. ISSUES/ PROBLEMS 1. Danshui Plant No. 2 was not able to fulfill the demand for the contract up to 3rd month. 2. Workers need to be multitasking as they need to focus on one or more task in a short period of time. 3. The assembly process which solely depends on the handwork of workers may cause human errors. 4. The assemble process for an iPhone is complicated. 5. Demand of iPhone 4 is higher than the supply in the market. 6. Revenue for August was below budget while labor cost was above budget. 7. Instead of having $100,000 profit, company had a loss of $672,000 due to unable to produce 200,000 units of iPhone 4 on time. 8. The plant face difficulty in finding enough people to match their production despite raising wages over 30% 9. Samsung flash memory was too fragile causes it can be damaged easily during installation process. 10. Current method of preparing budget may cause misinterpretation of the performance therefore flexible budget should be used to compare the actual performance. SOLUTIONS A. Wages for workers should increase more than 30% to attract workers. Others incentive should be include attracting skilled workers to work with the company in order to increase the productivity of iPhone 4. B. Danshui can build a new plant in somewhere where the unemployment rate is high so that...
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...Assessment Item 3- Case Study Due date: Friday of Week 12 Weighting: 40 % weighting (5 marks for in-text referencing & reference list, presentation, clarity of explanation and evidence of reading and research, original thinking backed by research supporting your argument/stance) Length: Approximately 2500 -3000 words ASSESSMENT Case Study is based on topics covering week’s 9-11 3 Objectives This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes 5 to 7 as listed in the course profile. Tasks to be undertaken: • Get a good understanding of GDP, unemployment, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and economic growth covering chapters 9-13 (macroeconomics) • Read the case study on- ‘Go get a job, says Costello’ • Make notes, which will help you to answer the questions by applying the theory to real life example of economics at work. • Apply the DADA (Definitions, Assumption, Diagram and Analysis) while answering the economic questions. On campus students will be attempting some exercises in the workshop sessions. Off campus students should attempt weekly activities from the textbook boxed case studies. These exercises will help and guide you how to think like an economist. Look for theory and apply it to real life examples from “Case Study. • Plagiarism is an issue. Make sure you include in-text references and provide a reference list. • The focus of your task for this assignment in the next four weeks is to elicit and apply economic concepts ...
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...Chapter 1: THE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT OF HRM LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter, students should be able to: • Discuss how cultural environments affect human resource management (HRM) practices. • Describe how technology is changing HRM • Identify significant changes that have occurred in workforce composition • Describe the HRM implications of a labor shortage • Describe how changing skill requirements affect HRM • Explain why organizational members focus on quality and continuous improvements • Describe work process engineering and its implications for HRM • Identify who makes up the contingent workforce and the HRM implications • Define employee involvement and list its critical components • Explain the importance of ethics in an organization. CHAPTER OVERVIEW The chapter’s opening vignette illustrates how Four Seasons Resorts and Hotels uses the Golden Rule to treat the employees as you expect them to treat the customer. While customers like to be pampered, so do the employees as evidenced by the Four Seasons being listed in Fortune magazine as one of the “Best Companies to Work For” every year since the list started in 1998. Overviews of today’s dynamic business world, highlighting cultural environments, globalization, technology, and social history evolution, set the stage for discussions about the implications to the HR field. These topics include: multicultural issues, global workforces, HRM technology, workforce...
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...A Term Paper On Problems of Entrepreneurial Development In Salt Industries of Khulna City Course Title: Field Work of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Course No: BA-3242 Submitted to Md. Mizanur Rahman Associate Professor Submitted by S.M. Arifuzzaman MD. Romel Rana S.M. Amir Khasru Sayeda Rebeka Sultana Nasruma Afrin Jhumu ID # 020303 ID # 020327 ID # 020331 ID # 020334 ID # 020337 Business Administration Discipline Khulna University Khulna. October 20, 2005 Letter of Transmittal October 20, 2005. To Md. Mizanur Rahman Associate professor Business Administration Discipline Khulna University Khulna-9208 Dear Sir, It provides us enormous pleasure to submit the report on “Problems of Entrepreneurial Development in Salt Industries of Khulna City”, which was assigned us on September 13, 2005 as a part of our course requirement. We convey our best tribute and thanks to you for providing us the opportunity to prepare this report and undergo such a valuable practical experience. We tried our level best to satisfy the purpose of the report and finally became successful to place our hard work ahead of you. If you want to know more and ins and outs of the report, we would be gladly available to answer you. Sincerely Yours S.M. Arifuzzaman ID # 020303 Md. Romel Rana ID # 020327 S.M. Amir Khasru ID # 020331 Sayeda Rebeka Sultana ID # 020334 Nasruma Afrin Jhumu ID # 020337 Acknowledgement At the very outset we like to acknowledge...
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...Introduction The development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries is generally believed to be a desirable end in view of their perceived contribution to decentralized job creation and generation of output. SMEs constitute the dominant source of industrial employment in Bangladesh (80%), and about 90% of the industrial units fall into this category. The actual performance of SMEs, however, varies depending on the relative economic efficiency, the macro-economic policy environment and the specific promotion policies pursued for their benefit. For the JOBS Program, Zaid Bakht (1998) and Salahuddin Ahmad, et al. (1998) developed research papers that describe the policy environment within which SMEs in Bangladesh operate. The reports also discuss the accompanying legal, regulatory and administrative constraints to employment creation by SMEs. This paper attempts to highlight the findings of those two studies. To complement the issues discussed in those two papers, a summary of industrial problems, as perceived by entrepreneurs during the past one decade (HIID, 1988; MCCI 1992; World Bank 1994; JOBS 1998), is also presented in this report. In Bangladesh, SMEs playing a significant role for the development of our economy by creating employment opportunity and producing important alternative machines and machinery parts for saving huge foreign currency for our country. So as a part of our development strategy, we should intensify our efforts to...
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...Managing the Talent Crisis in Global Manufacturing Strategies to Attract and Engage Generation Y A Deloitte Research Global Manufacturing Study Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................... 1 The Talent Paradox in Global Manufacturing: Survival of the Skilled................................................................... 2 The Depleting Talent Pipeline in Global Manufacturing ............ 3 The Challenge and Opportunity of Talent Mangement in Emerging Markets......................................................................... 5 China: Plenty of oysters, few pearls ............................................. 5 Southeast Asia: Dangers of a short-term view ............................. 6 India: Fighting off the competition .............................................. 6 Latin America: Middle management blues, technical skills shortage .............................................................. 7 Eastern Europe: The perils of accelerating wages ........................ 7 Connecting to Generation Y ........................................................ 8 Characteristics of Generation Y ................................................... 8 New strategies aligning with the needs of Generation Y ............. 9 Shortcomings of current approaches to managing talent ......... 10 The Develop-Deploy-Connect talent management model .......... 11 What Does the Develop-Deploy-Connect Model Mean for...
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...82940 v2 Skilling up Vietnam: Preparing the workforce for a modern market economy Vietnam Development Report 2014 Main Report November 2013 2 | VIETNAM DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014 - MAIN REPORT Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Overview – Skilling up Vietnam: Preparing the workforce for a modern market economy ...................... 11 Skills and development in Vietnam ........................................................................................................ 11 Looking back: Vietnam’s shift away from agriculture and the role of education .............................. 11 Looking ahead: Modern jobs and changing skill needs ...................................................................... 13 What skills are in demand today (and will be in 2020)? ........................................................................ 15 Defining “skills”................................................................................................................................... 15 How are cognitive, behavioral and technical skills formed? .............................................................. 16 Preparing the workforce for a modern market economy .................................................................. 17 Step 1: Promoting school readiness through...
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...complex job market where knowledge is not the only winning attribute. Communication skills, mobility, analytical and social skills all play a major role in the market and hence they should be given priority in schools today (Wotherspoon, 2009). For instance, instead of basing its principles on the theoretical aspect of buying and selling of goods, schools need to consider the importance of fostering a connection with the customer, which may lead to an enduring relation. Understanding the complications of the transition from school to work, government and institutions had opened up new routes and courses for that specific programs that will aid student with school to work transition; trades is one of the examples. Skilled trade workers had been one of the major shortages in North America. The apprenticeship system contains only “150 apprentice able trades and less than one percent of the national labor force registered as apprentices” (Taylor et al., 2008) Contemporary schools are obsessed with the notion that filling up children with knowledge is the best way of educating them. Ideals such motivating them to succeed and innovation skills are ignored while cramming of formulas and theories are encouraged. Even though the memorization of facts is important, it does not help a lot in the real business world. Innovation skills and motivation are responsible for determining how a student...
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...events that took place in the Neighborhood during the forest fire. This paper will also illustrate the problems faced in the Neighborhood during a disaster and the role of various community health services. The various community services can impact members within a community and prepare them for any emergent situation. This episode goes on to describe how the forest fire affected the lives of people within the Neighborhood as well as the health care facilities. The fire seemed to deteriorate the health of many by causing an increase in respiratory illnesses like asthma, emphysema, and exacerbate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hospitals and clinics saw a rise in emphysema and asthma cases. They were experiencing a shortage of staff and beds. This stressed the entire staff at the hospital. Schools also had children developing breathing issues. A young girl named Kelsey Young was brought to the school nurse as she had shortness of breath. Violet, the school nurse found her coughing frequently, increased respiratory rate, and wheezing in her lungs. Kelsey's mother had to come pick her up from the school as she did not have her inhaler with her in the school. The forest fire also affected the elderly at the Senior Centre Nursing Clinic. Karen Williams, the geriatric nurse has seen an increase in the number of individuals having to use more oxygen. She advised everyone to stay indoors and avoid the respiratory irritants. This episode also illustrate...
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...Organizational Chart Human Resources Organizational Chart Human Resources Human Resource Function Human Resource Function Recruitment Retention Recruitment Retention Employee Relations Employee Relations HRIS HRIS Compensation/Benefits Compensation/Benefits Compliance Compliance OD OD Workplace Safety Workplace Safety Labor Relations Labor Relations Staffing Staffing Health and Welfare Health and Welfare Healthstream/Education Team Healthstream/Education Team Retirement Plans Retirement Plans Organizational Development Organizational Development RISEN RISEN Wage/Salary Administration Wage/Salary Administration Halogen Halogen MBTI MBTI HR Function Primary Activities and Roles within HSHS 1.) HRIS: Human Resource Information System – Oracle PeopleSoft * Producing electronic pay stubs * Inputting compensation and salary information * W-2, W-4, 1095C Electronic Consent/Forms * Uploading/downloading of benefits after open enrollment * Monitoring life event changes * Inputting and monitoring change in status (FT, PT, PRN status) * Inputting new hire information, * Updating and maintaining current personnel information 2.) Employee Relations * Measuring job satisfaction * Measuring colleague engagement scores * Administering and implementing employee recognition programs...
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...CONFIDENTIAL SME CORPORATION MALAYSIA THIRD QUARTER 2014 SURVEY ON SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) SME Corp. Malaysia as the Secretariat to the National SME Development Council (NSDC) is conducting a survey to assess the performance of SMEs in the 3rd Quarter of 2014 and to identify issues faced by SMEs in the increasingly challenging business environment. It would be appreciated if you could complete and return the questionnaire by 10 November 2014. Please be assured that your response will be kept CONFIDENTIAL and will not be divulged to any person or institution outside the Corporation. SECTION A: FIRM / COMPANY PROFILE Name of Firm / Company : ________________________________________________________ CODE NO MPM What is the Legal Status of Your Firm? (Select only one) Sole Proprietorship Partnership (Registration No: _____________) (Registration No: _____________) Private Limited Company (Registration No: _____________) Not Registered with Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) Limited Liability Partnership (Registration No: _____________) Describe Nature of Main Business Main Business Category and Activity : _____________________________________________________________ : (Refer APPENDIX 1) _____________________________________________ Yes No Please indicate if your main business is related to innovative and new growth areas: Location of Main Business (City / State) : _____________________________________________________________ Bumiputera Yes Chinese...
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...can take several basic steps to achieve even greater parity. These companies will be able to draw from a broader pool of talent in an era of talent shortages. What’s more, research shows a correlation between high numbers of female senior executives and stronger financial performance. Women in developed economies have made substantial gains in the workplace during recent decades. Nevertheless, it’s still true that the higher up in a company you look, the lower the percentage of women. But some companies have moved successfully to increase the hiring, retention, and promotion of female executives. Their initiatives have included efforts to ensure that HR policies aren’t inadvertently biased against women or part-time workers, to encourage mentoring and networking, to establish (and consistently monitor at a senior level) targets for diversity, and to find ways of creating a better work–life balance. Changes like these have a price, but there are business advantages to making them—above and beyond the branding benefit that might accrue to companies viewed as socially progressive. Research in Europe and the United States suggests, for example, that companies with several senior-level women tend to perform better financially. Hiring and retaining women at all levels also enlarges a company’s pool of talent at a time when shortages are appearing throughout industries. Why women matter Few...
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...Abstract This paper will explore the long term care system in the United States focusing on the elderly. Understanding aging and the effects it shall have on the long term care industry is important for our society, as the numbers of the elderly are increasing. This paper shall also identify problems in the current long term care system that can cause risk to the elderly such as financial burdens and inadequate care. It will address the long term care professions and job opportunities available as well as give information needed for long term planning. Changes and needs to the long term care delivery systems will be addressed. In conclusion this paper will educate on the elderly needs for long term care and the best way to plan for their future. Long Term Care Systems in the United States When one contemplates the long term care system in the United States, the first thing one must do is understand the importance of aging. In the not so distant past, it was not uncommon for infants to die due to poor nutrition and infectious diseases, nor was the life span as high as it is today. The increasing number of elderly in our society, due to the “baby boomers and longer life spans,” and the changing patterns of activity among them, have led to new assumptions on how their needs and wishes govern the organization of long term health care. When thinking about long term care we must evaluate our rate of growth of the elderly. Statistics show that the population of 80 years or older...
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