...Decision Making Evaluation Paper PHL/320 May 18th, 2015 Professor Chris Mendoza Decision Making Evaluation Paper Many companies offer employment within their companies to avoid laying off individuals from their jobs. Sometimes funds are scarce, so companies have to decrease hours a certain employee might have to work. That keeps them safe on the job, so they do not have to get laid off. They will see a pay decrease also but as long as they still have a job. It avoids them from getting laid off and searching for another job. Communication and honesty are very important to any organization to keep their employees informed about any changes. Exit Programs The early retirement plan is a broad topic. It is a good option if you do not have another resource. The early pension to which employees could aspire, the employer would provide the board, it is important to know that only people who are 55 years or more can acquire this benefit. Many employers try to make early retirement seem more attractive for those who are on the layoff list, by constructing some incentives. The incentives offered depend on the type of pension of work you acquired. There are two types: defined contribution and defined benefit. Incentives come to include: a single payment of the defined contribution pension to increase the value of the fund or pension benefits that work as if he had worked for the normal retirement age (if you are in a defined benefit plan). There are two problems: those who do not participate...
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...AT&T: Becoming a Leader in Network Expansion Introduction The American Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (AT&T) history goes back to the year of 1875 when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. In the 19th century, AT&T became the owner of the Bell system company. The bell system was well known for the best telephone service in the country. The first telephone exchange, operating under license from Bell Telephone, opened in New Haven, CT in 1878. Within three years, telephone exchanges existed in most major cities and towns in the United States, operating under licenses from what was now the American Bell Telephone Company. In 1882, American Bell acquired a controlling interest in the Western Electric Company, which became its manufacturing unit (The History of AT&T, 2010). In 1984, bell systems decided to break into eight companies by agreement with U.S. Department of Justice and AT&T. The fundamental principle, formulated by AT&T president Theodore Vail in 1907, that the telephone by the foundation of the new technology of nature and that will operate mainly on the efficiency as a monopoly by providing universal service in the United States. AT& T began restructuring and downsizing in 1995, more than a decade after breaking up the Bell System to settle a Federal antitrust suit (Lander, 1995). Robert Allen aggressively sought to undertake a turnaround of the organization by, among other things...
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...National University of Ireland, Dublin Bachelor of Science (MARKETING) Bsc20 (A) Module: Human Resource Management TOPIC: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Submitted by: Low Yun Sheng Winston Student Number: 13208652 Lecturer: Mr Dipan K Mehta Submission Date: 15 NOVEMBER 2013 Word Count: 1329 TABLE OF CONTENTS i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Introduction Advantages Challenges Evaluation Conclusion Referencing Pg 1. Pg 2. Pg 3. Pg 4. Pg 5. Pg 6. ! i. Introduction Starting off as an administrative function processing paperwork primarily, Human Resource Management (HRM) has reinvented and developed throughout these years to implement strategic changes in both policies and practices, in the hopes of achieving excellence within the organization (George F. Dreher, 2001). Now, HRM has taken a step forward in ensuring its functions and purpose, aligns with the missions and vision of an organization, making sure that its HR practices lead to intrinsic value and tangible results. Beyond that, their level of engagement now places more emphasis on the contributions and well-being of its people. This, in turn, largely motivates and inspires the workforce. Efficient HRM implementation creates a valuable competitive advantage by recruiting and retaining the top talents and rewarding its employees while ensuring the organization complies with the federal rules and regulations. 1! ! ii. Advantages 1. Training and development Developing and implementing training programs...
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... ABSTRACT The economic recession that hit the world in 2007 resulted in global downsizing in many prestige organizations and its effects of workers productivity. This literature reviews focuses on affective organizational commitment among survivors of organizational restructuring and downsizing. It focused on middle level managers and employees in supervisory positions because survivors of this group are often called upon to assume expanded roles, functions and responsibilities in a post restructuring and downsizing environment. This paper also explores the impact of recession for those still in employment by looking at a key indicator of employee wellbeing, work pressure staff reductions and company reorganization both increase work pressure, as does current job insecurity. Other job changes, like large pay cuts, increases in responsibility, autonomy and monitoring also increase work pressure. Keywords: Recession, downsizing, layoffs, economic downturns, organizational behavior, commitment, motivation, loss and grief, leaders, employees, stakeholders. 2 INTRODUCTION The great recession of 2007 started on the month of December. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the prestigious private research institute declared it officially. The government of US acknowledged the NBER's declaration, aware of the downfall since August 2007; the White House did not change its course on coping with the financial crisis. This was the third longest since The Great Depression...
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...Abstract This paper is about the issues that Global Communications (GC) is facing as they try to increase profits by outsourcing and partnering with another company. The topics that will be discussed range from the issues GC is facing to the dissatisfaction of the Union. Global Communications Problem Solution Global Communications (GC), a telecommunications company is facing numerous dilemmas due to a decline in the telecommunications industry. As a result, stock prices have plummeted in the last three years. In order to rebound and achieve new growth in a competitive industry, Global Communications will be offering new services to small businesses and end user customers. Additionally, Global Communications has also implemented cost reduction methods with the expectation to improve profits. The main issue that faces Global Communications is to increase profitability. However, the roadmap Global Communications intends to follow may have the opposite effect. Global Communications made decisions using a top down method and therefore, did not have buy-in from the majority of the stakeholders. Due to a lack of appropriate communication, they are now faced with a damaged relationship with the union and their union representative, as well as an outsourcing plan that in our perspective was not well thought out. An analysis will be conducted of the situations that face Global Communications as a result of their cost-cutting methods. Alternative solutions will be presented...
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...their level of competition in the market. It is however important to note that conjuring departments into a single organizational unit is a different form of merging. This is due to the fact that the cultural transformation may not be as great as merging two companies. The major challenge involved with merging is getting two different groups or staff to work collaboratively to realize real benefits. In this scenario, am a middle manager in a healthcare organization that has merged with a previous competitor, Competition has been viewed to result to delivery of poor quality of care. One unique aspect about the new organization is the fact that it has in place numerous outpatient and inpatient services that our organization does not. This paper will be described what affects the organization will have on the culture on terms of systems and shapes. In detail provide quality care from the middle manager to ensure the staff will ensure quality care without a competitive point of view. Impact Sale on the Culture of the New Combined Organization T-Mobile and AT&T are similar organization but they provide different services. The same scenario for health care organization they may have similarities with saving lives, ensuring the well being for the patients, and improving the patient’s health in general but each organization provides different services. Therefore combining to culture will clash between two merging healthcare organizations because the goal for the company is different...
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...Practitioners BY ISAH MOHAMMED ABBASS Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria isaabbas@yahoo.com Abstract Management of people and organizations requires some specialist attributes. In managing these vital resources, there has to be a distinctive philosophy of providing and enhancing people-oriented organizational programmes. Restructuring is one of such activities or programmes. This activity is essentially designed to reconstruct or reorganize the structure of the business activities to suit objectives, purpose as well as circumstances of the job. Oil and gas industry is a potential sector of the business environment that is more prone to constant but periodic restructuring due to its dynamics. This Paper explores the structure and work environment in some oil and gas industry in attempts to reorganize or restructure them. These attempts are highlighted with implications for organizations’ employees, stakeholders as well as the HR Practitioners. An insight into the restructuring of PTI has been buttressed as a specific example on how the modern organizational perspectives have been put in place against the orthodox method in order to bring efficiency and effectiveness in the operational activities with resource centered HR Practitioners in focus. Introduction The theme: Restructuring in the Oil and Gas Industry: Implications for HR Practitioners is an engaging discourse in the oil and gas industry and also very relevant to current happenings...
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...Name Professor Class Date Managing Change Introduction Various external forces normally stimulate organizational change. These forces include substantial funding cuts, dramatic increases in services, decreased market opportunity, and firing or employment of employees. Organizations usually undertake technical, strategic, or structural shift to evolve to a different sector in their life cycle. This includes changing to a stable proactive environment from a highly reactive organization. This paper will focus on how organizations should cope with change when employees are fired, and others employed or any other major structural or procedural change is introduced in the organization. A "one-size-fits-all" approach is not effective for change management. Think about these changes: * Acquiring a company of near equal size * Getting suppliers to use a new web-based form and process * Relocating office spaces within an existing building or shifting to a new premises * Restructuring organizational chart to increase efficiency * Reorienting around processes instead of functions * Releasing a new product or adopting new HR policy These are all distinctly different changes, but each requires change management to be successful. Each impacts people and how they do their job. Each can suffer from slower adoption and lower utilization. Each has risks associated with people not becoming engaged or resisting the change. While each of the initiatives needs change...
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...The Truth: About Managing People . . . and Nothing but the Truth Stephen P. Robbins, Ph.D. PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. “If someone wants to unleash the truth of people management, read this book. Author Robbins addresses the most critical challenges organizations face today in a concise and entertaining way.” — SUBIR CHOWDHURY Executive Vice President, American Supplier Institute Author of the best-selling The Power of Six Sigma and The Talent Era: Achieving a High Return On Talent “Stephen Robbins does it again! A prolific scholar and writer, he cuts through the research and theory to deliver immediately useful and essential insights for the effective management of people. I have never seen anything quite like The Truth. Excellent for all of us who don’t take the time to keep up with leading edge thinking and practice in the field of management.” — ERIC G. STEPHAN, Professor Organizational Leadership & Strategy Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University “This is a clever book. Stephen Robbins has put together a book I wish I had written. It’s a quick reference written for practicing managers, social scientists, and anyone interested in managing people. Robbins’‘best of ’ approach, as well as the reference materials each section draws on, make this book a ‘must have’ for practical, reliable, and valid information on the important leadership/management/people topics of the day.” — RANDALL P WHITE, PH.D. . Principal, The Executive Development Group LLC Co-author...
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...Working Conditions as a Determinant of Health This summary is primarily based on papers and presentations by Andrew Jackson, Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress, and Michael Polanyi Assistant Professor, Saskatchewan Population Health Research and Evaluation Unit, and Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina. The presentations were prepared for The Social Determinants of Health Across the Life-Span Conference, held in Toronto in November 2002. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada. Current Situation Over the 1980s and 1990s, there has been an ongoing restructuring of the labour market and of employment relationships. The intent of these changes has been to promote productivity and competitiveness, as opposed to promoting a worker-centred agenda of “good jobs” (Lowe, 2000). In Canada, only two-thirds of the employed workforce are in “standard” salaried jobs with no defined end date (mostly provided by large firms and the public sector). In this shrinking core job market, workers who have survived layoffs, privatization and contracting-out are generally working longer and harder. Employers have tried to increase profitability and competitiveness and to contain budgets by boosting productivity. This has been accomplished largely by increasing workloads. For example, in the health sector, fewer nurses, social workers and other health professionals must now deal...
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...HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AT DELTA AIR LINES Bruce E. Kaufman As described in this unique case study, Delta Air Lines operates one of the most advanced, highlevel employee involvement programs in the nation. Based on in-depth field study and personal interviews, the development, structure, operation, and business goals of the program are described. The study then summarizes the business benefits and costs of this type of high-level employee involvement program and concludes with 12 “lessons learned.” © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Employee involvement is not a new idea, as witnessed by William Basset’s 1919 book When the Workmen Help You Manage. Only in the last two decades, however, has employee involvement (EI) taken off, particularly among “high-performance” organizations. Although EI programs are widespread, considerable diversity exists in their breadth, depth, and form. In a study of 313 large companies with EI programs, Lawler, Albers, and Ledford (1992) found that six out of ten had only “low-level” EI programs—based on sharing of information, rewards, power, and training with employees—or programs that relied principally on financial incentives, while only 7% of companies had “high-level” programs. A more recent edition of their study (Lawler, Mohrman, & Benson, 2001) does not provide comparable data, but the relative rarity of high-level EI programs is indicated by the fact that in 1999 only 7% of companies had some form of participation group other than a...
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...10 Minute Guide to Getting Organized Introduction Acknowledgments Trademarks Lesson 1. Why Get Organized? The Characteristics of an Organized Life Where to Find Organization Who Needs to Be Organized The Rewards of Being Organized The Characteristics of an Organized Person The 30-Second Recap Lesson 2. Easy Organizing Basics Getting Started Planning the Day Ahead Creating a "To-Do" Template Put Technology to Work The 30-Second Recap Lesson 3. Balancing Home and Office Two-Income Households Longer Working Life Setting Goals Single-Parent Household Living Alone Live to Work or Work to Live The 30-Second Recap Lesson 4. Finishing a Day's Work in Advance Getting Up to Go to Sleep Plan Ahead to Save Time The 30-Second Recap Lesson 5. Using High-Tech Tools and Software High-Tech Tools Software Intranets A Word About Low-Tech The 30-Second Recap Lesson 6. Understanding Your Company The Secret of Change Factors of Change The Politics of Change Opportunity Factors The 30-Second Recap Lesson 7. Organizing Your Office Your Desk and Chair The Science of Ergonomics The 30-Second Recap Lesson 8. Managing Your Computer Hardware Software System Tools The 30-Second Recap Lesson 9. Organizing Your Staff Conducting a Survey Implementing Solutions The 30-Second Recap Lesson 10. Managing Your Budget Companies and Budgets Universal Principles Ratio Analysis Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Sales Breakeven Analysis An Example of Budget Analysis ...
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...Corporate Political Strategies June 24, 2011 Abstract Whether or not corporations should have political strategies is debatable by many strategists, corporations, and political interest groups. There are advantages and disadvantages to this issue, so to decide one has to weigh the advantages against the dis-advantages. In my opinion, corporations should consider political strategies as an essential part of their business tools. The actual and potential impact that governments have on corporations is incentive enough for them to keep informed of the different governmental, social, public, and economic issues, regulations, policies, forums, tactics, and processes that will affect them now or in the future (Hillman, Zardkooh, & Bierman, 1999). Corporate Political Strategies Corporate political strategies are strategies used by corporations to influence public policy, hopefully in a favorable way. There strategic aims are to further specific interests by getting governmental officials to listen to and act in accordance with the preferences of the corporations. There is a very slim chance of finding any business today that has not been affected by the government in one way or another, even those with the best competitive strategies, abundance of resources, and/or superior products and services. Therefore implementing effective political strategies help corporations in obtaining and maintaining advantages against their competitors and to also achieve and maintain higher...
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...THE MANAGEMENT BIBLE TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! THE MANAGEMENT BIBLE BOB NELSON PETER ECONOMY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Copyright © 2005 by Nelson Motivation, Inc. & Peter Economy, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or other wise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 6468600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties...
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...TeAM YYePG Digitally signed by TeAM YYePG DN: cn=TeAM YYePG, c=US, o=TeAM YYePG, ou=TeAM YYePG, email=yyepg@msn. com Reason: I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Date: 2005.03.07 10:24:14 +08'00' T HE MANAGEMENT BIBLE T HE MANAGEMENT BIBLE BOB NELSON PETER ECONOMY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2005 by Nelson Motivation, Inc. & Peter Economy, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or other wise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 6468600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness...
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