...teachers who stood by her in times of need and the support of the parents who placed their trust in the institution. Sunbeams was a feeder school initially but the school embarked on an expansion programme in 1994. The GCE Ordinary Level Courses were introduced in 1996 and our first cohort completed their “O” Levels in May 1998. The GCE A Level Course was started from August 2007. The School is currently housed on two sites. The Senior section in Uttara: Plot No. 6-12, Road No. 13/A, Sector. 10, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh. Tel: +8801727343088, E-mail: sunbeams.uttara@gmail.com and the Junior section in Dhanmondi: House No. 51A, Road No. 16 Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh. Tel: +88028116311, +88028124484 School Motto At Sunbeams, aim to inculate the following qualities in their students. 1. Knowledge, Skills and Learning 2. Leadership and Initiative 3. Faith and Patriotism 4. Integrity and Honesty 5. Humility and Tolerance 6. Confidence and Self Reliance 7. Commitment The seven beams of the sun in their logo represent these objectives. Vision and Mission of Sunbeams Sunbeams exist to provide the best possible teaching and learning experiences for every individual. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for the General Certificate of Secondary Education, University of London, and for all requirements of higher education while enabling them to learn and excel in areas of individual interest. The school accepts students from a wide...
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...interviews alone are not particularly good selection tool to distinguish the productivity, skills, behavior and the motivation of the employee. Using interviews alone does not give sufficient information for effective selection decision making, particularly in areas that are not amenable to training, such as cognitive ability and attitude ( Webster, 2010). Psychological assessments are used in succession planning, employee screening, pre-employment decisions, and employee counseling situations. From a purely financial view, if psychological testing can prevent you from making one bad hire, it probably saves you tens of thousands of dollars. From an organizational perspective, there is no better growth strategy than using every tool available to hire and develop the best people (Lakin, 2011). Engaging in pre-employment testing methods is of utmost importance in today’s workforce. First, Human Resource managers and hiring managers want to select the most qualified candidates to fill open positions within their organizations because the most qualified...
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...Dashny Sarvaloganayagan Lecturer – W.M.S. Rambadagalla Unit code – F/601/1027 Batch No – 13 Edexcel No – GI 18931 American College of Higher Education, Kandy Contents Plagiarism Acknowledgement Introduction 1.1 Major theoretical approaches 1.2 Assess the contribution of a scientific approach to investigating workplace behaviour 1.3 Assess strength & limitations of qualitative & quantitative approaches to understand the workplace behaviour 2.1 Describe the type of individual differences which have been the subject of assessment 2.2 Assess the usefulness of psychometric instruments with particular references to reliability and validity 2.3 Make justified communications for the use of two types of measures of individual differences in making business decisions 3.1 Use the theory to explain human reactions to change 3.2 Make justified recommendations for implementing change in selected organization 3.3 Make justified communications for achieving attitude change amongst a group of stakeholders in a selected organization 4.1 Explain how culture influences performance in a selected organization 4.2 Evaluate the climate for a selected work group 4.3 Make justified recommendations for improving performance for a selected work group Conclusion References Plagiarism Clause I, Dashny Sarvaloganayagan...
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...THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHTS Basic Approaches of Organisational Behavior An Interdisciplinary Approach: It is integrating many disciplines. It integrates social sciences and other disciplines that can contribute to the Organizational Behavior. It draws from these disciplines any ideas that will improve the relationships between people and organization. Its interdisciplinary nature is similar to that of medicine, which applies physical, biological and social science into a workable medical practice. Organizations must have people, and people working toward goals must have organizations, so it is desirable to treat the two as a working unit. Scientific Management Approach: The fundamental concern of the scientific management school was to increase the efficiency of the worker basically through good job design and appropriate training of the workers. Taylor is the father of the scientific management movement and he developed many ides to increase organizational efficiency. Taylor showed that through proper job design, worker selection, employee training and incentives, productivity can be increased. The scientific management school advocated that efficiency can be attainted by finding the right methods to get the job done, through specialization on the job, by planning and scheduling, by using standard operating mechanisms, establishing standard times to do the job, by proper selection and training of personnel and through wage incentives. A Human Resources...
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...are given to transform organizations, Denning plucks a powerful one—storytelling— and shows how and why it works.” —Dorothy Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business, Emerita, Harvard Business School, and author, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom “The Secret Language of Leadership shows why narrative intelligence is central to transformational leadership and how to harness its power.” —Carol Pearson, director, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, and coauthor, The Hero and the Outlaw “The Secret Language of Leadership is not only the best analysis I have seen of how and why leaders succeed or fail, it’s highly readable, as well as downright practical. It should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in engaging a company with big ideas who understands that leaders live and die by the quality of what they say.” —Richard Stone, story analytics master, i.d.e.a.s “A primary role of leaders is to create and maintain meaning for their organizations. Denning clearly demonstrates that meaningmaking comes from stories well told.” —Thomas Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of I.T. and Management, Babson College, and author, The Attention Economy “Steve Denning is one of the leading thinkers on the power of narrative in business settings. His latest book is a smart, useful guide that can help leaders of every kind add value to their organizations and add meaning to their own journeys...
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...including psychology, economics, sociology and politics.’ (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3) Numerous disciplines that explore the complexity and diversity of collective human activity have contributed to the formation and development of OB. Something of this complexity is apparent in the sometimes conflicting purposes and objective embraced by, or attributed to, management and organizations. Given the demanding nature of organizing and managing people, it is not surprising that OB is widely regarded as the foundation of management studies. (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3)Within the notion of behavior, including thinking and feeling as well as acting. OB aspires to have relevance for understanding the behavior of people working at all hierarchical levels- from the workers employed part-time or on a casual basis on the shop floor or in the office to the most senior executive. Each is involved in processes of organizing and being organized and managing and being managed. OB should be better to understand how and why people are organized; to identify and assess the likely consequences of making changes; and to introduce changes in ways that anticipate and minimize counter-productive effects.’(Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3-4) This report will discuss several aspects of organizational behavior such as culture and structure, leadership and management, motivation, group and team work. Reference will be made to Siemens and other organization. Compare the effectiveness of leadership...
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...Governors University 10/26/2014 Emotional Intelligence Kristen Bogue 000214741 What is emotional intelligence? ------------------------------------------------- “If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” –Daniel Goleman ------------------------------------------------- “If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” –Daniel Goleman Commonly referred to as EQ, Emotional Intelligence is the ability to observe, influence, and assess the emotions of others by being aware and in control of your personal emotions (Cherry, n.d.). The search to understand people’s ability to get along with other people using emotional intelligence began in the 1930s and was popularized by Daniel Goleman in the 1990s after the EQ theory was developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer (Unknown, 2009). EQ was originally thought to be an inborn trait—one that could not be developed, but Daniel Goleman and other psychologists work to enhance individuals’ ability to become emotionally intelligent through education and awareness. What are the characteristics of an emotionally...
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...Bangalore-1 INDIA 1 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this dissertation entitled ‘ATTRITON MANAGEMENT’ is the result of project work undertaken by me under the guidance and supervision of Mr. Praveen Kamat, Professor, M.P.Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore. I also declare that this dissertation has not been submitted to any other University/Institution for the award of any Degree. (Ponnappa I.S) 2 CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the research work embodied in this dissertation entitled ‘ATTRITION MANAGEMENT’, has been undertaken and completed by Mr. Ponnappa I.S under the guidance and supervision of Mr. Praveen Kamat, Professor, MPBIM, Bangalore. (Dr. N.S. Malavalli) Principal MPBIM, Bangalore 3 CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the research work embodied in this dissertation entitled ‘ATTRITION MANAGEMENT’, has been undertaken and completed by Mr. Ponnappa I.S under my guidance and supervision (Mr. Praveen Kamat) Professor, M.P.B.I.M Bangalore 4 Acknowledgement The satisfaction that accompanies the successful completion of any task would be incomplete without the mention of the people who made it possible, whose constant guidance and encouragement made my efforts a success. My profound thanks to my project guide Mr. Praveen kamat, Professor, M P Birla Institute of Management, Associate Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for helping me throughout the project. I take this opportunity to thank him for his immense support, guidance, specifications...
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...Chapter 1 Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage Opening Case Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is one of the most extraordinary success stories in business history. Started in 1962 by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has grown to become the world’s largest corporation. In the financial year ending January 31, 2004, the discount retailer whose mantra is “every day low prices” had sales of nearly $256 billion, five thousand stores in ten countries (almost three thousand are in the United States), and 1.3 million employees. Some 8 percent of all retail sales in the United States are made at a Wal-Mart store. Wal-Mart is not only large but also very profitable. In 2003, the company earned a return on invested capital of 14.7 percent, significantly better than rivals Costco and Target, which earned 9.4 percent and 10 percent, respectively (another major rival, Kmart, emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2004). As shown in the accompanying figure, Wal-Mart has been consistently more profitable than its rivals for years. Wal-Mart’s superior profitability reflects a competitive advantage that is based on the successful implementation of a number of strategies. In 1962 Wal-Mart was one of the first companies to apply the self-service supermarket business model developed by grocery chains to general merchandise (two of its rivals, Kmart and Target, were established in the same year). Unlike its rivals, who focused on urban and suburban locations, Sam Walton’s Wal-Mart...
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...customers. B) Marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. C) Selling and advertising are synonymous with marketing. D) Marketing involves satisfying customers' needs. E) Marketing is used by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Answer: C 2) According to the opening scenario, the Mannai Automotive marketing team is MOST concerned about which of the following? A) maintaining its brand share B) proactively following up prospects C) advertising their product's benefits D) comparing the effectiveness of their product to other brands E) incorporating consumer-generated marketing in the marketing mix Answer: B 3) ________ is defined as a social and managerial process by which individuals and organizations obtain what they need and want through value creation and exchange. A) Selling B) Advertising C) Bartering D) Marketing E) Negotiating Answer: D 4) Which steps of the five-step marketing process are about understanding customers, creating customer value, and building strong customer relationships? A) the first two only B) the first three only C) the first four only D) the last three only E) the last four only Answer: C 5) According to the simple five-step model of the marketing process, a company needs to ________ before designing a customer-driven marketing strategy. A) determine how to deliver superior value B) build profitable relationships with customers C) use customer relationship management to create full partnerships with...
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...employees - Offer advice - Plan future workforce requirements - Appraising performance - Disciplining/counselling - Health and safety - Complaints Handling Outsourcing: using outside vendors to handle specified functions on permanent basis Employee counselling, recruitment, payroll, training, benefits administration 2) Strategic Category - Strategic partner ○ Help achieve strategic objectives Strategy: company's plan on how it will balance internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain competitive advantage • HR Challenge: building leadership pipeline (manage talent shortage) Role in Formulating Strategy - HR professionals + line managers do environmental scanning: identify and analyze external opportunities/threats that can be crucial to company success ○ Can also add value to strategy forming process by supplying information regarding internal strengths/weaknesses Role in Executing Strategy - Strategy execution most important ○ Develop restructuring ○ Retraining programs ○ Redesign jobs - HR professionals are change agents who lead organization through...
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...performance feedback from his or her supervisor and four to eight peers, reporting staff members, co-workers and customers. ABE - Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education Accreditation Certification by a duly recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence, and integrity of an agency, service or operational group or individual to provide the specific service(s) or operation(s) needed. Recognition given to a person or organization meeting certain standards. Achievement Performance as determined by some type of assessment or testing. Action Plan A specific method or process to achieve the results called for by one or more objectives. May be a simpler version of a project plan. Action planning and processes Deciding who is going to do what, by when and in what order for the organization to reach its strategic goals. The design and implementation of action planning depends on the nature and needs of the organization. An action plan includes a schedule with deadlines for significant actions. Action Projects A specific planned process and steps for completing one or more strategic goals and objectives, including ownership of the project. The Action Projects are the annual goals and challenges currently being addressed by San Juan College. Active listening A way of listening that focuses entirely on what the other person is saying. It confirms understanding of both the content of the...
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... and unpredictability. Change is rapid and relentless. Today’s leaders face demands unlike any ever before faced. Standard leadership approaches that have served us well throughout much of history are quickly becoming liabilities. Conventional wisdom regarding leadership and many of its habits must be unlearned. The strong, decisive, charismatic, and independent leader and leadership we have idealised, strived to be, depended upon, and longed for may prove counter-productive in the new millennium and undermine a sustainable future. The challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century call for a new type of leader and leadership, indeed an entirely new and different way of thinking about leadership and of developing future leaders. This paper explores the nature of the nascent millennium and the leader and leadership qualities and capabilities expected to be crucial in the uncertain decades ahead. Eight general categories of leadership attributes have been identified as essential for the future. Those who possess or are developing these competence sets are Renaissance Leaders, individuals who are different and make a difference. A significant gap remains between current leadership competencies and those needed in the future....
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...This page intentionally left blank Copyright © 2007, New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers Published by New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. All inquiries should be emailed to rights@newagepublishers.com ISBN (13) : 978-81-224-2487-4 PUBLISHING FOR ONE WORLD NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110002 Visit us at www.newagepublishers.com CONTENTS xvii Dedicated to My Parents Shri Gopalrao and Gayabai Kondalkar This page intentionally left blank Preface Globalisation, technology advancement, open market system and desire of human beings to excel in the field one works has increased competitiveness and resultant work stress. Management of human behaviour and chanalizing it into correct direction has become important. Application of motivational theories, art of leadership and skill of redesigning jobs and modification to organisational structure is an on going process that facilitates positive work environment leading to increased job satisfaction of employees, greater productivity and organizational growth. Due to scientific advancement managing human resources is more challenging. It has been observed that everybody...
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...MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Unit I Management: Science, Theory and Practice - The Evolution of Management Thought and the Patterns of Management Analysis - Management and Society: The External environment, Social Responsibility and Ethics - Global and Comparative Management - The Basis of Global Management. Unit II The Nature and Purpose of Planning - Objectives - Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises - Decision Making - Global Planning. Unit III The Nature of Organizing and Entrepreneuring - Organizational Structure: Departmentation - Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization - Effective Organizing and Organizational Culture -Global Organizing. Unit IV Co-ordination functions in Organization - Human Factors and Motivation - Leadership - Committees and group Decision Making - Communication - Global Leading. Unit V The System and Process of Controlling - Control Techniques and Information Technology - Productivity and Operations Management - Overall Control and toward the Future through Preventive Control - Global Controlling and Global Challenges. References : 1. Koontz &Weirich, Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw Hill. 2. VSP Rao, V Hari Krishna – Management: Text and Cases, Excel Books, I Edition, 2004 3. Stoner &Wankai, Management, PHI. 4. Robert Krcitner, Management, ATTBS. 5. Weirich& Koontz, Management - A Global perspective, McGraw Hill. 6. Helliregarl, Management, Thomson Learning, 2002. 7. Robbins.S...
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