employee Transform and reinvent The reskilled HR team | 107 | 117 Talent analytics in practice Race to the cloud | 127 The global and local HR function Editors | 145 | 146 | | 137 Acknowledgements Global Human Capital leaders Human Capital country leaders 147 | 148 Global Human Capital Trends 2014: Engaging the 21st-century workforce Introduction Engaging the 21st-century workforce S we begin 2014, global organizations have left the recession in the rear-view mirror
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THE EFFECT OF SELF-LEADERSHIP AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON WORK STRESS AMONGST MANAGERS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR By Agnes Akwa Nde Student number: 2009103587 A Dissertation submitted in Accordance with the Requirements for the Award of a MAGISTER COMMERCII Degree In Industrial Psychology Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences The University of the Free State Supervisor: Prof. Ebben Van Zyl Co-Supervisors: Dr Petrus Nel & Dr Estelle Boshoff Bloemfontein, 2015
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assumptions underpinning team development, and its implementation, are critically examined. The organizational culture literature itself is fraught with epistemological debate. Practitioners are interested in management by measurement and manipulation of culture. Theoreticians of culture, however, aim to understand the depth and complexity of culture. Unresolved issues remain regarding how to define culture, the difference between culture and climate, measurement/levels of analysis, and the relationship
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Chapter 1 – Strategic Human Res. Mgn Chapter 1: Strategic HRM HR functions: all relative to the company’s performance - analysis and design of work - employee relations -recruiting -selection - training and development - performance management - compensation - supporting the organizations strategy Environmental trends impacting HRM - Changes in the labour force * Aging workforce * Diverse Workforce * Labour unions * Contigent employees * Skill deficiencies
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between management and administration Management definitions: * The process of organizing methods ,manpower and other resources to achieve organizational goals * Is more than art and science Managing is working with and through people to accomplish the objectives of both the organization & its members. * It means art or skills of directing human activities and physical resources in the attainment of predetermined goals. * According to Henry Fayol, “To manage is to forecast and
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Chapter One: Introduction to Quality The History and Importance of Quality • Quality assurance – refers to any action directed toward providing consumers with products (goods and services) of appropriate quality. • Usually associated with some form of measurement and inspection. • Egyptian wall paintings from around 1450 B.C. show evidence of measurement and inspection. The Age of Craftsmanship • During the Middle Ages in Europe, the skilled
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Toward a Conceptual Model of Global Leadership Jose Mathews* In the globalized world, global organizations have to contend with global leaders, and no easy parallel can be found between domestic and global leaderships. Researchers have approached the construct of global leadership from different perspectives of cognitive complexity, competency, behavioral, human capital, personality process and global mindset. In relation to these perspectives and the contextual elements of global business
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1. Introduction This chapter provides an assessment of the contemporary labour market context of Human Resource Management and the impact of current trends in labor market on the practices associated with Human Resource Management in relation to attraction, motivation and retention of talents. 1.2 Review of Prior Work A labour market can be understood as the mechanism through which human labour is bought and sold as a commodity and the means by which labour
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fields have wracked their brains to come up with what they consider to be their concept of ‘culture’. Those working in the field of cultural anthropology, alone, for example, have come up with a long list of definitions of the concept, based on their analysis of ethnological, social, psychological and linguistic data. The attempt made by Bodley (1994) to summarize these (Table I.1) gives an idea of all the facets of culture that need to be taken into account from an anthropological perspective. Although
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LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION How to organize team creativity and harvest ideas JOHN ADAIR London and Philadelphia Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from
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