“Is Post-Appraisal Weeding good strategy?” Dilip Thosar Paper for The International Research Conference on HRM 25-26 August 2012 at MIT College of Management, Pune Is Post-Appraisal Weeding good strategy? Dilip Thosar Fellow Student, AHRD (Academy of Human Resources Development), Ahmedabad. ABSTRACT Many progressive Indian organizations are seen to annually lead a practice of weeding out their lowest-performing manpower, with the strategic intent of increasing their performance capability and
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For a start, the purpose of this paper is to give the reader an appreciation of how the interview with a Grantwriter started and how it transitioned into a detailed conversation as validated in the audio recording. While on the subject of audio recording and confidentiality, it was requested by the interviewee that the voluntary information shared be used only as a learning instrument for the sole purposes of only the interviewer (Student – Ben Escobal) and the grading professor of this document
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Student Liberty University Abstract This paper addresses the fear of death and aging in America. The United States is a culture in which people are judged by their appearance. The media idealizes youth and feeds into the fallacy that becoming older is somehow negative. Thus, the identity of those who are growing older is undermined, and older Americans are often devalued. The reality, however, is that God has a plan for every phase of our lives. Research indicates that between the ages of 75 and
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undertaking doctoral research in the built environment Ade Alao Abstract This paper considers issues associated with identifying a typology for doctoral research in the built environment. It argues that a definition of the built environment knowledge base in terms of its constituent subject disciplines is unhelpful for doctoral research as the generation of new knowledge in an interdiscipline requires integration across the various subject disciplines. A typology for research design is identified
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on profitability. When the costs of increasing labor are obvious and benefits are indirect, managers may not employ more staff. And this paper studies the effect of labor on profitability through its impact on quality, both conformance quality and service quality. Key words: labor; quality; retail corporation 1. Literature review and hypothesis of this paper 1.1 Service quality(SQ) SQ is measured by customers’ assessment of their service experience. the writer present some studies that
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introducing a flexitime system to meet employee’s demand, recent research shows that 54% of Australian organisations are reluctant to offer flexitime to employees (Kionos Australia, 2013). This indicates that, although a number of Australian organisations recognise the benefits of flexitime, more than half of the organisations consider flexitime as a challenging or ineffective arrangement. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate research relating to flexitime and clearly reveal its benefits and
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(HGP) was an international research effort to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome. HGP researchers untangled the human genome using three tools: producing what are called linkage maps, through which inherited traits (such as those for genetic disease) can be tracked over generations; making maps that show the locations of genes for major sections of all our chromosomes; and determining the order, or "sequence," of all the bases in our genome's DNA. The research revealed that there are
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Psychologists offer a corporation unbiased, fresh ideas in the area of improvement and advancement using various methods of analysis and research. The following paper will examine the field of organization psychology by defining, explaining the evolution, comparing and contrasting organizational psychology with related disciplines and analyzing the role of research and statistics. Defining Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology as defined by Jex & Brit(2008) is a “field that utilizes
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1 COM 802: Communication Research II Spring, 2007 - Syllabus Professor: Gwen M. Wittenbaum, Ph.D. Office Location: 559 Communication Arts Bldg. Office Phone: 353-8120 Email: gwittenb@msu.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., and by appointment Class Meets: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. in room 474 COM. Required Readings Crano, W. D., & Brewer, M. B. (2002). Principles and methods of social research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Articles
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“The Predictive Valuation of Value of Oil Imports in the Philippines” A Research Study Presented to: Dr. Marcelo M. Angelia, Ph.D In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Subject DGM 234 Empirical Analysis I By Marl Tutor Ale April 08, 2012 Table of Contents Chapter Page
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