PA1 EXAMINATION BLUEPRINT 2014/2015 Effective Date: December 2014 This document is the property of: CGA-Canada 100-4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 Phone: 604 669-3555 Fax: 604 689-5845 www.cga.org/canada Updated: January 21, 2014 CGA-Canada PA1 Examination Blueprint 2014/2015 Table of Contents About the Examination Blueprint ........................................................................................................................
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Introduction: Lean manufacturing: Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach of identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvement, flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection. Lean manufacturing is a comprehensive approach to eliminating waste from your operation. It is a systematic methodology that uses various tools to achieve the goal of reduced waste. The principle of lean manufacturing is to reduce cost through continuous improvement that will eventually
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Report on HRM Practices at Dhaka Bank Limited 1.1 Introduction: Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. Human Resource Management can also be performed by line managers. Employees are the core resources of any organization, without them, one cannot run their organization and human resource is conducted with the growth of development of people toward higher
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effects on both HR and IT professionals. The different types of HR activities will be discussed as well as the different types of information systems used in HRIS. A central focus of this chapter is the use in managerial decision making of results and reports from an HRIS. The development of the HRIS field has been seen to have a significant impact on the emergence of strategic human resource management (Strategic HRM), as is discussed in this chapter. This first chapter will lay the groundwork for the
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The goal of every business is to make profits for the owners. This looks to be an extremely effectiveness difficult task unless firms discover the different ways to improve on efficiency and of their operations. Recruitment is the process of generating a pool of capable candidates applying to an organisation for employment (Gold, 2007). Applicants with experience and qualifications most closely related to job specifications may eventually
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Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Analysis CPT Christopher F. Drum, CPT Scott Stokoe, LTJG Ann-Marie Noad U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program In Health Care Administration A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for HCA 5325 Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations 12 December 2003 Executive Summary Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a well-established, international health care industry leader that provides patient services on two
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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 4 DISTINCTION BETWEEN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 5 TYPES OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITONS 7 Horizontal Merger 7 Vertical Merger 7 Co-Generic Merger 7 Conglomerate Merger 7 RECENT EXAMPLES 8 REASONS FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 10 Growth of the company 10 Synergy 10 Diversification and expansion 11 Elimination of competition 11 × REASONS WHY MERGERS AND ACQUISITONS CAN FAIL 12 No common vision 12 Weak leadership
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Introduction to HRM * What Is Human Resource Management? * Process of managing human resources (human capital and intellectual assets) to achieve an organization’s objectives (Bohlander & Snell 2007) * Policies and practices involved in carrying out the “people” or human resource aspects of a management position, including recruiting, training, rewarding, and appraising (Dessler 2008) * Designing management systems to ensure that human talent is used effectively * and efficiently
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Managers, regardless of their particular job, generally all perform mold something useful from what otherwise is a disarray of some degree of the following activities-Planning, Organizing, human resources and raw components. The output of this Staffing, Leading, and Controlling.
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Metrics That Matter: The Most Effective KPIs to Transform Your Business By: Jon Snow, Senior Manager, Business Consulting Services An Epicor® White Paper WHITE PAPER Table of Contents Financial and Transactional KPIs: A KISS Approach Operational Area: Sales Gross Margin Sales per Employee Operational Area: Purchasing Inventory Turns Service Level Operational Area: Fulfillment, Inventory Control or Warehouse Operational Area: Finance DSO (Days Sales Outstanding), Average Collection Period
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