Glossary of HR terms For the benefit of human resources professionals, both new and seasoned, we present a Glossary of Terms. If, having read the Glossary, you feel that there are any omissions, then contact us . Absolute ratings A rating method where the rater assigns a specific value on a fixed scale to the behavior or performance of an individual instead of assigning ratings based on comparisons between other individuals. Affirmative action Also : Positive discrimination. Carried
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the perspectives, experience and measurement methods set out in the recent book by Haig R. Nalbantian, Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer and Jay Doherty, Play to Your Strengths: Managing your internal labour markets for lasting competitive advantage (New York: McGraw Hill, 2004). We are grateful to members of the CIPD Human Capital Working Party who provided input and advice: Greg Aitken, Head of Employee Research and Measurement, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Ron Collard, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Features that Give You a Competitive Edge 8 Information Technology 9 Information technology and supply chain management 10 Supply Chain Technology 11 Technology Can Be the Foundation of Competitive Advantage 11 Supply Chain Technology: What’s New? 13 Resource-based view and supply chain capabilities 16 Supply Chain Capabilities 17 Hypotheses Development: IT Advancement 18 Impact of supply chain capabilities on firm performance 19 Conclusion and Recommendation 21 References 22
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Chapter 01 Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage True / False Questions 1. Companies have historically looked at HRM as a means to contribute to profitability, quality, and other business goals through enhancing and supporting business operations. True False 2. The human resource department is most likely to collaborate with other company functions on outplacement, labor law compliance, testing, and unemployment compensation. True False
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employees. Needs | | |The Training Process |analysis, techniques, purposes, and evaluation are all | | |The Strategic Context of Training |covered. Additionally, the chapter points out the | | |The Five-Step Training and Development Process |importance of new employee orientation and lists some of| | |Training, Learning and Motivation
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one or more competitive advantage, factors that allow an organization to differentiate its product or service. Wal-Mart builds its low cost leader strategy on the dual competitive advantage of a satellite based inventory and distribution system, and on employment policies that help it to achieve extraordinary low employment costs. Southwest Airlines achieves low cost leader status through employment policies that produce a highly motivated and
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CHAPTER 1 – STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Strategy: formulation of organizational missions, goals, objectives and actions plans (how the organization intends to achieve its goals Mintzberg’s 5 P’s of Strategy: i. Plan: intended course of action a firm has selected to deal with a situation ii. Purpose: consistent stream of action that sometimes are the result of a deliberate plan and sometimes the result of emergent actions based on reactions to environmental changes or shifting of
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counsel him and tell the consequences of being like that can affect the career. 5. How do you handle people, if some people come late and some people come regularly? Make the work timings flexible; handle it like a performance issue—show them benefits of coming early. 6. What is meant by culture of an organisation? It is a system of shared value and beliefs held by organizational members that unite the members of an organization and determine how they act. 7. What is Maslow theory
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Project Management Project CMGT/410 Kudler Fine Food Implementation Project Introduction Kudler Fine Foods is a privately owned California-based gourmet food store founded in 1998 by Kathy Kudler. Kudler Fine Foods has three stores in La Jolla, Del Mar, and El Encinitas, California. KFF offers high-end products and markets them in upscale neighborhoods. KFF has expressed an interest in the development of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to improve business administration
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established to operate cellular telephony. The company commenced its operations, under the brand name of Ufone, from Islamabad on January 29, 2001. Ufone continued on the path to success. The Company further expanded its coverage and has added new cities and highways. Ufone has network coverage in more than 5442 locations and across all major highways of the country. Ufone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Co.
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