with perceived organizational performance. Promotion is not found significant as a predictor of commitment as HR outcome. Regression analyses show that promotion and empowerment are significant predictors of commitment. Empowerment was found to be a significant predictor of perceived organizational performance. Key words: Empowerment, Commitment, Perceived organization performance, Promotion 1. INTRODUCTION Earlier studies on human resource management focused on individual impact of HRM practices
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Security in India: Performance, Challenges and Policies S. Mahendra Dev Alakh N. Sharma Oxfam India working papers series September 2010 OIWPS - VII Abstract This paper examines performance, challenges, and policies in food security in terms of availability, access, and absorption or nutrition. Specifically, the paper addresses the following questions: (i) What is the progress in supply side of food in terms of availability at the national level? (ii) How far has India progressed in
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has managed to reduce poverty to some extent but there is going to be a shift in development as different sectors and groups come up with different conclusion of what development is. Though poverty has been reduced in some countries like China and India were there has been economic growth, Cohen argues that some African countries are still in poverty such as Somalia, Iraq and Congo. This maybe because some African leaders are only interested in personal gain. DRC president has been found to spend
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Organizational Changes in Ford Motor Company Organizational Changes in Ford Motor Company In today’s business world, one of the questions organizations are inquired about is “What can be done in order for our organization survive and expand?” Today’s society is evolving into something too challenging to easily foresee, with a numerous opportunities and drawbacks continuously passing. Economic modifications continue to change the very fundamental nature of how an organization is
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develop an understanding of impact of human resource practices on hr outcomes. After reviewing the existing literature on HRM practices, the researchers have found that HR outcomes have great impact by human resource practices. HISTORY HRM in India is centuries old. The first reference of HRM was provided by Kautilya as early as 4th century B.C. in his book Arthashastra‘. The work environment had logical procedures and principles in respect of labour organization such as Shreni‘Wages were paid
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approaches to the transformative approach as long as the foundation of transformative behavior continues to exist and remain at the forefront. For instance, consider Goleman’s “Visionary”, or authoritative style, which focuses on a strong positive climate and focused on moving people toward a common goal, or “Affiliative” which is focused on building bonds, creating harmony and developing communication. When the emotional intelligence factors are added in this construct of style encompasses several
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Chapter 1 (page 4-19) Taking Risks and making Profits within the Dynamic Business Environment Business: Any activity that seeks to provide goods and services to others while operating at a profit. Profit is the amount of money a business earns above and beyond what it spends for salaries and other expenses needed to run the business operation. Goods are tangible products such as computers, food, clothing, cards appliances and services include intangible products which cannot be held in your
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Current events of national and international importance. 3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP Indian National Movement. 4. World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on AP. 5. Indian polity and Economy – including the country’s political system- rural development – Planning and economic reforms in India. 6. Mental ability – reasoning and inferences. 7. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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Assignment 1 comprises five written response questions. Your response to each of the five questions should be approximately 150 to 250 words. Prepare your responses for all five questions in one document (Microsoft Word or compatible). Each question is worth 15 marks. 1. Are per capita increases in GDP (gross domestic product) a good indicator of economic development? Explain your answer. GDP per capita is often a very lacking indicator of economic development. There are many other
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1) What are the factors to be kept in mind while taking ethical decisions? Ethicist Rushworth Kidder suggests that nine steps or checkpoints can help bring order to otherwise confusing ethical issues. 1. Recognize that there is a problem. This step is critically important because it forces us to acknowledge that there is an issue that deserves our attention and helps us separate moral questions from disagreements about manners and social conventions. For example, being late for a party may be bad
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