Mahsa University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract Introduction Handful literatures have explored the effect of rating categories on reliability based on classical test theory indices, fewer studies have employed the item response theory in examining reliability. We carried out this study to examine the effect of rating scale categories (RSC) on reliability and fit statistics of the Malay Spiritual Well-Being Scale using Rasch model. Methods The Malay Spiritual Well-being scale (SWBS)
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appraisal on a manager (conducted for developmental reasons) Peer Appraisal – conducted by manager with input from peers. It is not common – there are concerns of stereotyping and fear the peer will find out Team Appraisal – based on Total Quality Management – stresses team achievements rather than individual performance. TQM sets performance standards derived from customer needs. Customer Appraisal – based on feedback from both internal and external customers with many managers setting Customer Service
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poly-structured data that flows continuously through and around organizations, including video, text, sensor logs, and transactional records. The business benefits of analyzing this data can be significant. According to a recent study by the MIT Sloan School of Management, organizations that use analytics are twice as likely to be top performers in their industry as those that don’t.1 Apache Hadoop for
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financial management in line with international standards and practices. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of computer-based accounting systems (CBASs) on the effectiveness of performing accounting tasks by Malaysian public sector agencies (PSAs). This study focuses on the impact of performancebased outcomes at three levels: individual task, accounting-related task, and organisational level performance. With regard to accounting-related task performance outcomes, this study aims
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Erasmus Study in BABE Programme Administrative Issues Course Descriptors Mathematics Introductory Microeconomics Introduction to Sociology Current Issues of the European and Global Economy Academic Writing Introduction into Business Introductory Macroeconomics Introduction into Economic Analysis Economics of Integration Information Technology Intermediate Microeconomics Issues in Macroeconomic Policy Mathematical Economics Statistics Regional Economics Introduction to Strategic Management Banking
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f- ^ ^ ^ tC^L X Human Resource Management R. WAYNE MONDY, SPHR in collaboration with JUDY BANDY MONDY McNeese State University Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Preface XXII Acknowledgments xxv Strategic Human Resource Management: An Overview 3 Chapter Objectives 2 HRM in Action: Not HR
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your research project your research project a step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher NICHOLAS WALLIMAN with Bousmaha Baiche SAGE Publications London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi To my wife, Ursula © Nicholas Walliman 2001 Chapter 2 © Dr Bousmaha Baiche 2001 First published 2001 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may
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VIEW Strategic Human Resource Management Taken from: Strategic Human Resource Management, Second Edition by Charles R. Greer Copyright © 2001, 1995 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 Compilation Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Custom Publishing All rights reserved. This copyright covers material written expressly for this volume by the editor/s as well as the compilation itself. It does not cover the individual selections herein that
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. (Charles Darwin) Introduction In this chapter, we turn our focus to how organizations sustain advantage. We do this through exploring strategic change, while, to complement this in Chapter 12, we examine strategic innovation and corporate entrepreneurship. Strategic change is about ensuring that the organization is consistently relevant in its market arenas and, as the opening
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