SECTION 1 Career/ Manpower Planning and Recruitment Among the highlights are: advice on effective new employee induction programmes; a comparison of general management and technical roles, skills and career paths; a look at succession planning at AT&T; a report on recruitment and development of international managers; and an examination of age discrimination in recruitment. Personnel Review, Vol. 22 No. 5 1993, pp. 5-14. ©MCBUniversity Press, 0048-3486 Employment effects of changing multinational
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Ubiquitous organization: organizational design for e-CRM M.F. Smith & Associates, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey, USA Keywords Information systems, Transaction costs, Organizational design, Teams, E-commerce Abstract In 1998 J.P. Morgan's analysts forecast that the market for e-CRM (customer relationship management) solutions would grow rapidly. Since then more than 700 e-CRM firms have emerged. The convergence of information technologies caused enterprise information systems providers to add e-CRM functionality
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be put forth by all involved in order to create a successful alliance. It is essential that corporations enter into strategic alliances arrangements with a comprehensive plan outlining detailed expectations, requirements, and expected benefits. ``How can this be?'' you ask. These companies, like many other companies these days, have entered into strategic alliances with their suppliers to do much of their actual production and manufacturing for them. A strategic alliance is ``an agreement between
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POLITECNICO DI MILANO Master of Science in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering [pic] Management Control Systems Prof. Paolo Maccarrone Second Assignment: Analysis Group Ferrario Andrea Rognoni Susanna Taiana Marco Trifonov Angel A.Y. 2007/2008 Q1.Based on the 2004 statement of profit and loss data (Exhibits 1 and 2), do you agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? In order to support an opinion on
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Relationship between structure and culture. 6 1.3 Factors influencing the behaviour of management and employees at Greenscape. 8 LO2. Right Boss, Wrong Company. 9 2.1 Leadership styles of Max Worthy and Brenda. 9 2.2 Managerial perspectives. 10 2.3 Differences in managerial and leadership approaches of Hogan and Worthy in running Fancy Footwear. 11 LO3. More Than a Pay Cheque. 13 3.1 Leadership in the company affecting the motivational level of Gibson? 13 3.2 Maslow’s Motivator-Hygiene affecting
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Mission, Business definition, Goals and Objectives. Internal Appraisal – The internal environment, organisational capabilities in various functional areas and Strategic Advantage Profile. Methods and techniques used for organisational appraisal (Value chain analysis, Financial and non financial analysis, historical analysis, Industry standards and benchmarking, Balanced scorecard and key factor rating). Identification of Critical Success Factors (CSF). Section II Environmental Appraisal—Concept
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company’s existing product and calls for heavy selling and promotion to obtain profit sales. Consumers will not buy enough of the organization’s products unless it undertakes a large scale effort in selling and promotion. A selling oriented organization thus focuses on short terms results; because they care only for their sales not for customer’s satisfaction and they are not searching or looking for long term relationship with customers. 2. Goods and services Answer: Goods and services
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 50 (2010) 344–401 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Accounting and Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jae Understanding earnings quality: A review of the proxies, their determinants and their consequences$ Patricia Dechow a, Weili Ge b, Catherine Schrand c,n a b c University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States University of Pennsylvania
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economics literature, and is widely discussed in business ethics texts. Agency theory in a formal sense originated in the early 1970s, but the concepts behind it have a long and varied history. Among the influences are property-rights theories, organization economics, contract law, and political philosophy, including the works of Locke and Hobbes. Some noteworthy scholars involved in agency theory's formative period in the 1970s included Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, Michael Jensen, William Meckling
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Nature and Scope of Marketing Ethics INTRODUCTION Marketing ethics is viewed as important because of marketing’s interface with many diverse stakeholders. Marketing is a key functional area in the business organization that provides a visible interface with not only customers, but other stakeholders such as the media, investors, regulatory agencies, channel members, trade associations, as well as others. It is important when addressing marketing ethics to recognize
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