and impact on the often overlooked but most important assets of any business – its people and their productivity. Our research seeks to fill that omission. The period from 2008 to 2012 has seen a cataclysmic shift in the fundamental areas of demand, quality and flexibility of the talent pool in the UAE. High costs of expatriation and the regional pressure of localisation have put more focus on the productivity of people working within shrinking organisations. Many UAE employees, not having previously
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21st century business Received (in revised form): 22nd April, 2006 KEVIN LANE KELLER is the EB Osborn Professor of Marketing at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Keller has served as brand confidant to marketers for some of the world’s most successful brands, including Disney, Ford, Intel, Levi Strauss, Nike, Accenture and Starbucks. He wrote the textbook Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring and Managing Brand Equity and co-authored with Philip Kotler the textbook Marketing
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AN EVALUATION OF COMMUNICATION INTEGRATION WITHIN A STATE-OWNED ORGANISATION by MOALUSI JONAS MAENETJA Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS WITH SPECIALISATION IN ORGANISATIONAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF TC DU PLESSIS JOINT SUPERVISOR: PROF DF DU PLESSIS APRIL 2009 Student number: 697-616-6 DECLARATION I declare that THE EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT
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barriers within the organisation. Several known models and strategies were use to select the appropriate intervention and relevant methods for implementation. The intervention and implementation strategies are categorized to match appropriate management of change techniques such as, hard and soft, for a better transition of change within the organisation. The methods of communicating change were also systematically defined to channel only the appropriate contents to the organisation. Strategic SMART
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difficult to find. In today's highly competitive environment employee retention should be top priority for organizations especially since many consider human talent to be the ‘greatest assets' to a company. Cutler (2001) stated that one of the most important demands on management today in any organization is keeping the most vital and dynamic human resources motivated and dedicated. Managing and retaining valuable talent requires a balance between the employee aspirations and the strategic and financial
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The last thing I would need to do is ask for an extension because I underestimated the task at hand. As an example, at work, I need to prepare an FTE report fortnightly. I also prepare other ad hoc reports as required, plus investigate any asset related transactions. If there will ever be a delay in getting something done, while the reason for the delay will usually be outside my control, I will endeavour to inform the related parties that the work cannot be done in time and consult with
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machine, materials & men, – should be managed in an impressive way. Among the factors of production the human resource constitutes the biggest challenge because unlike other inputs employee management calls for accomplished handling of thoughts, feelings and emotion. High productivity is a long-term benefit of Training and development of the Employee. Trained and Developed employee is a valuable asset which delivers huge value to the Organization in maintaining and strengthening its business and revenue
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Niels Laasholdt Steen Sloth Gitte Størup Marianne Poulsen BUSINESS ECONOMICS – AN INTRODUCTORY CASEBOOK FOR THE COMMERCIAL UPPER-SECONDARY COURSE (HHX) 1 BUSINESS ECONOMICS – an introductory casebook for the commercial upper-secondary course (HHX) © 2005 the authors and Systime A/S Copying from this book is only permitted subject to agreement between Copy-Dan and the Danish Ministry of Education. External editing: Knud Erik Bang Cover: Valentin Design Typeface: Adobe Garamond Pro 11/14
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world to work in a war zone to acquire and retain more customers and stabilize their business (Pradhan et al., 2012). A performance management system is the key factor used in determining whether an organization can manage its human resources and talent effectively. Performance management provides information on who should be trained and in what areas, which employees should be rewarded, and what type of skills are lacking at the organization or nit level
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ABSTRACT In present trend software applications are used in every day of our life in different areas like management, inventory systems, human resource management, colleges, shopping malls …etc. Main advantage of using these applications is to reduce manual work and complete work in short time and security of data. E-Property – is an Estate Agent and Property Management System is a user friendly contact and property manager for real estate professionals. Save time and sell more by empowering
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