Q: Are virtual teams more effective than a traditional team where everyone works in the same office? Introduction: Virtual teams, or more commonly known as telecommuting, have become a hot talking point in organizations across the world. Telecommuting is a work arrangement in which employees of an organization do not commute to a central location. Instead, they work remotely from their home or off-site office location. Communication with a main office is handled through a computer and/or
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IF THE BOSS ONLY KNEW: MAXIMIZING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IF THE BOSS ONLY KNEW: MAXIMIZING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE The intention of this paper is to articulate the opinions of unsatisfied employees in a down-to-earth, easily understood and with the support of empirical research. Workers tend to fear voicing concerns in fear of the unemployment line. On the flip side, managers who are interested in earning money are
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Applied Administration Concepts Dr. Michael Provitera 2/26/2014 Chauvaunia Goodman 1. Introduction Employee motivation can be regarded as one of the key practices for an organization to build long-term sustainability in any respective business industry. In relation to the recent phenomenon, the performance of employees significantly depends upon a number of factors including employee motivation, employee satisfaction, performance appraisal, compensation, training and development (T&D) along
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* Introduction: An organisation's goals can be achieved only when people put it their best efforts. how to ascertain whether an employee has shown his or her best performance on a given job? the answer is performance appraisal. Employees' assessment can be done by performance appraisal. * Definition of performance appraisal: performance appraisal is an objective assessment of an individual's performance against well defined benchmark. In simple terms, an individual's performance is assessed
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process. The theoretical background for a new direction in the HR-performance linkage research is put forth to the researchers associated in this field. Keywords: Human Resource Practices, Organizational Performance, Organizational Commitment. 1. Introduction Today across the globe, it is widely accepted that organization success depends on its people. It is clear that human capital and intellect drive business growth. Over the years, the profession of HR has developed around the assumption that human
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TITLE PAGE INCENTIVE AS A MOTIVATIONAL TOOL IN ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC AND UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC) BY ONWUCHEKWA CHIDI. PG/MBA /08/53181 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ENUGU CAMPUS JUNE 2010 1 DEDICATION This project is dedicated to God
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3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 4 Finding Number 1 4 Finding Number 2 5 Finding Number 3 5 Recommendations 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of three different compensation strategies for potential implementation into our firm. Performance based, skill based, and piece rate pay plans are defined and analyzed. The focus of the topics included in the analysis includes employee retention
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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Employees Across the Globe Niels Bosma, Sander Wennekers and José Ernesto Amorós 2011 Extended Report: GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR 2011 EXTENDED REPORT: Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Employees Across the Globe Niels Bosma, Utrecht University & Global Entrepreneurship Research Association Sander Wennekers,
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INTRODUCTION Rensis Likerthas called motivation as the core of management. Motivation is an effective instrument in the hands of the management in inspiring the work force .It is the major task of every manager to motivate his subordinate or to create the will to work among the subordinates. It should also be remembered that the worker may be immensely capable of doing some work, nothing can be achieved if he is not willing to work .creation of a will to work is motivation in simple but true sense
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study finds that there is growing demand for work life balance among the workers of RMG sector. Keywords: Bangladesh, Readymade garment sector, Labour management, Labour dispute, HRM 1. Introduction In the age of knowledge economy and changing business environment, achieving competitive advantages and superior employee performance require proper Human Resource Management (HRM) (Becker & Huselid
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