Week 5 Literature Review Hastings, Donald F. (1999). "Lincoln Electric's Harsh Lessons from International Expansion." Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1999, pp. 168-178. Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (1995). “Producing sustainable competitive advantage through the effective management of people.” The Academy of Management Executive; Feb 1995. Rigby, Darrell. (1998). “What's today's special at the consultants' cafe?” Fortune; Sep 7, 1998. Stamps, David. (1997). “The self-organizing system.” Training;
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outcome for any promotion system designed. Herzberg developed “Two Factors theory” to focus on working conditions necessary for employees to be motivated. The below article reviews recent studies on motivation factors for front line workers and suggests some hypothesis for further researches. Keywords: Front line, Employee, Herzberg’s Two Factors theory, Motivation, promotion systems. 1 Introduction Promotion systems affect almost all aspects of organizational lives. This is particular
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TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT By Janice A. Miller, SPHR and Diana M. Osinski, SPHR February 1996 Reviewed July 2002 Introduction The training needs assessment is a critical activity for the training and development function. Whether you are a human resource generalist or a specialist, you should be adept at performing a training needs assessment. This paper will begin with an overview of the training and development function and how the needs assessment fits into this process, followed by an in-depth
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SUPERVISOR: KARL HESLOP NOVEMBER 2005 ABSTRACT Increasingly, organisations are realising that they have to establish an equitable balance between the employee’s contribution to the organisation and the organisation’s contribution to the employee. Establishing this balance is one of the main reasons to reward and recognise employees. Organisations that follow a strategic approach to creating this balance focus on the three main components of a reward system, which includes, compensation,
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Quratulain* Abdul Karim Khan* CERGAM, Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille-III, France ABSTRACT The relationships among employee’s work related variables, cultural variables and OCB are investigated in Pakistani work setting. Based on the review of literature it has been observed that perceived organizational justice (procedural, distributive & interactional justice) is an important antecedent of OCB. This study intends to extend the previous research by assessing the validity of social exchange
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Hamilton Sundstrand Organizational Change Project Leadership and Organizational Behavior Joseph Plumley 12/13/2010 Hamilton Sundstrand is a global corporation that designs, manufactures and supports aerospace and industrial products for worldwide markets. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation headquartered in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, US. UTC provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the building systems and aerospace industries. Recently
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training and even have them more inclined to participate in training. “If the training methods are structured to fit the learning styles and approaches preferred by small business managers we would expect a higher level of learning and greater satisfaction with the learning process to occur,” (Jeffery, Hide &Legg, 2010). Companies today are no longer conducting training needs analysis (TNA). They are no longer discussing the benefits of TNA. It appears in today’s society, “the world move so fast
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IMPACT OF INCLUDING CHILDCARE IN A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Prepared for Business Communications Prepared by December 5, 2013 SMART POINT FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS 1215 Dublin Rd. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 74525 December 5, 2013 Unik Health Commissioners City of Oklahoma City 412 East 24th St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 75202 Dear Commissioners: The attached report requested by the Unik Health Commissioners in a letter to Smart Point Financial
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Wal Mart A Proposal on How Wal-Mart Can Reduce High Employee Turnover Tiffanie Jenkins August 21, 2011 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. branded as Wal-Mart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000 list, and the largest public corporation when ranked by revenue. It is also the biggest
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Sport understand the factors which motivate their employees? By Frank McCusker January 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Literature Review 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 2. Research into Staff Motivation at Queen’s Sport 1. Is there a culture of staff motivation within Queen’s Sport management? 2. Do employees recognise the importance staff motivation and do
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