Special Issue: Bridging Micro and Macro Domains Journal of Management Vol. 37 No. 2, March 2011 421-428 DOI: 10.1177/0149206310373400 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Invited Editorial Bridging Micro and Macro Domains: Workforce Differentiation and Strategic Human Resource Management Mark A. Huselid Rutgers University Brian E. Becker State University of New York at Buffalo In this article, the authors focus on the challenges
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Assignment The Implication of Hawthorne Study in 21st Century Ashab Anis Joy ID: 2012-1-10-255 Class: MGT Course Code: 101 Sec: 7 Semester: Fall East West University Bachelor of Business Administration East West University 20th November 2012 Introduction The Hawthorne Experiments were conducted between 1927 and 1932 at the works of the Western Electric Company in Chicago. Basically the aim of these experiments was to ” attempt to reduce worker dissatisfaction and resist trade union
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client accounts, while still maintaining existing accounts. Since this business is such a high demanding and fast evolving business, it requires some specific characteristics in running the establishment. Account executives need to be able to multi-task at all times, be quick thinkers, be great problem solvers, have a tolerant and friendly personality and, most importantly, these type of advertising management need to be confident in every decision that he/she makes. Another characteristic that
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In everyday life we are surrounded by consumption. We buy items every day, we pass millions of shops on our way home and see every other person carrying a branded shopping bag. So what exactly do we mean by consumption? The everyday use of the term nowdays states that 'consumption' is about 'use'. In postomodern accounts, cultural consumption is seen as being the very meterial out of which our identites are being construct – we become what we consume. Mackay (1997, p.4) In the 20 th century mass
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THE PROBLEM The problem this paper tries to solve rises from the title of the novel throughout its whole text. In his dissertation “The Metaphor of Devil and Cross in Ngugi-Wa-Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross” under the researcher’s supervision, Nvunabandi Byamana (2010) tried to show that more than what everybody would be led to put at first sight of this title, that ‘Devil’ and ‘Cross’ are mere symbols, they can be constructed into metaphors after a careful reading of the novel. The findings show
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Technology and Motivation: are we able to measure its interaction? Tecnología y Motivación: ¿somos capaces de medir su interacción? Vicente Antonio López Rodríguez & Antonio Hidalgo Nuchera Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización, Administración de Empresas y Estadística Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales Universidad Politécnica de Madrid vlopezr@etsii.upm.es; ahidalgo@etsii.upm.es Abstract Taking into consideration that work motivation can be enhanced not only
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explanations. Our findings suggest, first, that the extent of MNCs’ activities around the globe is more extensive than assumed by regionalists’ arguments and well beyond Ohmae’s TRIAD, but still less widespread than claimed by the globalists — the two main traditions within the globalizationregionalization debate. Second, we uncover an interesting de-location pattern in this period. Third, we develop an integrative framework where both economic and institutional-cultural arguments are shown to influence
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Conceptual analysis and specification of Morgan’s metaphors using the CAST method Taken from: Gazendam, Henk W.M. (1993). Variety Controls Variety: On the Use of Organization Theories in Information Management. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff. 400 pp. ISBN 90-01-32950-0. 4.2. An overview of Morgan's metaphors Morgan (1986) distinguishes eight metaphors for organizations: machine, organism, brain, culture, political system, psychic prison, flux and transformation, and instrument of domination. Each
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The Concept of Knowledge Communication and Its Relevance to Management USI Research Note July 2006, Version 2.2 Martin J. Eppler, School of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland, Martin.Eppler@lu.unisi.ch, www.knowledge-communication.org Abstract: In this research note we illustrate the relevance of the notion of knowledge communication for management. We outline where and how the communication of expertise from specialists to decision makers is crucial. We introduce
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Society Today: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 2319-3328 VOL -2 DECEMBER 2012 Globalization and its impact on Rural market, Consumers and Farmers in India Notan Bhusan Kar* Abstract Globalization, liberalization and privatization have brought many changes in the Indian economy. Since 1991, the New Economic Policy has been implemented in India and that policy is clearly associated with Globalization. As a result, many multinational companies (MNCs) along with indigenous products
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