Liljefors Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration June 7, 2011 Employee Selection, Employee Retention, Employee Motivation, Human Resource Management, Länsförsäkringar Bergslagen. How can a firm such as Länsförsäkringar Bergslagen utilize selection and retention methods to find and keep employees that add value to the organisation? The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse the process of selection and retention and how it can affect organisations’ ability to select and retain staff that perform
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effective management. When leaders are effective, their subordinates are highly motivated, committed, and high performing. When leaders are ineffective, chances are good that their subordinates do not perform to the level of their capabilities, lack motivation, and may be dissatisfied. This chapter describes what leadership is and examines major leadership models and theories that have been developed by various researchers. It also describes how managers engaging in transformational leadership can have
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agreement between the employee and the organization (or individuals within the organization) of their obligations to one another. A common psychological contract many employees possess is: If they complete their tasks on time and work hard, they will receive a paycheck and remain an employee of the organization. Because the psychological contract is often vague and based on the perceptions/beliefs of the individual, it is often hard to determine or control exactly what the employee will perceive as fair
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only the first step to creating a strong work force. Next, you have to keep them. Employee turnover costs businesses owners both in time and productivity, and the impact is especially large at a small firm because of the relative connection to its size. But how can a small firm offer the right motivational factors to ensure that the staff remains within the organization? How can they compete with motivational employee benefits of larger corporations? This paper looks at one case company, a small
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Discussion…………………………………………………………………….……7 Examining Apple Inc……………………………………………………….….…8 The Organizational Behavior (OB) of Apple Inc………………………….….....8 The Organizational Development (OD) of Apple Inc…………………….……..9 The Organizational Effectiveness (OE) of Apple Inc……………………………9 Effects of Conflict on the OB, OD, and OE of Apple Inc…………………...…..10 Benefits and Weaknesses of Motivation used by Apple Inc…………………..…11 Impact of Culture, Leadership Style and Motivational Style
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Chapter 2 Strategic Planning * Strategic Planning: * Determining the overall organizational goals and how they are to be achieved. * Top management expects HR activities to be closely aligned to a firm’s mission and strategic goals toward achieving these goals. * Levels of strategic planning: * Corporate-level strategic planning * Business-level strategic planning * Functional-level strategic planning Strategic Planning Process * Step 1: Identifying the organization’s
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means several things. First, as managers, people carry out the managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. Second, management applies to any kind of organization. Third, management applies to managers at all organizational levels. Fourth, the aim of all managers is the same – to create surplus. Finally, managing is concerned with productivity – this implies
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Research Group, College of Management, Mahidol University. This article presented a study that examined associations of store manager’s passion for motivation of staff and the use of vision among staff in Australian retail stores and how it correlates with the outcome of staff and customer satisfaction. I agree that leaders who display a passion for vision and motivation are associated with higher staff and customer satisfaction. The study was conducting with valid information, with the one drawback
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The Effective Managerial Leadership Style that Sustains Middle Management Job Satisfaction and Job Retention for Organizational Success Vivienne Huang Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Vivienne Huang, E-mail: Vivienne.huang@gmail.com Abstract Managerial leadership styles greatly determine how organizations deal with challenges and capitalize opportunities in the hospitality industry, especially for organizations with multi-level operational structures
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GM 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior The organization I chose to spotlight is ABC CO.. ABC CO. is a major transportation organization shipping freight by rail as well as intermodal. Intermodal means that there is freight that is shipped using more than just rails, they also use tractor trailers to complete some shipments. ABC CO. operates in 11 states, parts of Canada, and also runs on approximately 21,000 miles of rail. I have been on two sides of the house. I have worked on the
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