Abstract This report seeks identify and evaluate key Organisational Development (OD) issues, suggest possible interventions and provide recommendations for a case study of traditional and nontraditional team-based patient care. The author opted to focus on the team-based operations as it initially proved to be more effective than the traditional method. Although the team based care was more effective, there were several key OD issues that were identified by using OD diagnosis tools and models
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Managerial Economics Term Paper DEMAND IN THE DOMESTIC AIRLINE INDUSTRY OF INDIA Submitted by: Akshata Shirodkar ePGP-02-002 This term paper explores the rational economics behind the demand and its affect on dynamic pricing in the domestic airline industry in India, where both of these vary often with time and units available. Based on the learning gained during microeconomics course, this paper analyses the current pricing strategies and norms practiced by the airline industry. Managerial
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Marcello Iacovella, MBA, Canada Raffaele Gerbasi, MBA, Canada Victoria Ivanova, MBA, Canada ABSTRACT Purpose - To provide the management team at BTSA Ltd with a practical guideline in managing organizational change through a designated lead change agent. Design/Methodology/approach - This guideline was developed by analyzing various organizational behaviour variables which included organizational structure, leadership and organizational culture. The objective of the case study is to provide a pragmatic
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The impact of information technology on the HR function transformation By Yu Long 0123404 Graduation Committee: First supervisor: Dr. T. Bondarouk Course coordinator: Pro. Dr. J. K. Looise Master Thesis, Business Administration HRM University of Twente March, 2009 Preface This master thesis concludes my life as a student, which is performed under the supervision of Twente University in the Netherlands. The research is the terminal of the program Human Resource Management. Doing this
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MBA & MBA (IB) THIRD SEMESTER -- CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (NEW SYLLABUS) COMPULSORY PAPERS Title: Total Quality Management Subject Code: 3001 Contact Hours: 45 hrs Work load: 3 hrs per week Credit Points: 3 Evaluation: Continuous Internal Assessment – 25 marks Semester End Examination -- 50 marks Objectives: This cour se is designed to help students to develop basic appreciation of quality concepts and learn the tools and techniques
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Subject: Human Resource Development 1. * Meaning and concepts of Human Resource Development, Human Resource Development (HRD) is considered as a vital part of Human Resource Management and it is defined as "an organized learning experience within a given period of time with the objective of producing the possibility of performance change." HRD aims at overall development of human resources. HRD is more concerned with the training and development of employees. Human Resource Development
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In sociology, the iron cage is a term coined by Max Weber for the increased rationalization inherent in social life, particularly in Western capitalist societies. The "iron cage" thus traps individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational calculation and control. Weber also described the bureaucratization of social order as "the polar night of icy darkness".[1] The original German term is stahlhartes Gehäuse; this was translated into "iron cage", an expression made familiar
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[pic] CONTENTS Task 1 (1.1) • Human Resource Management vs. Personnel Management…………...Page 3-5 (1.2) • Human Resource (Role & Functions)………………………………......................Page 6-8 Human Resource Managers and Line Managers (1.3) • Impact of Legal Framework ………………..................................................Page 9-10 Equal Opportunities, Employment Legislation and Discrimination Task 2 (2.1) Tesco and Scottish Power Case
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FACTORS AFFECTING E-PROCUREMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA (A CASE OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA) MICHAEL MWANGADA MGANGA L126/31112/2012 THIS RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED FOR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD FOR DIPLOMA IN PURCHASING SUPPLIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 2015 DECLARATION Declaration by the Student This is my original work and has never been presented to any other institution or any other examination body Name: Michael Mwangada Mganga
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Philosophy and Design Pieter E. Vermaas • Peter Kroes Andrew Light • Steven A. Moore Philosophy and Design From Engineering to Architecture Pieter E. Vermaas Delft University of Technology Delft the Netherlands Andrew Light University of Washington Seattle USA Peter Kroes Delft University of Technology Delft the Netherlands Steven A. Moore University of Texas Austin USA ISBN 978-1-4020-6590-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-6591-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937486 © 2008 Springer
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