Organizational development Career development. Training and Development Training is the process of improving the knowledge, skills and attitudes of employees for the short term, particular to a specific job or a task e.g. Employee orientation Skills and technical training Coaching Counseling Development is preparing for future job responsibilities, while increasing the capacity to perform at a current job. e.g. Management training Supervisory development
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Benefits of Offering Domestic Partner Coverage For companies to be competitive and diversified in the marketplace today, many are offering domestic partner benefits. Companies need to embrace the new world of opportunities in the workplace and marketplace, and be adamant to be the best. Some jurisdictions have set up domestic partnerships as a way to recognize same-sex unions, domestic partnerships may involve either different-sex or same-sex couples. Recent controversy has surrounded same sex
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of socializing the newly hired nurses at a hospital I would first make sure that the orientation was at least a two day process that effectively communicates the culture of the organization and how the company operates. During this orientation period there will be information provided about hospital regulations, information about pay and benefits, and a question and answer segment. I also want to introduce the new hires to the managers that they will be working with and have the managers give a brief
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August 1997 Revised January 1998 A broadened conception of internal marketing BNFL Corporate Communications Unit, University of Salford, Manchester, UK, and Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK Keywords Internal marketing, Employee communications, Marketing theory, Case studies, Literature review Abstract Internal marketing has been of interest to practitioners and academics, in marketing and other disciplines of management, for some years, and published papers focus on definitions
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the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments, Dreyer‘s Grand, Unilever, and Meadowbrook Lane Capital in January 2000. The case requires a discussion of fundamental firm objectives and the implications of a non-traditional corporate orientation; one needs to review the development of Ben & Jerry's strong social consciousness and the takeover defence mechanisms that maintain management's control on company assets. One is required to estimate the economic cost of its social agenda, and evaluate
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Leadership styles, entrepreneurial orientation and family business growth in Ghana. The research problem While the number of family business abounds in Ghana, one sees lots of these slowly dying and some going bankrupt (Wolf, 2004). The lack of continuity and growth in family businesses is a major concern because of the primary contributory role that family businesses play in the world economy (Lansberg 1999: 1). It is perceived that entrepreneurial activities in Ghana lack the dynamism and
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The Office - TV Series (Take Home Final Exam) [LABR 3P06] Introduction The Office should expose a capitalistic view of the employer and stereotypes of the employees given that these circumstances highlight what the working class experience at the workplace. The Office emphasizes and influences many aspects of stereotypes and social norms in a satirical manner. The television series is shown as a mockumentary that criticizes the popular culture of corporate Americans and presents everything
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owned by ABC Limited, was inevitably also affected by the acquisition process. The news about the acquisition was immediately spread among the employees and concerns about the possible changes in the company arose immediately. Six months after the acquisition, XYZ sent some senior officers to Indonesia to assess the possibility of rolling out a rebranding program in Indonesia which covered the implementation of a new corporate vision, mission and values, implementation of key global policies and lastly
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of what went wrong and the best way to solve these problems, a case study analysis is the way to go in an attempt to identify and recommend ways to improve this process for recruiting new trainees for ABC, Inc. Furthermore, ABC Inc., made the incorrect assessment by appointing Carl Robins to the job of enlisting new hires. Mr. Robins’ had this position for only six months and was put on his own. He should have known that he needed to put more preparation and on-the-job training into this job. As a
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collect all available information on the current job and work environment (Hayman, 2008 [2]). This task includes current job descriptions, documents pertaining to the different tasks assigned to the job, databases, minutes of meetings, duty rosters, employee behavior, and outcomes of tasks. Another important aspect of this preparatory phase is observation of workers during their daily routine. Movement and work studies provide valuable information on the workflow and productivity of staff members in
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