STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND HOW WE COPE Introduction In a world of constant technological and industrial advancement on a daily basis it seems, one would expect that our lives should be easier than say 30, 40, or 50 years ago. Internet access, computer and other advancements have certainly made our lives easier in some ways, but one thing that hasn’t happened is a decrease in stress. It seems the more we have the more we want, and the more we do
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Coventry university Business school Human Resources Management M47BSS COURSE: MBA Management Best Practice VS Best Fit A Case study of United Bank for Africa (UBA) By Name: Foluso Akintunde Fapohunda Student Id: 5471799 Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1 Human Resources Management (HRM) 4 2.1.1 Best Practice as an Approach in HRM 4 2.1.2 Characteristics of best practice 5 2.1.3 Advantages of Best Practice: 6 3.0 ANALYSIS
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1.0 Introduction Organizational behaviour is a field of study that analyzing the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations, for the purpose of applying knowledge to improve an organization’s effectiveness (Robbins & Judge, 2013). According to the early research, to improve the effectiveness of the organization, stuffing may be one of the concern, and this leads to the discussion of organization member behaviour (Rue & Byars, 2009). As recent
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Sector in Bangladesh Md. Tofael Hossain Majumder Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh. Phone: +8801816436176. Email: tofael_cou@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Dramatic advances of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), changing mix and personal values of the workforce, emergence of the knowledge economy and increasing global competition have created enormous challenges on organizations. To cope with the challenges efficiently, human resource
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The Impact of Participative Management on Employee Satisfaction, Employee Commitment, and Turnover Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of participative management on employee satisfaction, employee commitment, and turnover. The analytical data are based on the survey of 31 private sector employees. Pearson correlation coefficient results show that both employee satisfaction and employee commitment are effected by participative management, while turnover is not effected
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Organizational culture (OC) is a noticeable force in any organization. Created by the employees shared values, beliefs, work habits, and actions. The organizational culture (OC) leads individual decisions and actions unconsciously. As a result, it can have a powerful effect on a company’s well-being and success. There are three insights for organizational cultures that can affect the outcome of the organization in question. Among these insights are passive/defensive culture, constructive culture
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According to Schermerhorn (2005), organizational behavior is "the study of human behavior in organizations". Organizational behavior is also a multi-disciplinary study, taking knowledge from social and behavioral sciences and applying it to real-world situations. Understanding how humans behave in organizations will improve productivity and allows better work relations, more realistic expectations and improves job satisfaction. In today’s fast paced business environment many times there is not
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the Soft approach encourages commitment to the organization by focusing on workers concerns. A manager employing the Soft HRM approach is more compassionate, trust the employees more, and gather opinion and take it on board with the belief that workers come to work with the intention to impress and progress. Guest acknowledges the difference between these two approaches and incorporates both of them in an ideal model. Guest’s Model seeks commitment to organizational goals through strategic management
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Banking Sector in Bangladesh Md. Tofael Hossain Majumder Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh. Phone: +8801816436176. Email: tofael_cou@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Dramatic advances of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), changing mix and personal values of the workforce, emergence of the knowledge economy and increasing global competition have created enormous challenges on organizations. To cope with the challenges efficiently, human resource
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businesses realize that the company that he or she heads should form a formal compliance program to ensure the company has a plan of action to protect the company from ethical and legal issues. With the recent downfalls of companies like Enron, many organizational heads must keep up with changes to the rules and guidelines that
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