1 Ricardo Semler The Brazilian CEO and best-selling author transformed his pump plant into a model of participative management, and launched his company on 14 straight years of double-digit growth. by Lawrence M. Fisher strategy + business issue 41 Won’t Take features the creative mind Photographs by Rogério Reis / Blackstar Control Semco Group Chief Executive Ricardo Semler at his impromptu office — a coffee shop near his company’s headquarters 2 features the creative
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1 Ricardo Semler The Brazilian CEO and best-selling author transformed his pump plant into a model of participative management, and launched his company on 14 straight years of double-digit growth. by Lawrence M. Fisher strategy + business issue 41 Won’t Take features the creative mind Photographs by Rogério Reis / Blackstar Control Semco Group Chief Executive Ricardo Semler at his impromptu office — a coffee shop near his company’s headquarters 2 features the creative
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Project Management, 2e (Pinto) Chapter 2 The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture 2.1 True/False 1) The same project managed in the same fashion may succeed in one organization but fail in another. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 2.0 Introduction Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 2) Most companies are well suited to allow for successful completion of projects in conjunction with other on-going corporate activities. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Section: 2
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M01_FOOT0988_06_SE_C01.QXD 4/13/11 12:36 PM Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Introducing human resource management Objectives By the end of this chapter you will be able to: ● define what is meant by the term ‘human resource management’ ● understand the roles of line managers and human resource managers in managing people ● outline the range of activities with which practitioners of human resource management are likely to be involved ● demonstrate how human resource management can make a difference
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Goals Analysis Analysis of Organizational Strengths and Culture Analysis of Organizational Strategies Choice and Implementation of Human Resource Strategies Planning Human Resources Attracting Human Resources Human Resource Tactical Plans Placing, Developing, and Evaluating Human Resources Maintaining High Performance Motivating and Rewarding Human Resources Human Resource Systems and Procedures Review and Evaluation of Human Resource Strategies CHAPTER ONE Strategic
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J Fam Econ Iss (2012) 33:231–249 DOI 10.1007/s10834-012-9302-7 ORIGINAL PAPER The Generation Y’s Working Encounter: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and other Chinese Cities Hong-kin Kwok Published online: 7 March 2012 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Abstract Understanding the encounter of different generations may be a determining factor in the success of organizations. In order to have a clear understanding about the new generation, this article examines the working
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J. Bradford DeLong Battered but Not and Beaten J. Bradford DeLong U.C. Berkeley October 29, 2010 Is This Really Our Proper Timeline? This talk has turned out to be rather more of a selftherapeutic exercise--or perhaps a call for psychological help--than is appropriate for this conference. But you go to the conference with the talk you have, and not the talk you wish you had. So let me start. These days I wake up. Blearly-eyed, I stumble down the stairs. And while I am eating my wheaties
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A Feasibility study on “Coffee Ko” Coffee Shop In Partial Fulfillment of requirements for the subject Principles of Management For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management At STI – College Quezon Avenue By: Eric B. Buquis Jake Christian Z. Escobar Carl Justin Oliquino Michaela D. Santo October 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTPROJECT BACKGROUND * Company Vision & Mission ……………………………………………………… * Name of the Business……………………………………………………………… * Logo/Rationale……………………………………………………………………
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Goals Analysis Analysis of Organizational Strengths and Culture Analysis of Organizational Strategies Choice and Implementation of Human Resource Strategies Planning Human Resources Attracting Human Resources Human Resource Tactical Plans Placing, Developing, and Evaluating Human Resources Maintaining High Performance Motivating and Rewarding Human Resources Human Resource Systems and Procedures Review and Evaluation of Human Resource Strategies CHAPTER ONE Strategic
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ork2012 - 2013 Catalog A Message from the President “Sullivan University is truly a unique and student success focused institution.” I have shared that statement with numerous groups and it simply summarizes my basic philosophy of what Sullivan is all about. When I say that Sullivan is “student success focused,” I feel as President that I owe a definition of this statement to all who are considering Sullivan University. First, Sullivan is unique among institutions of higher education with
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