ISBN 978‐9948‐03‐638‐8 Q uality Congress Middle East 2 Dubai (7-9 April, 2008) Creating an Architecture of Quality and Excellence in the Middle East: Responsibilities, Challenges and Strategies Proceedings of Congress Edited by Najwa Sami Dham & Syed Aziz Anwar e‐TQM College P.O. Box 71400 Dubai United Arab Emirates (1) ISBN 978‐9948‐03‐638‐8 Table of Contents Foreword ___________________________________________________________________
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to an organisation’s competitiveness and strategic direction. Synthesise and evaluate complex information on IT related issues. LO1 LO2 LO3 Identify and justify the information required to establish and implement effective operational decisions, with particular reference to change management. Describe and critically assess organisations information and business process perspective. from systems, LO4 LO5 Appreciate how key organisational behaviour concepts such as structure, motivation
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implications for the human resource manager. INTRODUCTION The term "human resource management" has been commonly used for about the last ten to fifteen years. Prior to that, the field was generally known as "personnel administration." The name change is not merely cosmetics. Personnel administration, which emerged as a clearly defined field by the 1920s (at least in the US), was largely concerned the technical aspects of hiring, evaluating, training, and compensating employees and was very
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have developed a particular style of learning. This analysis will help shape the outcomes of my Personal Development Plan. Introduction The aim of this report is to analyse my approach to learning and my learning styles. This will help me understand how my strengths and weaknesses against my desire to progress in my professional and personal life. Since the recession took hold many individuals have taken the decision to up skill. For many their chosen route has been a Master’s programme to
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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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ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF POOR COMMUNICATION By Daniel Wachira Elias Ochieng Enock Onyango Odhiambo Flavia Nasambu Okanya James Etyang Janet Murugi Margaret Keyum Mohammed Godana Muchira Muchiri Nicholas Ruttoh Sharon Njoroge A Case Study ABSTRACT Communication is a two way process that involves sharing ideas, information, and messages amongst individuals using a specific media or channel. Communication is deemed incomplete without a feedback. Communication includes verbal and
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respond quickly to any changes. However, in order to effective and efficient, empowerment is required trust, motivation, decision making and breaking the inner boundaries between manager and employees (Thite 2004). There are internal and external factors which affecting the employee empowerment in the organization. Employee empowerment often fails due to various patterns and attitudes of employees. Most of people would feel uncomfortable and do not want to accept the change in management. Ongori
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employee loyalty and helping employers stick out in the increasingly competitive job market. Despite the hype about employer branding, most companies still have difficulty in conceiving a serious and ‘thoughtthrough’ approach to the topic. To understand why an employer brand cannot be simply assembled out of a ‘how-to’ guide, let’s have a look at the definition of employer branding. There are dozens of definitions about employer branding flying around in the HR industry and most are perfectly
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Universidad Azteca – Mexico. AR TIC LE INF O Keywords: AB STR AC T PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. At this paper we study the case of E-shop, a private company in Greece, illustrating the reasons why a company should work on pest framework. The author would like to dedicate this paper to Mr. David Scott and his family. © 2013 Int
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process, the ERM infrastructure would be worthless. (Meilbroek 2002, 55 - 66) Furthermore, as discussed in Protiviti's bulletin paper (2006), companies will need to be aware that they will require to be open and flexible to change. The ERM initiative can change organisational behaviour with the need for "building awareness, developing buy-in and ultimately
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