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opportunity to businesses owned by women and minorities (Barna, 2001). The most recent changes in the laws and regulations actuall...

by "radical and discontinuous change and demands anticipatory responses from organization members who need to carry out the mandat...

Hedging is a form of risk management, the writer looks at a number of different theoretical ideas which may be used to assess why ...

(in other words, "my way or the highway") with little input from subordinates. Division of labor is also a part of this particular...

Catbert is dubbed as the "evil HR director" whose sole mission in life is to create more pressure for and to rain havoc on helples...

seen as undermining work-place equality (Rijamampianina and Carmichael, 2005). Therefore, managing diversity has to be undertaken ...

37th consecutive year of profitability (Southwest Airlines, Fact Sheet, 2010). Meanwhile, other airlines are struggling. Net incom...

In recent decades, much has been made about the learning organization, knowledge workers and the importance of knowledge managemen...

definition is given in Dransfield (2000), which states that performance management "is a process which is designed to improve orga...

Konrad (et al., 2005), argue workforce diversity is a recognition of differences within the employee base, some of which may be vi...

process needs to be identified which incorporates individual as well as group and organisational performance management. 2. Perf...

The value and influence of maintenance and the management of facilities is often overlooked when examining the way that strategizi...

definition of organizational politics. The concept of politics is present in all aspects of everyday life, Aristotle argued that t...

in order to ensure that they have the resources needed in the way that they undertake workforce planning (Hansen, 2008). These are...

dependent upon the abilities of those who undertake it to overcome any obstacles found along the way. In a sense, this is obvious,...

of the firm. Schechter and Sander (2002) extend a well used business analogy which has been utilized by authors such as Mi...

organization being vertical, or hierarchical. Decisions are made by executives, while employees comply with those decisions, under...

(P&G, 2010). The third division is the health and well being which includes snacks and pet foods, this division accounts for 18% o...

This paper discusses several related topics. The first is the difference between leadership and management and includes a report o...

for compliance with equality legislation; where individuals are expected to blend in to the employee community as a whole (Thomas ...

gives a basis for communication, but then there are also issues such as the difficulty in saying no for the Indian culture, even i...

be effective motivators, but they may help to prevent dissatisfaction, and the higher order needs, which start with the need for r...

Andersons nine phases: preparing to lead the change; creating vision, commitment and capacity; assessing the situation to determin...

decentralizing and creating a more autonomous operation during the years before Nardelli took over Home Depot. He was doing the op...

complimentary goods. Jobs may be created as well as eliminated and others may be radically altered. These may lead to increased s...

are many ways to motivate a sales force. Carmichael (2009) suggests: set clear expectations which tells the people exactly what is...

way of performing a task, this was seen in the well known studies at Bethlehem Steel works, it was also seen in the work of Frank ...

only on getting what they want; this is a win-lose situation; accommodation where each person places the needs and wants of the ot...

high level of reliance on technical skills of relatively few employees as well as services standards, at both customer contact poi...

school in the 1880s, 1920s and 1940s (Barnett 2010). This school emphasizes efficiency (Barnett 2010). The behavioral school emerg...