SEARCH RESULTS

(1996). These authors argue there are at least "three dominant modes of theorizing: universalistic, contingency, and configuration...

others, its the job security. Some people are there because they sincerely like the jobs theyre doing and cant think of anything t...

as was first presumed by Adam Smith and then put forward in the theories of Taylor in his models of scientific management. This wa...

the respective first-line supervisors. CHANGE AND HUMAN RESOURCES Some employees feel that workplace conditions will not improve...

wish to consider the similarities and differences we may first start by considering what each term means, and how they maybe diffe...

known for their six-day work weeks, they have found that by cutting back hours they are saving a significant amount of money. Mit...

several years. Top executives and particularly chief executive officers are realizing the contributions that can be made to the co...

The question then becomes, how does Company A merge its HR policies with Company B? How, for example, does a peer mediation proces...

are reached. One is that there are long lasting Tayloristic production politics which creates an SCC that significantly constrain...

might be that mom and pop shops have been replaced by Wal Marts. While that is true, Wal Mart prides itself on excellent customer ...

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

human, and human beings come to the office with all kinds of emotional baggage. Some of the baggage may be temporary - perhaps the...

fiber optic (FiOS) television service competes with cable and that is a very difficult challenge for the company. Even so, by the ...

employees wanted to try ideas and make decisions that matched the "precepts," they wouldnt require approval. Furthermore, the idea...

functional managers, and in the project-based matrix where the project manager retains all authority over resources (DeFillippi 20...

this means not only in terms of operations, but also in terms of the staff. The level of motivations needs to be increased, and al...

some good generalizations, Schuler (1992) defines it as "all those activities affecting the behavior of individuals in their effor...

the forms. "Even within ineffective human-resources organizations, there are great individual HR managers - trustworthy, caring pe...

issues within an organization (Rasiel and Frigam 2001). The 7 factors identified are shared values, strategy, structure, systems, ...

berating workers as for refining the assembly line. Drucker (1998) and others point to the futility of such an approach, along wi...

right to reward tenacity over productivity and performance. Right or not, pay based on seniority was the standard in each of the ...

Academy of Sciences on Sustainable Consumption (1997) makes a valuable point in linking consumption, population growth, and the im...

operate as efficiently as possible, extracting the highest returns possible from its employees and processes. Another is that man...

a problem that can negatively impact productivity, team integration and departmental effectiveness (French, 1987). Low employee m...

Marvin, 2000). Underlying this definition is the implication and philosophy that focuses on employee commitment and motivation, me...

employees feel valued. This basis has also been extended with theories such as Maslow, and his hierarchy of needs, Hertzberg hygie...

a lower annual rate than more experienced employees likely would cost the company. As the first job straight from college, the co...

are quite remarkable. The company was founded in Detroit in 1946 by William Russell Kelly (1905 - 1998) and was known as...

Any strategic human resources plan will need to consider the companys future needs as well as its current ones, and plan for meeti...

dissatisfaction. Employees also want to known why the merger is taking place (Katz, 2000). The need for this to take place effici...