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transactions, worth more than $1 trillion, in the 12 months ended March 30, the first time it has passed the $1 trillion mark in a...

must specialize in producing those goods in which they have a comparative advantage. They maximize their combined output and allo...

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

this may mean excellent products, excellent service, excellent work practices, such as good motivation and reward schemes, for som...

by no means efficient. Ahn and Kim (2002) write that the upper layers of an OO database management system "should be adapted to t...

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

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...

a change within a health organization to reduce the costs associated with the provision of an essential resource; oxygen, without ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

all can be outlined and appreciated. For example, if this is a project for a new supermarket it may include all elements from the ...

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

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

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

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

impact on both the quality and productivity of the workplace. It showed that any environmental changes, could, in the short term i...

the author says little and claims that there is no direct literature to report. Of course, this is not unusual because sometimes s...

birth though to death with general and acute facilities as well as specialised facilities such as cardiology, oncology, orthopaedi...

1993, p. 15). The purpose of supervision in any field is to "ensure that staff performance is up to standard, organisational and ...

century, and now in the early twenty-first, there is a tendency to treat human resources as more valuable than ever before. Each a...

has heightened both production and attention to human capital and likely, these trends will continue through the twenty-first cent...

* Manufacturing flexibility is essential (Green and Inman, 2000). * Customers define quality (Green and Inman, 2000). * Team effor...

so as to enable production and service at the most economical levels which allow full customer satisfaction" (Feigenbaum, 1999). ...