SEARCH RESULTS

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

example, identified four stages: "Welfare period; Scientific management; Industrial relations; and Manpower planning" (Morrow, n.d...

trade publications, scholarly journals and business magazines. We chose to research these items from all three categories, because...

that will have the greatest success. Organizational Structure In Singers heyday it was not necessary to operate at the grea...

viable. The human resources department is a department that can help to maximise one of the most important resources; human labour...

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

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

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might be that mom and pop shops have been replaced by Wal Marts.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 ...

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...

who do not yet recognize that the competency-based business strategies of the today are dependent on people. It is scarce knowledg...

have to be leveraged. For industries such as oil and gas this also take technical know how and skilled labour across the spectrum ...

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

bunch of goods and services in an attempt to market to masses of people. Business Structures Whether a business is more of...

practices for organizational performance. Such a committed strategic practice is a particular challenge for human resource profes...

of eyewear that will enhance their wardrobe (Parr, 1998). Laser surgery and the advances in contact lenses should have resulted...

functions, which inherently includes setting goals and objectives and developing action plans that fit within the companys larger ...

Capacity Planning Overall, in the area of capacity planning, many managers and experts are working to shift from the so-ca...

economy expanded rapidly, achieving an average annual growth rate of 9%. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia" reaching in...

can play, especially within the humanists school of thought regarding the employment relationship there is also an increased press...

summary that will accompany his or her report on the information contained in this report, they should pay careful attention to th...

its helpful to point out the importance of a well-run workforce on this level -- and the cost it takes to replace it. The general ...

before efforts are made at hiring. HR management professionals have had to recognize the impact of job descriptions on the comm...

of elements that interact to produce behavior-of which it is a part." The key is to remain focused on the interactions, how one t...

that the measured used by HRM departments will often have further reaching impacts that initially perceived or even desired. Where...

value asset. Acknowledging which of these assets an organization has and what management techniques can be used to further enhanc...

than real - in working for someone else, but there are advantages of being self employed as well. In the Favor of Traditional Empl...

SANNO Institute of Management in Tokyo, 2000). There are two issues that are most often discussed whenever human resources in Jap...

Newer models do include such attention to the workers needs, but they vary of course. Theory and research in respect to HRM and i...