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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 ...

finance management, human resource management and IT processes. The value and advantages of formalizing and documenting those proc...

Companies who adopt JIT usually gain all of these benefits, which gives them a competitive advantage. Adopting the JIT philosoph...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

(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...

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

be considered, in at least some capacity, they are not the focus) (Prasad & Babbar, 2000). By way of contrast, more contemporary o...

themselves can be communicated and embodied within the organizational culture. However, it is also an organization where there are...

there is a pressing need to "make clinical goals specific, roles explicit, [and] processes clear" (Phillips, 2005). For instance, ...