Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice BUS250: Corporate & Social Responsibility (ABU141 April 14‚ 2014 The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) began its company in 1888 under the name of the Pittsburg Reduction Company. In 1907‚ they changed their name to Alcoa and from its inception they had a very strong value based culture. In the very beginning of their work all employers learned everything they made and did had to be aligned with the company’s values. “In
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Issue - July 2011] Employee Development and Its Affect on Employee Performance A Conceptual Framework Abdul Hameed Aamer Waheed Lecturer Management Sciences‚ COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: abdulhameed@comsats.edu.pk Abstract Employee is a key element of the organization. The success or failure of the organization depends on employee performance. Therefore‚ organizations are investing huge amount of money on employee development. This
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Employee Engagement: What Do We Really Know? What Do We Need to Know to Take Action? A Collection of White Papers • • • • • • Employee Engagement: I WANT IT‚ what is it? Employee Engagement and Fairness in the Workplace Old Wine in New Bottles? Engagement and the Bottom Line Employee Engagement and Change Management Communicating for Engagement “Seeing Clearly”: Employee Engagement and Line of Sight This research was conducted in preparation for the CAHRS Spring Sponsor Meeting May 22 -
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Executive Summary The research centers on how value affects the organization when they focus on the lower level employees’ interest‚ fairness‚ transparency‚ and create opportunities to advance. The results being better product service retaining valuable employees and improving stakeholders’ value. A failure to governance has lead to the collapse of trust in the stakeholders with the economic recession. The main argument is that taking care of the bottom line means better treatment of lower level
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*--Explain the concept of core rigidity. Do long lived organizations inevitably have difficulties avoiding the problem? Use examples from automobile industry --* Core competencies are capabilities that serve as a source of competitive advantage for a firm over its rivals (Hanson‚ 2008). Those capabilities must include usage of services or resources being valuable‚ rare‚ non-substitutable and costly to imitate. Using the capabilities strategically will make a core competency‚ which brings the significance
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A Literature Review of Transformational Leadership “Organization Climate – Employee Performance” Abstract The literature review attempts to examine transformational leadership impact addressing organizational change and performance. Based on the concept and theory do the attributes and skills provide the tools for leaders to motivate and influence follower’s verses the traditional leading through power and authority. The history of transformational leadership style
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How to Survive in College (Wendell M. Vendiola) Excited‚ nervous... those are some of the feelings that a freshmen feels during their first day in the University. Those feelings lead to the failure of some who can’t cope up in the college life. Here are some tips for us to survive in college: 1. BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS- we must know the school premises‚ what room will be your classroom‚ or even where is the admin office. 2. KNOW THE PERSON TO TALK TO- when emergency comes‚ we must
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Employee Selection Learn how to select and hire the best employees for your open positions. Selection and evaluation techniques are explored that help you pick among qualified candidates. Employee selection processes are critical to hiring a superior staff. Learn to improve your employee selection methods. 10 Tips for Hiring the Right Employee Top Ten Tips for Selecting and Hiring the Right Employee Hiring the right employee is a challenging process. Hiring the wrong employee is expensive‚ costly
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focusing on examine the factors that influence employee satisfaction in hotel industry. Employee satisfaction is one of the vital elements for a hotel to be success in future‚ it would help to gain the competitive advantages among competitors. The purpose of chapter one is to investigate the various factors that can affect employee satisfaction in hotel industry. Those factors that we will examine are such as working environment‚ organizational leadership‚ employee training‚ through communication and also
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Chapter 1: Organizations and Organization Theory Current Challenges of Organizations • Globalization o Markets‚ technologies‚ and organizations are becoming increasingly interconnected • Ethics and social responsibility o The list of execs and major corporations involved in financial and ethical scandals continues to grow • Speed of responsiveness o Globalization and advancing technology has accelerated the pace at which organizations in all industries must roll out
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