Discuss the view that the impact of earthquake hazards depends primarily on human factors (40 marks). It is impossible for anybody to argue that human factors do not have an effect on the impact caused by earthquake hazards; however the extent of the effect is debatable depending on the situation. This can depend on many different aspects‚ for instance the level of development in the relevant country‚ the standard of infrastructure‚ the magnitude and location of the quake and lastly what time
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director raises his bat in triumph. Not real life‚ but an inspirational film. "It’s a part of our Vision 2007 campaign‚" explains Niroop Mahanty‚ vice president (HRM)‚ Tata Steel. Adds BN Sarangi‚ chief‚ HR/IR‚ Tata Steel‚ "The idea was to motivate employees to accomplish the impossible‚ like hit a six off Shoaib Akhtar." Or achieve EVA (economic value add) positive status by 2007. The buzz in Jamshedpur is palpable. Tata Steel is not looking at incremental improvement‚ but a quantum jump in performance
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which a qualitative survey was carried out among employees of different companies. The survey was intended to get their responses on what they feel is (are) the best factors that could motivate them as employees among a list of ten motivational factors. In this light the study sets to identify the most ranked factors among the ten motivational factors. The analysis from the empirical findings showed that Job satisfaction” was the most ranked factor for both sub groups that made up the sample survey
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The importance of HRM and valuing employees This essay shall critically analyse and discuss the Human Resource Management and Strategic Human Resource Management theories‚ models in relation to the BHP Billiton organisation. It shall also look at how HRM can motivate the employees and also the criticisms of the HRM model. “Motivation is the act or process of a motive that causes a person to take some action” (Buchbinder & Shanks‚ 2007‚ p. 24). Employees are assets to the organisation. They perform
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Daire Grand Canyon University: RES-811(RES-811- TEM 101) January 9‚ 2012 This paper will compare three journal articles written on the impact of leadership styles on employees and organizations. I will examine and compare the research methodologies of each of the three articles. The comparison will include a descriptive detail of the research questions‚ sample populations‚ and limitations of each study
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL A STUDY ON FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO TURNOVER INTENTION AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF SGA TECHCORDIA (M) SDN BHD Abstract Employee retention is the most critical issue faced by corporate leaders as result of the shortage of skilled labor‚ economic growth and employee turnover. High turnover rates adversely affect an organization in other ways such as loss of institutional memory‚ diversion of management focus‚ diversion of peers to train new hires‚ affect the organization’s reputation
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Employees Satisfaction At Bi-Lo Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Literature review…………………………………………………………………………………..6 Research methodology…………………………………………………………………………….9 Data Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………….13 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….21 References………………………………………………………………………………………..23 Abstract The aim of this research was to examine ways to improve employees’
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the petroleum industry‚ including Upstream operations (oil and gas exploration‚ development and production‚ LNG) and Downstream operations (refining‚ marketing and the trading and shipping of crude oil and petroleum products ). TOTAL employees more than 95‚000 employees worldwide‚ TOTAL reported sales of €153.8 billion in 2006. TOTAL Upstream activities are carried out by three subsidiary companies in Nigeria. They are: 1. Total Export and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) 2. Total Upstream
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WHAT IMPACT DOES TRAINING HAVE ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER? SCOTT BRUM University of Rhode Island Training is of growing importance to companies seeking to gain an advantage among competitors. There is significant debate among professionals and scholars as to the affect that training has on both employee and organizational goals. One school of thought argues that training leads to an increase in turnover while the other states that training is a tool to that can lead to higher levels
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Environmental Factors Environmental factors can be political‚ social‚ ecological‚ cultural‚ technological and ethical in nature. Any organization that develops a product or service that they want to market domestically or globally must consider what the impact each of these factors may have for them. Not considering these factors can result in the failed attempt to market a product‚ which may be successful domestically‚ in other countries where there is a significant market potential.
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