Introduction High –Performance work practices (HPWP) is a perspective which can hold that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital. According to John Tomer‚ the essential characteristics of HPWP are employee security‚ selective hiring of new personnel‚ self-managed teams and decentralization of decision making as basic principle of organization design‚ extensive training‚ reduced status distinctions and barriers across levels‚ and
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Cultural Diversity-African American Diet In the present time the African American culture changed quite a bit in being removed from where they as a people originated or should I say their homeland from whence they came. African American people are a people who are influenced tremendously from their fore fathers and mothers who lived in the southern part of the United States. The nomenclature for this group is to include African American‚ Black Americans or people of color. I prefer to use African
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1 Introduction High-performance work system (HPWS) can be defined as a specific combination of HR practices‚ work structures‚ and processes that maximizes employee knowledge‚ skills‚ commitment‚ and flexibility (Bohlander & Snell‚ 2004‚ p. 690‚ Marchington and Wilkinson‚ 2008‚ P92). A basic aim of HPWS is leveraging human resource system to improve employees’ overall contribution and performance by enhancing their discretion‚ competency and commitment. Among enormous researches of HPWS
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Jigme Singye ‚ Rattu School of Social Science‚ Sherubtse College‚ Kanglung‚ Bhutan jpyangchen@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper intends to study the demographic and socio-economic factors associated with the academic performance of students in Sherubtse College. Pri- mary data was collected through a structured ques- tionnaire through multi-sampling procedures and sec- ondary data obtained from exam cell for the
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1.0 Introduction A High-Performance Work System (HPWS) is the right combination of people‚ technology‚ and organizational structure that makes full use of the organization’s resources and opportunities in achieving its goal. There are four powerful principles: a) Shared information b) Knowledge development c) Performance – reward linkage d) Egalitarianism These principles must work together in a smoothly functioning whole. A HPWS achieves the
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Running head: Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversity and Our Behavior Effects Mary J. Shaw Altenburg‚ Missouri Abstract How is cultural diversity created? Some think it simply exists. Cultural diversity is much broader than merely race and ethnicity. For example‚ it is quite possible that the cultural differences between the elite and the poor are greater than the differences between racial groups within the same society. So‚ how is cultural diversity created? More specifically‚ what are
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Cultural Diversity in Our Community NAME Axia College of University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity I was walking down the street the other day when I stopped and took a hard look at all the different people‚ businesses‚ and cultures that surrounded me. My first thought was "wow‚ we really live in a world that is held together by a wide variety of ethnic groups." Without all the different cultures and influences that I have experienced‚ I would not be the person I am today. Ethnicity
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Based on the examination of the major cultural characteristics of populations in North America prior to European contact‚ these societies were just as advanced as their European counterparts such as Spain. North America‚ an unknown continent to the rest of the world until 1492‚ thrived for centuries on its own with its advancements and discoveries in technology‚ like the irrigation system‚ languages‚ such as Algic‚ and religions created by native people and practiced by countless tribes within the
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Phoenix GEN-200 Team Building Worksheet . 1. Describe team members’ results on the Discovery Wheel and Develop your multiple intelligences exercises. What similarities and differences exist within the team? Based on our team submission for the assignment of the Discovery Wheel‚ our team at some points‚ were in the same rim of thinking. In other areas‚ we were so far apart in how we place what we value in our lives. In the area of Thinking‚ Diversity and Attitudes our team was within a four
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Addressing cultural diversity in the classroom. Cultural diversity and diversity in general is something that we should champion in the modern age. As a teacher however‚ it brings challenges to engage and maintain a student’s learning in the classroom environment. As Thomas Jefferson said “There is nothing more unequal‚ than the equal treatment of unequal people.” This essay will present a view that a pre-service and newly registered teacher needs to identify on an individual and self-less basis
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