3880B: Economics of Ageing Reverse Mortgaging: Why did it fail in Singapore? Hew Shi Jun Victoria A0098871 1. Introduction Population-ageing will be one of the most challenging social phenomena in Singapore‚ being one of the fastest ageing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. As post-war Baby Boomers turn 65 years old from 2012 onwards‚ Singapore will experience an unprecedented age shift. Over a quarter of the current citizen population will retire from the workforce and
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Synopsis: Northwest Canadian Forest Products Limited is a company that owns and operates five saw mills in British Columbia and Alberta‚ Canada. They produce lumber for construction in a few different countries. The President of the company is dealing with a tough situation with one of her mills in Jackson‚ British Columbia. The mill in Jackson is her least productive mill and she soon has to make a decision that could cost the company a substantial amount of money. She has the choice of either
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Balancing Work and Private Life Balancing your work and private life can be a challenge when you have a stressful job. Having a stressful job can cause you to take home your problems from‚ which may interfere with your family life. You may be so stressed out that it will affect the relationship that you have with your loved ones if you aren’t aware. Through the tremendous environmental‚ economic‚ political‚ and sociocultural changes overtime has contributed to the restructuring of couples in
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[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/labour/2013/02/04/minister-reveals-new-minimum-wage-for-farm-workers. [Accessed 02 September 2013]. 2) The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws | Downsizing the Federal Government. 2013. The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws | Downsizing the Federal Government. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/labor/negative-effects-minimum-wage-laws#sthash.Y116gYi0.dpuf. [Accessed 04 September 2013]. 3) Farm sectoral determination:
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A Review of ‘Strategy as Stretch and Leverage’ – By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad URN: 6029471 Word Count: 1647 A Review of ‘Strategy as Stretch and Leverage’ – By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad This review will focus on the article ‘Strategy as Stretch and Leverage’ by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad (1993). This review will identify the arguments made in the article and then place it within the context of one of the key debates in strategy academia. The review will then investigate the underlying
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competitive consequently employees‚ management of the organization as well as organization itself under contentious strain to accomplish higher targets (Rothmann et al‚ 2005). In recent time’s organizations around the world restructuring‚ outsourcing and downsizing‚ leaving its workers feeling stressed undervalued and insecure (Rothmann et al‚ 2005). According to three studies done by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s " Stress at work" report‚ between 26% -40% of employees think that
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Decision Making in Organizations (a.k.a.‚ Retention and Turnover) Study: Rightsizing -Methods for increasing employees (pros/cons) -Methods for decreasing employees (pros/cons)‚ including justice perceptions with layoffs -Effects of downsizing/layoffs‚ alternatives Managing Terminations and Retention -Alternatives to termination -Progressive discipline system -Protection from termination (e.g.‚ laws‚ contract‚ etc.) Managing Voluntary Turnover -Causes and the basic model
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In 2000 MicroAge was delisted from the NASDAQ‚ trading over-the-counter as MICAQ. In 2001 it filed for bankruptcy‚ terminated all business and liquidated all remaining assets to pay creditors. One of the founders‚ Jeffrey D. McKeever‚ subsequently bought the rights to the name "MicroAge" and uses this as a "doing business as" name for Frontier Technology LLC. The new company organized by McKeever has a different ownership structure and legal company name from the original MicroAge. MicroAge is
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Planning During the 1980s General Electric’s Chairman‚ Jack Welch‚ became highly influential and equally controversial in the world of strategic management. Although Welch focused on gaining competitive advantage for his organization‚ he also began downsizing and restructuring GE. GE’s strategic planning and operational efforts began a shift toward Total Quality Management and improving productivity. (WriteWork contributors. “Levels of Planning in Management” WriteWork.com) The 1990s brought about
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really great to have a sort of my own business : agency‚ gallery‚ etc. It is excellent‚ when you are your own boss‚ when the amount of money you get depends only on you and nobody else. What is more‚ you will be free from any kind of redundancy or downsizing. However‚ to become one day an independent person which does her own affair‚ I will have to develop and obsess special skills. Having a good sense of intuition and luxuriant imagination are great things to develop and terrible ones to waste in a
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