Global Economic Crisis: Implications and Challenges to the Philippines By Elijah R. De los Reyes Ateneo de Davao University March 4‚ 2009 This is a forum where we can wonder‚ what is really happening in our country? Mr. W.D. Hilton our keynote speaker discussed the possible effects of the Global Economic Crisis in the Philippines. In this paper‚ I will write some of the highlights when we talked about Global Economic Crisis. The primary target of the said crisis is the people. There are so
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Outsourcing Problems Outsourcing has been a topic of public debate for quite some time. There is a lot hype that says outsourcing is beneficial to the economy. However‚ the biased agenda of many consulting firms‚ politicians‚ and economists causes misleading information to spring to the public as “credible” sources. Outsourcing has also caused significant wage pressure of high-wage jobs along with the disappearance of high-wage jobs. Overall‚ outsourcing is very harmful to our economy and is causing
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Organization is a group of people established either formally or informally for the attainment of certain objectives. People are the foundation of any organization and they are playing an important role in an organization. They are the people who staff‚ lead and control organizations. Person involved in an organization referred as human resource. Human resource is the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization‚ business sector‚ or economy .Simply‚ the overall
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"Office Space” This movie was pretty funny and had some slow moments as well. This movie shows us what it’s like to work for a company that starts to have problems within. This movie shows us how people feel working for a company everyday and not enjoying your job. The main character talks about how working at Initech is the worst day of his life and that the next day is worker that the day before. It also shows us what can happen when you push an employee to the end. Initech brings in efficiency
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what and how of motivation. These factors are also critical component to increase the employee morale (Baehr & Renck‚ 1958) during the recession period. During recession period‚ one of the way that the company practice is to downsizing the organization. This kind of downsizing can affect the employee morale. 1.2. Objectives‚ Research Questions and Research Hypotheses The research objectives for the study are as follow: i. To study and evaluate the factors for employee motivation. ii. To examine
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environment in the oil and gas industry. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was focus-qualitative using interview groups. The results of these focus groups indicated that the oil industry is experiencing a period of consolidation and downsizing. Reasons cited for these trends included depressed oil prices‚ minimized revenues‚ and decreased cash flows. The interviews emphasized that efficiency could be improved through the use of centralized budgeting‚ capital intensive labor‚ improved
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By looking out the definitions of HRP from Dessler (1999)‚ Stone (2002)‚ and Schuler (1998)‚ HRP can be defined as the systematic and continuous process to ensure that organization’s human resource needs are fulfilled by ensuring that the right people with the correct skills are available when required. Shortly‚ HRP is essentially focus on matching the individual and the needs of the organization to gaining a competitive advantage in marketplace. HRP is important because the HR plan affects all
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Ethical Decision-Making: Employer Responsibilities and Employee Rights Chapter Objectives: After exploring this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Discuss the two distinct perspectives on the ethics of workplace relationships. 2. Explain the concept of due process in the workplace. 3. Define “employment at will” and its ethical rationale. 4. Describe the costs of an EAW environment. 5. Explain how due process relates to performance appraisals. 6. Discuss whether it is possible to downsize
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Usually when one thinks of anthropology‚ they think about how it largely focuses on what westerners perceive as distant‚ primitive cultures like the BaMbuti in Central Africa. It is true that anthropology does originate as a discipline focusing on “primitive cultures” like the Andaman Islanders of Papua New Guinea. However‚ since the 1960s‚ postmodern anthropologists have turned the discipline on its head. Many anthropologists have started to write ethnographies about western‚ contemporary culture
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ideals‚ behavior or even just materials that are suggested to them as being linked to their status. For instance‚ a doctor may start playing golf just to show their status‚ or a rap star may decide to cover themselves in platinum chains and own a hummer because it’s linked to the “Rapper-status”. They
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