skills and competences of an employee‚ purposely to improve his or her performance. Training makes it possible to introduce employees to what they do not know or what they know but needs to be mastered by them. Training in the labour market has many minor objectives. The basic objective for training is however to develop new skills and competences in employees or to upgrade or advance existing skills and competences in them‚ with the aim of enhancing the performance of employees on their job roles
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Executive Overview Apple has been established for over 30 years since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in 1976. During Steven Jobs’s tenure as CEO‚ Apple’s mission was to bring an easy-to-use computer to market. However‚ Apple was not performing as good as Jobs projected‚ so he resigned in 1985. In the following 12 years‚ Apple experienced three different CEO’s and still could not be brought back to life. Under John Sculley‚ Apple worked to drive down costs by switching much
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Apple Board of Directors decided to hand over the reins of Apple Inc. to Timothy Donald Cook better known as Tim Cook‚ then Chief Operating Officer(COO)‚ and make him the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jobs resigned from the post of CEO and was chosen to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Tim cook was also inducted in to the Board. The decision taken by Jobs was not because of any pressure or due to declining sales or problem with the company but because he was suffering from
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Using Balanced Scorecard for Subcontractor Performance Appraisal S. Thomas NG‚ Hong Kong‚ China Key words: Subcontractor performance‚ performance appraisal‚ balanced scorecard SUMMARY Several influential industry reports have pointed out that a decline in construction quality and productivity could be attributed to the performance of subcontractors who are entrusted to complete the actual works‚ yet subcontractor performance appraisal is a much neglected subject in construction. To facilitate
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address Performance Appraisal Bias? by Jerry Lane Silmon A Research Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Human Resource Development Texas A & M University MAY 2010 © 2010 BY JERRY LANE SILMON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TABLE OF CONTENTS How can Human Resource Development address Performance Appraisal Bias? 1 Integrity of the System 1 Leadership 2 Feedback and Communication 3 Forced Ranking 4 Values 6 Clear Goals and Objectives 7 Alignment 7 Performance Coaching
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Apple Computer‚ Inc case study 14 Apple has created a unique and powerful reputation and product line that continues to be innovative and fresh to the consumer for the last 30 plus years. Apple has continued to be an industry leader for hardware and in the recent years faces the extremely fast-paced market of media and software products including the global marketplace. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: * Having alliances with other strong and popular businesses is a major plus point for Apple Computer
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Abstract Would Apple Corporation be a good investment? Apple is a well known company‚ but the decision to invest cannot be made on the popularity of the name. To make a well informed decision one must investigate how the company is run. Questions to answer range from looking at the numbers to where the CEO’s are wanting the company go in the future. Assets Comparing the final asset numbers from September 27‚ 2008 and March 28‚ 2009 it is obvious that the company has more assets. The total
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EMPLOYEE COUNSELING: AS A TOOL FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (Ref No. F049) VINU KUMAR PGDM HR‚ ITM Businesss School‚ Navi Mumbai SNEHA AGARWAL PGDM HR‚ ITM Businesss School‚ Navi Mumbai Abstract The HR function of any organization has the most important challenging job of "making the most" of their Human Resource. An employee can give his best to the organization only if he is in a good "frame of mind". In today’s fast-paced corporate world‚ there is virtually no organization free of stress
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Appraisal & Performance Management Words of Wisdom ‘A managerial witch-hunt and a general gripe and groan session about what I had or hadn’t done over the last year.’ ‘Performance appraisal is‚ in practice‚ more of an organizational curse than a panacea.’ ‘Assessment of performance has become a pervasive feature of modern life.’ Appraisal & Performance Management Appraisal is a process that provides an analysis of a person’s overall capabilities and potential‚ allowing informed decisions to
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This study explores the positive effects of effective communication on employee motivation and performance. Specifically‚ in intends to compare the results between service employees and manufacturing employees in terms of communication as a motivating factor. The theories used in this study to create a conceptual framework are Herzberg Two factor theory‚ Goal Theory‚ and the circular theory of communication. The concept is that when hygiene and motivator factors are high‚ goals can be developed‚
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