Varying Degrees of Leadership: Successes and Failures in Modern Business Structures By Jim Ernst Public Relations Management Summer 2011 Overview This paper is focused on the differences between good and bad leaders and the deeper issues that affect individuals in the leadership positions. With a basic knowledge of how managers are successful‚ future leaders can begin to incorporate these skills into their own management style and become better leaders. The idea for this research project
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Labour relations Labour relations refers to the relations between employers and employees. They are affected by certain factors‚ including labour organizations‚ collective bargaining‚ labour market‚ government policy‚ the structure of the economy‚ labour law and technological change. Since industrial relations are regularly connected with unions‚ it is noteworthy that in Canada‚ until the 1970s‚ a greater part of unions and union members belonged to American-based craft and industrial unions. According
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THE DILEMMA OF MOTIVATION Motivation has been recognized as a dilemma that managers must face because what motivates one individual may not motivate another. Another complication of motivation theories is that the theories were developed in the West‚ primarily the U.S. and Great Britain. The theories may be based upon Western cultural situations that do not necessarily apply to the rest of the world (Triandis‚ 1995; Hofstede‚ 1999; Adler‚ 2008; Robbins & Judge‚ 2008; McKenna‚ Richardson
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Pre-Launch Preparations and the Acquisition of Start-up Capital by Small Firms. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship‚ (5)2‚ 169-182. Van Auken‚ H. & H. Horton (1994). Financing Patterns of Minority-Owned Small Business. Journal of Small Business Strategy‚ (5)2‚ 31-43. Zahra‚ S‚ D Neubaum & G. El-Hagrassey (2002). Competitive Analysis of New Venture Performance: Understanding the Impact of Strategic Uncertainty and Venture Origin. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice‚ (27)1‚ 1-28. Zimmerer‚ T. & N
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Employee Resourcing and Development Employee resourcing and development is essential to all organisations and highly contributes towards the organisations success. Employee resourcing is ‘the part of human resource management which focuses on the recruitment and release of individuals from organisation’ and ‘the management of their performance and potential while employed by the organisation’ (Pilbeam & Corbridge‚ 2010). Employee development is ‘the process & facilitation of learning and knowledge
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Industrial Relations: Ideological Perspectives By Femi Aborisade Centre for Labour Studies & The Polytechnic‚ Ibadan aborisadefemi@gmail.com INTRODUCTION This paper identifies the key theories in industrial relations and draws out their implications on the concern for achieving ‘basic needs for all’. The following theories are examined: the political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism; the economistic theory; the democratic and political theory; the moral and ethical theory‚ and the
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on the belief that establishing a sustainable relationship with customers is the cornerstone for obtaining loyal customers who are much more profitable than non -loyal ones (Dowling‚ 2002). In this regard‚ the successful implementation of CRM strategy will be of
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understanding the importance of employee engagement and implementing a well-developed internal communications plan is crucial for success‚ especially during change (Dolphin‚ 1999). The organisation should be guided by experts through all this complexity if it wants to overcome all the tension that originates from the dynamics of change and survive. THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Many authors claim that an organisation´s accomplishments‚ financial performance and employee outcomes may be predicted
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Kevin Chavera Course: Public Relations (Daystar University) Paper: PUBLIC RELATIONS AS PRACTISED BY THE KENYA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1.Introduction. 2.PR as management function. 3.Kenya Parliament and its publics 4.Mission‚ goals & objectives with regard to PR activities. 5.Crisis management and media relations. 6.PR and organizational change. 7.Research and Evaluation: public attitudes and public opinion. 8. Conclusion. PUBLIC RELATIONS AS PRACTISED IN THE KENYA NATIONAL
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overall growth and success of the organization. Retention of key employees is critical to the long term health and success of any organization. Focusing on employee retention techniques can positively impact the organization as it increases employee productivity‚ performance‚ quality of work‚ profits‚ and reduce turnover and absenteeism. Employee retention is a process in which the employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for the maximum period of time or until the completion of the
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