BBPP1103 – Principles of Management Multiple-Choice Questions Samples Set 1 1. Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ___________. a) a very intelligent individual b) a supervisor of production work c) a manager d) an operations supervisor 2. Managers who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization
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Towards Better Management of Ground Water Resources in India B.M.Jha‚ Chairman & S.K.Sinha‚ Scientist D Central Ground Water Board Bhujal Bhawan‚ CGO Complex‚ NH IV‚ Faridabad- 121 001‚ Haryana‚ India. e-mail: chmn-cgwb@nic.in Abstract Groundwater is the most preferred source of water in various user sectors in India on account of its near universal availability‚ dependability and low capital cost. The increasing dependence on ground water as a reliable source of water has resulted in indiscriminate
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‘Resources underlie competencies‚ whereas competencies build resources’ Discuss this statement and explain under what conditions both resources and capabilities can create a competitive advantage for a company Introduction This essay will discuss how resources and competences are linked with regards to a firm’s performance and under what conditions they can be fully utilized to create a competitive advantage for the company in question. Main Generally it can be found that in a particular
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Managing Human Resources‚ 3rd edn‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Milton‚ Qld. In chapter 1 of the text‚ the author shows an overview of human resource management and strategic human resource management. The author also shows the relationship between HRM and management‚ manager’s role meaning of strategy‚ strategic approach to HRM and strategic challenges. Lots of diagrams and explanations are used by the author. This chapter has contributed to my understanding of strategic human resource management by analysing
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KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-KUMASI FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS OF MINING IN AJENJUA BEPO FOREST AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES PHD PROPOSAL IN SILVICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT By NSAIH BEMPAH AHMED CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 PREAMBLE By environmental setting‚ most of the minerals in Ghana occur in the forest areas where there may be timber‚ Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s) and wildlife
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Running out of resources has been one of the most influential claims of the early environmental movements‚ and a claim that provided the background for many of the environmental movements such as; recycling‚ the argument that small-is-beautiful and the excuse for the need to restructure society away from its obsession of consumption and production. The idea of the world losing its resources at an accelerated rate because of humans‚ has been very influential over the past 30 years. This movement
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luxnhuntin Strategic Human Resource Management 2012 - Assignment 1 Topic 2: The Resource Based View of the firm is the dominant theory in strategic HRM. Critically discuss its contribution in the explanation of the proposed link between HRM strategy design and organisation performance. Resource Based View (RBV) has instigated a paradigm for theoretically analysing organisational sustainable competitive advantage. Strategic managers use RBV to assist in making directional decisions which
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Definition: 1. Human Resource Management (HRM‚ HR) is the management of an organization’s employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill‚ effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. Effective human resource management also contains an element of risk management for an organization which‚ as a minimum‚ ensures legislative compliance. 2
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Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) in reality: The main objective of Resource Dependence Theory is to reduce the dependence on other organizations and having vital resources to reduce the control of other organizations on them. However‚ in reality Resource Dependence Theory is not fully accomplished in organizations due to the insufficiency of resources and some other obstacles. We tried to relate Resource Dependence Theory with IKEA‚ world’s largest furniture retailer. IKEA IKEA Resource Dependence
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Writing Assignment: Natural Resources and Population As discussed in this section‚ Earth’s supply of natural resources is changing due to human consumption. This assignment will require you to research one natural resource and then write about your findings and conclusions in a brief paper (5 to 7 paragraphs). 1. Choose one natural resource and conduct research about it. Identify the resource. Where is it found in abundance? Is it renewable or nonrenewable? 2. How do humans use the natural resource? In what ways is it retrieved from nature
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