on the resource side of human resources. It emphasizes costs in the form of ’headcounts’ and places control firmly in the hands of management. Their role is to manage numbers effectively‚ keeping the workforce closely matched with requirements in terms of both bodies and behaviour. ’Soft’ HRM‚ on the other hand‚ stresses the ’human’ aspects of HRM. Its concerns are with communication and motivation. People are led rather than managed. They are involved in determining and realizing strategic objectives
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Motivation Motivation is the processes that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal – specifically‚ an organizational goal. Three key elements ◦ Intensity – how hard a person tries. ◦ Direction – effort that is channeled toward‚ and consistent with‚ organizational goals. ◦ Persistence – how long a person can maintain effort. Early Theories of Motivation These early theories may not be valid‚ but they do form the basis for
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Walt Disney Company – Organizational Behavior Com/530 Organization Behavior The Walt Disney Company (WDC) became one of the most successful organizations through values supported by a strong sense of organizational commitment and communication. WDC’s organizational commitment is portrayed through the values of several contributing factors. In order to expand on the contributing factors‚ first‚ I will outline different leadership styles used by WDC and how the styles affect group communication
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positive aspect of organizational conflicts Abstract When we think of the word “conflict‚” do we generally picture shouting matches‚ anger‚ icy stares‚ or nerve-shattering stressful confrontations? Workplace issues that generates frequent expressions of emotion‚ frustration and anger is conflict. But not all conflict is bad! Conflict is always difficult‚ but it leads to growth and change‚ which is good. No one likes pain‚ but pain wakes you up and tells you when to react. This paper explores the
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1992‚ the normally quiescent board of directors of General Motors‚ under the leadership of outside director John G. Smale‚ instituted a revolt against the company’s top management team. Horrified by GM’s recent $4.5 billion loss and angry at the slow pace of change instituted by GM chairman and chief executive officer Robert Stempel‚ the board decided to teach GM’s top management a lesson. Stampel lost his leadership of the board’s executive committee (GM’s top policy-making committee) to Smale
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became a learning organization –what changes in structure‚ labor practices and especially management philosophy made NUMMI more competitive than the GM plant that it replaced? How do the different parts of the system support each other? At NUMMI‚ Toyota started by implementing a business strategy based on trust‚ respect‚ and teamwork‚ as opposite with the GM strategy based on high-tech solutions over worker initiatives‚ which ultimately conducted to mistrust and adversity between management and workers
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Organizational Behavior Mind Map In our Organization Behavior class we were asked to create a mind map incorporating all the important and relevant topics we have covered during the course‚ and how they relate with the other topics and fit in the bigger picture of organizational behavior as a subject. Whilst drawing my mind map‚ I realized that most of the relevant topics of OB really fall under 4 main branches – Organizational psychology‚ development‚ theory and human resources. I believe that
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STUDENT’S CERTIFICATE Certified that this report is prepared based on the term paper project undertaken by me in GENERAL MOTORS BANRUPTCY under the able guidance of Dr.Richa Raghuvanshi in partial fulfillment of the requirement for award of degree of B.Com(H) from Amity University‚ Uttar Pradesh. Date-------------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------- Siddharth Dixit Dr.Richa Raghuvanshi Prof. V. P. Sahi Lecturer (ABS)
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The extraordinary success of NUMMI over GM can be attributed to NUMMI becoming a learning organization‚ and bears evidence to Senge’s description on learning organizations. The words of Ray Stata “The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage” ring true in every aspect in considering the NUMMI vs GM case. The following factors played a key role in developing a ‘generative’ learning approach in NUMMI‚ a key source of its competitiveness:
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