Abstract Downsizing has been a common cost-cutting activity for organisations in the last 25 years. Literature in this area has focused mainly on the effects that redundancy may have on people leaving the organisation. However‚ some research has investigated the effect it may have on the employees who were not made redundant‚ and from this the concept of ’Survivor Syndrome ’ was created. It has been established that redundancy processes result in negative emotions being felt by survivors‚ such as
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY Nicholas Bloom John Van Reenen Working Paper 16019 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16019 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 May 2010 This paper has been prepared for a chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics Volume IV edited by David Card and Orley Ashenfelter. We would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council for their financial support through the Center for
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References: to the paper may also be found in publications of AnthroTech Society. v Some of the results of this “20% time” can be seen in the beta offerings provided to the public at the Google Labs website (labs.google.com) which showcases experiments still being eva
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CORPORATE MERGER AND ACQUISITION AS A TOOL FOR BANK SURVIVAL AND GROWTH (case study of Amal Bank’s acquisition by BoA) 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Amidst the concerns raised that Ghana has too many banks and the Ghc 60 million recapitalization requirements for indigenous banks‚ the Bank of Ghana is urging mergers and acquisition among the country’s banks. This comes in response to fears that the local banks can hardly meet the recapitalization requirement without losing their indigenous
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction During the first decade of the twenty-first century‚ human resource management (HRM) thinking and practice have evolved in significant new directions. Issues and approaches that were previously seen in many organisations as being peripheral have moved to centre stage as HR agendas have been adjusted to take account of developments in the business environment. Hence we have seen much more interest in work–life balance issues‚ in HR ethics‚ partnership agreements and
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finalize‚ that how many cadet pilots they are required in order to maintain flight operations effectively. HRM department then send the report to financing department and top level management to get the approval and the budget they are able to invest on cadet pilots. 3. Recruitment Advertising Srilankan Airlines places their recruitment advertisements on Srilankan Airlines web site and news papers. Advertisement includes. * Job descriptions * Job specification * Education requirements
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Table of Contents Content page 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Vision of DBU 4 1.2. MISSION of DBU 4 1.3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 5 1.4. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT 6 1.5. TEAM COMPOSITION 6 1.6. CURRENT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 6 1.7. Statement of the problem 7 1.8. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT 7 1.8.1. General Objective 7 1.8.2. Specific Objective 7 1.9. SCOPE OF THE
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Mediterranean University‚ Mersin‚ Turkey Effects of nepotism on HRM 295 Ali Bavik Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ Cyprus International University‚ Mersin‚ Turkey‚ and Erdogan H. Ekiz Department of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential effects of nepotism on human resource management (HRM) practices through the use of Turkish Cypriot hotel employees
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was formed after the European Commission had approved a merger between French Air France and Dutch KLM. A merger of this dimension certainly has major influences on the economy. This paper will give an insight on the incidents of this instance‚ the economic consequences and it will deal with the question whether the European Commission’s decision was reasonable. First of all the two firms will be introduced and an overview about the merger will be provided. After that some basic economic concepts
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international transaction The DaimlerChrysler merger ˘ Matej Blasko‚ Jeffry M. Netter*‚ Joseph F. Sinkey‚ Jr. Terry College of Business‚ University of Georgia‚ Athens‚ GA 30602-6253‚ USA Abstract Globalization is a buzzword in international finance and economics. On May 6‚ 1998‚ in London‚ Daimler-Benz of Germany signed a merger agreement with Chrysler Corporation of the United States. Using the DaimlerChrysler merger as a case study‚ this paper focuses on value creation and analysis of various
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