(2009): Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage‚ 7th Edition‚ New York: Mcgraw Hill. Heracleous‚ L. et al. (2004): ‘Cost-effective service excellence: lessons from Singapore Airlines’‚ Business Strategy Review‚ 15: 33-38 Wirtz‚ J. et al. (2008): ‘Managing human resources for service excellence and cost effectiveness at Singapore Airlines’‚ Managing Service Quality‚ 18: 4-19 Chan‚ D. (2000)‚ ‘The story of Singapore Airlines and the Singapore Girl’‚ Journal of Management Development
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According to Pilbeam and Corbridge Human Resource Development can be defined as the activities involved in organizing individual and collective learning processes aimed at the development of both employees and the organization. This is concerned with the provision of learning‚ development and training opportunities in order to improve individual‚ team and organizational performance. The Human Resource Development process main intention is to improve employees’ career goals and achieve the organization’s
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Core Course Credit Credit 4 4 4 8 20 4 4 4 Credit Total Credit 12 32 2 2 4 Course MBA-211 Strategic Management MBA-212 Computer Application & MIS MBA-213 Entrepreneurship & Project Management MBA-214 Practical Training (8weeks) Presentation (4 Credit) Training Report (4 Credit) Group B*: FINANCE MBF-215 Financial Decision Making MBF-216 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management MBF-217 Management of Financial Institutions & Services Elective (Limited Choice) Elective (Limited Choice) Elective
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Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action Affirmative action is defined as policies that seek out‚ encourage‚ and sometimes give preferential treatment to employees in groups protected by Title VII. (site text book) This is usually done through educational or economical benefits. Affirmative action is a controversial topic and has been debated for many years. It is a difficult topic to discuss because it stirs up a lot of emotions. It was created to level the playing field between white males
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Affirmative action is a policy with a set of criteria’s designed to ensure equality for all groups within a society to provide everyone with an equal opportunity to obtain success. Affirmative action in American society is renowned for allowing minorities and women a chance for equal access to education and a chance to access equal employment. Affirmative action can lead to the adoption of quotas for jobs and colleges in which a certain amount of potential employees or appointments must come from
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Disability ACT (ADA) and the Affirmative Action laws passed. The American Disabilities Act and Affirmative Action are examples of two separate laws put into place to protect these people‚ and in turn offering these people equal opportunities. Within the ADA and Affirmative Action‚ there are pros and cons that exist. Many people view Affirmative Action as a form of reverse discrimination. Some people‚ including myself (in very specific situations)‚ view the use of affirmative action as being used for the
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The organization I am most familiar with is that of which I am currently employed‚ Farmhouse Studios is a small company consisting of seven people: The Director/Owner‚ two managers of equal rank‚ two designers‚ a sound engineer‚ a technician and a secretary. My position is that of one of the managers‚ my job is to generate new business and oversee day to day production. Farmhouse studios is in the compact disk duplication market‚ we provide a turnkey service in which company profiles may be set up
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Case 1 – The Ethics of Human Resource Management Tina Boes HRM491 04/09/14 Ethics is a topic that has been discussed since days dating back to the great philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle says “the ethical role of the leader is not to enhance his own power but to create the conditions under which the followers can achieve their potential” (O’Toole‚n.d.‚ pg.4). One can still apply that statement to current business practices. Since a HR manager is in a position to affect a lot of people‚ it
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Affirmative action is the policy in which schools give priority to students who tend to suffer from discrimination. The policy was intended to give minorities equal rights in the admission process‚ however nowadays‚ it gives an unfair preference to one group of students‚ as opposed to being equal. This leads into the discussion of racial discrimination. Opponents of the law say that affirmative action gives minorities an unfair advantage over non-minorities. On the other side‚ proponents of the law
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Many years had passed until Affirmative Action was again brought up in court. In 2003‚ the cases of Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger set the stage for another challenge against Affirmative Action‚ but the Supreme Court stood its ground again and a decision was made that an increase in the number of minority applicants at a university was not unconstitutional. Affirmative Action was initially set in motion and passed as a law in order to alleviate a situation in which minorities were
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