the land has shifted from diversity to a focus on inclusion. This sea change has happened without fanfare and almost without notice. In most organizations‚ the word inclusion has been added to all the company ’s diversity materials with no explanation. This article is a short account of why this shift has happened and what it means. Probably the most widely-read article on diversity in organizations was Roosevelt Thomas ’s "From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity‚" which appeared in the Harvard
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THE EFFECTS OF “ON-THE-JOB” TRAINING ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE OF RIFT VALLEY BOTTLERS ELDORET BY DIANA JELIMO KANDIE BBM/1082/04 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OF MOI UNIVERSITY JUNE 2008 DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other University. No part of this project may be reproduced without the prior permission of the author
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Megginson et al (2004)‚ suggest that political persuasion by government as a result of poor and unsatisfactory financial and operational results by SOEs has cause the transfer of ownership to private investor who will impact their business discipline in order to improve the level of performance for the newly privatized SOEs. While Aktan (1995) suggest that privatization goes beyond the sale of SOEs‚ assets or shares to individuals or private firms but in a broad meaning‚ it is to restrict government role
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Women in the workforce Introduction The entry and participation of women in the workforce have for long been restricted by the cultural and religious practices. Compared to men‚ the socio-economic status of women is poor leading to their economic dependency on men. But today‚ the situation has slightly changed; women are beginning to realize their contribution to the workforce. The realization has come with the struggle for recognition as the women are beginning to eye well-paying jobs in the
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Modern Management MGT500- 2012 Managing Diverse Workforce Workforce diversity includes the obvious differences we see when we look around: race‚ gender‚ national origin‚ sexual orientation‚ age‚ religion and ethnicity. But it’s also the less obvious traits‚ the subtle differences that often register with us unconsciously‚ such as socioeconomic status‚ marital status‚ educational background‚ language‚ accent and appearance. We all have something that makes us unique‚ some special talent or ability
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The Aging Workforce Executive Summary We have come to the conclusion that the ageing workforce still have many barriers to overcome such as: training‚ health and safety‚ age discrimination; and although employers will experience‚ the additional costs to Group benefit – health‚ dental and pension plans. We must keep in mind that‚ to spite some barriers and mistaken beliefs regarding the older workers‚ they have proven to be valuable Human Resources in today’s labour market. Imagine someone
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Racism is vested in our society‚ presumably because it has always been a prevalent topic‚ and through things like laws‚ media‚ and literature‚ we meticulously analyze its impacts and limitations. People of color‚ predominately African Americans‚ are directly affected by racial biases in the workforce‚ thus the reason for their quality of life and social injustices. Social welfare and quality of life is often measured through ambiguous things such as literacy rates and equal opportunities‚ but it
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Employee performance in the organization: An exploratory study of private organization in Bangladesh Prepared by: Md. Monirul Islam Roll:01 Hasan Background: For many years it has been said that capital is the bottleneck for a developing industry. Academicians and researchers do not think this is any longer holds a true fact. Rather researchers believe that it is the work force and the company’s inability to recruit and maintain a good combination of workforce that does
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Ahfad University for Women School of Management Studies Research Proposal in: The impact of Training and Development on Preparing Employees Both to Succeed in Non-habitual Tasks and to Adapt to Changes in the Organizational Climate Submitted by: Afraa Awad Ahmed Babiker Research Supervisor: March‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1- Introduction 2- Research Objectives 3- Research methodology 4- References Introduction: Background: According to Human Resource Management
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Training and Development are of the most important aspects of the organizations as they represent the strategy organizations adopt to build a pool of skilled and highly qualified employees. This research paper tries to elaborate the effect of training and development on employee’s performance and accordingly on organization’s performance. Another objective of this paper is to stress on the importance given by the Egyptian Organizations to training and development as well as their opinions of training
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