The Impact of Globalization on Africa’s Social and Economic Conditions In the twentieth century‚ the phenomenon of globalization rapidly swept across the world forcefully and powerfully. The very concept of globalization is difficult to exactly define‚ as it has vast meanings to a vast number of people. Globalization is a relatively new term used to describe a very old process. It is a historical course of action that began with our human ancestors moving out of Africa to spread all over the globe
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These twelve productivity improvement techniques are explained as follows:- 1. Value Engineering (VE) : Value Engineering (VE) is the process of improving the value of a product at every stage of the product life cycle. At the development stage‚ VE improves the value of a product by reducing the cost without reducing quality. At the maturity stage‚ VE reduces the cost by replacing the costly components (parts) by cheaper components. VE also tries to improve the value and quality of the product
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Workplace Motivation and Productivity Management today‚ tends to be obsessed with employee motivation toward increased motivation and productivity. Companies have adopted numerous motivation philosophies over the last few decades‚ and many find the same productivity issues exist post-implementation. Psychologists have discovered that productivity in the workplace can be affected positively or negatively with the utilization of various motivational theories available today‚ dependent on how they
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for the agricultural revolution‚ which freed people from working the land and established a surplus of food. They had to find more efficient changes to save society from collapsing before and even after the revolution. Machines were employed in the production of commodities throughout the industrial revolution. For example‚ in 1769 James Watt created the steam engine. This was one of the most efficient ideas that made a significant impact. The steam engine requires watts to fuel it with coal. Britain
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Telecommuting Increases Productivity Telecommuting‚ also known as work-from-home‚ is a common practice among many business firms. In many articles‚ authors claim that telecommuting makes noticeable contribution to companies‚ increasing productivity by around 15%-50%. However‚ to some CEOs‚ telecommuting is not an attractive option. They think that most people exaggerate the significance of telecommuting because they worry about losing direct control over the employees. Actually‚ telecommuting can
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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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Impacts of Late Working Hours on Employee’s Performance: A Case Study on Engineers in Telecom Company of Pakistan Muhammad Salman Qureshi & Jawad Munir Toor Institute of Business and Management UET‚ Lahore Abstract: The research was conducted to see the impact of late working hours and employee performance on engineers of Telecom Company of Pakistan. Performance is the major concern for all business organization. High performer individual are the productive asset of any organization. The research
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PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX – CRASH OF EXPECTATIONS AND STATISTICS: What is Productivity Paradox? Solow computer paradox – Refers to the discrepancy between measures of Information Technology Investment and measures of output at the national level. Summary: Despite the massive investments in Information Technology in the developed economies‚ the IT impact on productivity and business performance continues to be questioned. The paper critically reviews this IT productivity paradox debate and finds
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a crucial role in overall growth and success of the organization. Retention of key employees is critical to the long term health and success of any organization. Focusing on employee retention techniques can positively impact the organization as it increases employee productivity‚ performance‚ quality of work‚ profits‚ and reduce turnover and absenteeism. Employee retention is a process in which the employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for the maximum period of time or until
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In developed countries‚ virtually all economic production is done by companies; if there were no businesses‚ we would have virtually no goods or services. Business is hugely important in a country’s economy because it is the main economic engine for the country. Businesses are a very important part of the circular flow of any market economy. They buy resources from households in the resource market and sell to households in the product market. This makes them indispensable to the economy. Businesses
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