http://www.emerald-library.com IJOPM 19‚11 Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept Jan de Leede and Jan Kees Looise University of Twente‚ The Netherlands Keywords Continuous improvement‚ Teamwork‚ Organizational design‚ Case studies‚ Kaizen Abstract The key issue of continuous improvement (CI) seems to be the problem of combining extensive employee involvement with market orientation and continuation of CI. In this article we review some existing organisational designs for CI on these
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Implementation of Group Teaching Method In the modern education system‚ revolutionary changes in education technology have changed the overall outlook of schooling. Now teacher plays a different role. He is acting as resource person rather than a traditional classroom teacher with chalk and blackboard. New experiments and methods are being tried out to facilitate the pupils the best learning environment in the classroom. Group teaching method is one of them. The students are divided into groups
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TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS: An analysis of training need is an fundamental requirement to the outline of powerful training. The purpose of training need analysis is to decide if there is a hole between what is required for compelling execution and present level of execution. Why training need analysis? Training need analysis is conducted to determine whether resources required are available or not. It helps to plan the budget of the company‚ areas where training is required‚ and also highlights the
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Completing a Needs Assessment for Diversity Training In the 1980s‚ diversity training mainly consisted of training people to be aware of differences in gender and race in the workplace‚ and by the 1990s‚ diversity training was at the forefront of innovative training for business managers‚ addressing such issues as "age‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic background‚ and religion" (Koonce‚ 2001‚ para 45). According to Dr. Elaine K. Miller of the College of Business at Colorado State University‚ there is
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ADVANTAGES OF KAIZEN COSTING There are certain basic principles which are followed in various Japanese companies which are listed below: - 1) Focus on customers: The Kaizen philosophy has only one prime objective of customers’ satisfaction. Kaizen permits no middle ground its either you provide best products and customer satisfaction or not. All the activities should aim at providing customer with whatever he wants and should help the firm long term objective of customers’ satisfaction at
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A3. How can employees position themselves vis-à-vis the expectations of HR managers? Employees can position themselves in a way that results in a situation where both employees and a company can benefit from each. It will also help the employees to gain better recognition in the company and also create more chances to be head hunted by external recruiters for critical positions in the industry. Firstly‚ the most important task for any company is to imbibe its core values and principles in each employee
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1. I have mixed feelings about group work. If I were in a familiar environment with people I know and understand their culture and language‚ I’ll be more relaxed and will enjoy the group activity. But in a new environment‚ I feel a little tense as I’m not sure if I fully understand the group members or vice versa (if they can easily understand me). When I was taking accounting classes‚ we needed to do group work in order to finish the final project; I encountered a different culture and understanding
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TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (TNA) A Must for Developing an Effective Training Program What is TNA? “Training needs assessment is an ongoing process of gathering data to determine what training needs exist so training can be developed to help the organization accomplish its objectives.” Conducting needs assessment is fundamental to the success of a training program. The Problems • Often‚ organizations will develop and implement training without first conducting a needs analysis. • These organizations
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Training Needs of Barangay Officials In Public Fiscal Administration A Special Research Presented to the Faculty of Graduate School Open University Polytechnic University of the Philippines In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master in Public Administration By Anthony C. Mercado 14 February 2010 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The Republic Act 7160 or commonly known as the Local Government Code of 1991 had enacted
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How to Manage Employees The competition between the enterprises in the final analysis is competition. How to effectively stimulate the enthusiasm of employees‚ make employees more loyal to the enterprise‚ to finish the work? The competition between the enterprises in the final analysis is competition. How to effectively stimulate the enthusiasm of employees‚ make employees more loyal to the enterprise‚ to finish the work‚ is each enterprise leaders and often pointless to solve a problem. A‚ focusing
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