* * Human Resource practices and strategies used by companies to manage multiculturalism By Avantika Krishna MSc in Human Resources Management & Organizational Analysis King’s College London September 2010 Supervisor: Professor Ewan Ferlie * Acknowledgement While working on my dissertation‚ I had the opportunity to gain new insights relating to a multicultural
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IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON WORKERS ’ PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Ayodeji Olatunji Aiyetan1 and A. O. Olotuah2 1 Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria Department of Architecture‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria 2 This is a research on the relationship between motivation and performance of workers in the Nigerian construction industry. It identifies a number of motivational schemes that enhance
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DELAYS FACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF KLANG VALLEY‚ MALAYSIA ABDELNASER OMRAN School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang Email: naser_elamroni@yahoo.co.uk OOI AI LING School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang ABDUL HAMID KADIR PAKIR School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang MAHYUDDIN RAMLI School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti
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TQM is a philosophy of management driven by the constant attainment of customer satisfaction through continuous improvement of all organizational processes‚ including employee participation‚ teamwork‚ and leadership. There are five key principles: -MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT 1) Plan (drive direct) 2) Do (deploy‚ support‚ and participate) 3) Check (review) 4) Act (recognize‚ communicate‚ revise) -EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT 1) Training 2) Suggestive Scheme 3) Measurement +
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energy- supply and demand in Malaysia namely energy security‚ fuel supply and pricing‚ especially gas pricing‚ renewable energy‚ energy efficiency and conservation‚ sensitivities of nuclear option‚ and the restructuring of the electricity supply industry (Tan‚ Maragatham‚ and Leong‚ 2013). Malaysia’s energy sources primarily comprise oil‚ natural gas‚ hydro power and coal‚ although renewable energy (RE) sources such as solar power and biomass are currently being exploited (Poh and Kong‚ 2002)
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MG4027 Meadhbh Teegan Long 102088584 Word count: 2048 How Social Networking is changing HR practices. It is fairly safe to say that the internet has changed the way we operate our personal and business lives. The more current issue is that social media has changed the way we organise our social and professional calendars and the way in which we correspond with others‚ both business and non-business. The continuing growth of social networks such as MySpace‚ LinkedIn‚ Facebook etc
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environment. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been presented with increasing urgency within recent years as it is driving climate change. There are many opportunities to reduce energy and emissions within the building sector. Governments and industry groups are preparing for enhanced energy efficiency. Some matters are currently required by the Building Code of Australia (BCA 5 star‚ BASIX for NSW) & others are becoming so. (eg. NABERS Energy) Along with these mandatory regulations voluntary
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Construction is one of the major and essential industry of any economy. It is one of the greatest asset of any country. The paper is based on the construction industry and the selected country is Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is one of the giants in the construction industry. It is one of the interesting country in the economy globally. First‚ an introduction of Saudi Arabia and its construction company will be discussed. Second‚ the paper will discuss the SWOT analysis of and the framework of porter
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Five Forces analysis of the Construction Industry in Sweden “The authors conclude that the less competitive a market environment‚ the higher will be the amount of corruption by giving public servants the incentive to extract some of the monopoly rents through bribes.” (Lambsdorf‚ 1999) Industry background: The Swedish construction business consists of four main actors namely JM‚ NCC‚ PEAB and Skanska that historically have had exclusive rights to bid on large-scale governmental projects
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS BUSINESS CASE ASSIGNMENT 1 Name: Dharavath Gautham Naik (Student ID: 1314288) LECTURER: JAMES ROTIMI FACULTY OF DESIGN AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TE WANANGA ARONUI O TAMAKI MAKAU RAU School of Engineering PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION. Name Dharavath Gautham Naik ID Number 1314288 Paper Name CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS. Assignment BUSINESS CASE Number of words (excluding appendices)
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