Glossary of Research Terms This glossary is intended to assist you in understanding commonly used terms and concepts when reading‚ interpreting‚ and evaluating scholarly research in the social sciences. Also included are general words and phrases defined within the context of how they apply to social sciences research. Acculturation -- refers to the process of adapting to another culture‚ particularly in reference to blending in with the majority e.g.‚ an immigrant adopting American customs]
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Performance Appraisal Any procedure that involves: 1. Setting work standards 2. Assessing the employee’s actual performance Relative to those standards: 3. Providing feedback to the employee with the aim of motivating him or her to eliminate performance deficiencies or to contribute and continue to perform above par Why Assess/Appraise Performance? 1. To provide feedback about strengths and weaknesses 2. To distinguish between individuals in allocating rewards 3. To evaluate and profile
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Definition of ’Financial Performance’ A subjective measure of how well a firm can use assets from its primary mode of business and generate revenues. This term is also used as a general measure of a firm’s overall financial health over a given period of time‚ and can be used to compare similar firms across the same industry or to compare industries or sectors in aggregation the financial performance of companies means these companies with effective budgetary control and distribute the amount
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pay‚ compensation‚ benefits and other rewards as effective performance management instruments to increase operational efficiency and enhance performance. It is very important for the organisation to attract‚ motivate and retain the best people who will be a key influence on its future success. Furthermore‚ in recent times‚ most members of the community believe that skilled people are an essential part of sustaining an organization’s long-term competitive advantage. So‚ successful pay‚ rewards‚ compensation
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1 WHAT IS PERFORMANCE? Performance is often defined simply in output terms – the achievement of quantified objectives. But performance is a matter not only of what people achieve but how they achieve it. * The accomplishment‚ execution‚ carrying out‚ working out of anything ordered or undertaken.’ High performance results from appropriate behaviour‚ especially discretionary behaviour‚ and the effective use of the required knowledge‚ skills and competencies. * Performance management must
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. Performance Metrics: purpose What are the ways you can measure how successful your Six Sigma project has been in improving quality or decreasing the number of defects? Before we go into the metrics and definitions‚ let’s say what “defects” and “defective” mean. Something has a defect if the result or outcome of a process is not what is expected. Something went wrong. The product may still be usable: a car with chipped paint can still be driven. So some engineers use “defective” to mean a product
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case study solution of joan holtz 5-4 These problems are intended to provide a basis for discussing questions aboutrevenue recognition that are not dealt with explicitly in the text and that are notsufficiently involved to warrant the construction of a regular case. Instructors can pick from among those listed. Some of them can be used as a take-off point for elaboration and extended discussion by adding “What if?” facts. Answers to Questions 1.If electricity usage tended to be fairly constant
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Performance Appraisal : A Managerial Viewpoint Nidhi Arora1 Poonam Arora2 Abstract Man is a social animal by nature and to earn his livelihood he has to work. In past‚ earning was required only to satisfy the daily appetite but his needs have increased e xponentially with the passage of time. Now he does not work to earn money; he works so that he can afford luxury. According to Maslow the growth need drives personal growth. Human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs‚ and that certain
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Literary Analysis Final of “The Third Wish” If you had to choose between your happiness or someone else’s‚ who would you choose to be happy? The short story‚ “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken‚ a normal‚ lonely‚ and kind man frees a swan that was tangled in a bush. Once he frees the swan‚ he gets granted three wishes by a king and is handed three leaves. For his first wish‚ he wishes for a beautiful wife. He gets his wife‚ but then he sees that she is sad that she got changed from a swan to a woman
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A PROJECT REPORT ON PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM AT LILAVATI HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE BY MR. ABHIJEET S. GAWANKAR SUMMER TRAINEE M B A -II (2004-2006) VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PUNE. 1 INDEX Chapter Chapter Name Page no. No. 1 Executive summary 1 2 Introduction of subject 2 3 History & Profile of hospital 7 4 Objective
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