Chapter 5 Literature Reviews 5.1 Introduction Cathay Pacific is a successful airlines in the airlines industry‚ it also is a Hong Kong based airlines. Cathay Pacific is now growing as the most famous airlines in Hong Kong and put itself onto the international platform. Cathay Pacific currently ranks as the world’s 8th most profitable airline (net profit)* and the 17th largest airline in the world by operating revenue. Also Cathay Pacific is ranked 11th-largest in the world in terms of revenue
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Chapter Two: Review of Literature 2:1 Participation in Physical Activity Children both male and female are physically active from the moment they are born. Children are keen to get actively involved from an early age‚ this usually comes in the form of play but as children begin to develop and mature their views and opinions of physical activity are strongly linked to their experiences as a child. Weinberg and Gould (2007) suggests that “involvement in physical activity for boys and
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Effective Performance Appraisals Latoya Cannon BUS303: Human Resource management Instructor: Gwnedolyn McCants-Allen April 24‚ 2013 A performance appraisal helps with developing information on an employee‚ which will help determine if the objectives that were set forth have been met‚ and what needs to be improved to help with the success of the company. This evaluation happens once a year to help the employer determine whether or not an employee is a great asset for the company. Performance appraisal
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LITERATURE REVIEW In intention to discover the relationship between efficient working capital management and firm’s profitability(Shin & Soenen‚ 1998) used net-trade cycle (NTC) as a measure of working capital management. NTC is basically equal to the CCC whereby all three components are expressed as a percentage of sales. The reason by using NTC because it can be an easy device to estimate for additional financing needs with regard to working capital expressed as a function of the projected sales
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DOOR COMPANY Jim Delaney‚ President of Apex Door Company‚ has a problem. No matter how often he tells his employees how to do their jobs‚ they invariably “decide to do things their own way”‚ as he puts it‚ and arguments ensue between Delaney‚ his employee and the employee’s supervisor. One example is in the door-design department. The designers are expected to work with the architects to design doors that meet the specifications. Although its not “rocket science”‚ as Delaney puts it‚ the designers
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sex‚ age‚ color‚ or national origin. Requirement is to inform EEOC To provide discrimination protection to employees if they feel they have been mistreatment due to race‚ religion‚ sex‚ color or religion. Provide employee and employer to discuss discrepancies before the employee contacts EEOC Equal Pay Act This law equalizes fairness for pay rates or salary for male and females of similar quality and quantity working in the same capacity. To ensure women and men are fairly compensated
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used by marketers to segment market. Furthermore‚ they are standard and readily available and marketers believe that consumer behaviours are highly related to these variables (as cited in Greenwell‚ Fink and Pastone‚ 2002‚ p.233). An analysis of literature suggests that‚ among psychographic variables‚ concern about health‚ food safety‚ impact on the environment and animal welfare as the
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management and human resource management 1. 1 Distinguish between personal management and human resource management Human resource management is the study of human resources who are people and work in an organization. There are various definitions of human resource management. Armstrong (2009)‚ states that human resource management is concerned with all aspects of how people are employed and managed in organization. This definition is broad and makes clear about human resource management. According
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Wind River Systems acquired ISI‚ but considering the size of ISI at that time‚ which was as big as Wind River Systems’ size‚ the employees were asked to use the term “merger” instead of “acquisition”. ! With the merger came a change in human resources (HR)‚ shifting the focal of Wind River Systems employees’ skill requirements from a more task based approach to a customer oriented approach. Before the transition‚ the sales unit was in charge of connecting the potential clients with the company
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HR departments perform different tasks. They might take full responsibilities for human resource activities in some companies whereas in others they will share the role with managers. Some of the responsibilities of HR departments are: employment and recruiting‚ training and development‚ compensation‚ benefits‚ employee services‚ employee and community relations‚ personnel records‚ strategy planning‚ health and safety. The role of HR has changes and enveloped over time. It began as a purely administrative
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