Thompson Debunking the Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle is a triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean right off of the southeast coast of the United States. Legend has it that many people‚ ships‚ and planes have mysteriously vanished in this area because of the area’s mystical properties. These properties have formed several theories for the disappearances. They carry little validity and fail to take into account simple scientific and logical facts. The Bermuda Triangle can be easily explained by
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Q. Discuss the functions of Human Resource Management in an organization. Enumerate the challenges of HRM in the present organizational context. Ans. The functions of HRM can be broadly classified into two categories viz 1) Managerial Functions 2) Operative Functions : FUNCTIONS OF HRM Managerial Functions | Operative Functions | Planning | Employment | Organising | Human Resources Development | Directing | Compensation | Controlling | Human Relations | | Industrial
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Fall/August 2012 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0043 –Human Resource Management - 4 Credits (Book ID:B1626) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions. Q1. Explain the role of HR executives in an organisation. Q2. What are the steps involved in HR planning? Q3. What are the different types of on-the-job and off-the-job training? Q4. What are the benefits of carrying out performance appraisal in
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ANSWER KEY MODEL QUESTION PAPER- MB0038 Management Process and Organization Behavior MBA Sem 1 (Book Id B1127) Question No. 1-40- 1 marks Question Question No. 41 to 60- 2 marks Question Question No. 61 to 75 -4 marks Question. 1 Marks Question 1 Which of the following consists of planning and decision making? (a) Organizing communication (b) Directing traditional management (c) Planning human resource management (d) Controlling networking 2 __________entails supervising‚ disciplining‚ evaluating
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UNSW ESSAY #1 What are your professional goals? How will an MBA/GDM/GCCM from AGSM MBA Programs help you? I intend to pursue a career with an insurance management firm focusing on the healthcare industry after acquiring my post-graduate degree. As I coordinate account management projects across functional groups‚ I will increase and gain exposure on cross-functional management and develop my leadership skills. In the long-term‚ I plan to build a market leading-enterprise as a senior executive
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businesses would not be immediately affected by adverse supply conditions. Therefore‚ holding inventory ensures continuity in the short-to-medium term. • Benefitting from bulk discounts Trade discounts are usually available for bulk purchases. In many cases‚ the larger the order‚ the higher the discount is. Businesses seek to hold inventory when the trade discounts make the cost of holding it worthwhile. Apart from reducing the unit cost of each item‚ ordering costs (carriage inward and import duties
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MBA 590 Final Assignment 1 Running Head: Final Assignment Research Paper - Computer Associates Joseph Payne Assignment Presented in Final MBA 590 Fall 2009 E-Mail: joseph.payne@lmunet.edu Instructor: Dr. Jack McCann‚ Ph. D. MBA 590 Final Assignment 2 Introduction Computer Associates (CA) is involved in probably the most domineering market in American history‚ the computer software market‚ and has weathered management adversity and a virtual abolishment of stockholder
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The iron triangle is an alliance made up of 3 groups‚ bureaucrats‚ Congress and interest groups. All of these three groups have common goals that they work together to achieve; also they each have their own individual‚ personal goal. An example of this would be how interest groups seek to promote their ideas‚ in order to do this they will lobby Congress and Congress will try to help in order to gain support‚ meaning votes from their constituents‚ along with promoting their own ideas that they have
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Choices and Expectations for Pursing a MBA While at work one day I was asked by my boss at the last minute to fill in for one of our financial analysts and attend a luncheon that was being given by a company that was soon going public. It is common practice for us to attend a luncheon given by an IPO name in hopes of establishing some sort of relationship with the company prior to the Initial Public Offering. In this case I sat in a room surrounded by MBA graduates handing out their business cards
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Duke ’s MBAs Cheating Scandal While students are overwhelmed with handbooks on plagiarism‚ school honor codes when they entering a university‚ cheatings are rampantly detected in university environment. Admittedly‚ plagiarism and cheating should be seriously punished. However‚ there do exist controversial cases where some assert that the cases are not considered cheatings‚ the others argue that they should be considered cheatings. An article named "Duke MBAs Fail Ethics Test" by Alison Damast
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