Empowerment in New Zealand firms: insights from two cases Empowerment in New Zealand firms Amelia C. Smith Department of Management‚ University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch New Zealand and 69 V. Suchitra Mouly Department of Management‚ University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch‚ New Zealand Introduction The growing popularity of programmes aimed at empowering employees through changes in work practices has been well-documented in the management literature (Conger and Kanungo‚ 1988;
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Culture is a term which is brandished with little regard to its actual meaning‚ likely due to the fact that there are hundreds of definitions trying to capture the essence of culture. One such definition‚ provided in a social psychology textbook‚ states that culture is the enduring behaviours‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next ’ (Myers & Spencer‚ 12). While this is a workable explanation of culture‚ in that it captures
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On the Meaning of Globalization The technological development that characterizes the past two decades has triggered a communicational enhancement around the globe. Interconnectedness between people is greater everyday; goods‚ services‚ money‚ and information are exchanged between the furthermost parts of the world. International travel and communication now represent ordinary aspects of life. This phenomenon is called globalization. The term entered common vocabulary in the 1980’s and it grew
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What’s the meaning of life? Life‚ the most precious thing I have ever seen‚ that always comes to an end which we don’t really want to‚ but do we live for a precise purpose? I am sure that we do otherwise we wouldn’t be here in the first place. I never thought that asking myself” what is the meaning of life?” will be this difficult to answer until I started writing this paper. I think the meaning of life is experience and knowledge. Experience and knowledge are two different things but when you
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The True Meaning of Resilience What is the definition of resilient to you? Flexible? Can adapt to any situation that person or thing is put in? How about Danielle Burt; a 30-year-old female surfer from San Diego who lost her leg in traumatic motorcycle accident. I read an article called‚ “First Female Above the Knee Amputee Surfer‚ Danielle Burt‚ Catches Wave‚” that tells the reader about how a young woman at the top of her game‚ hits rock bottom after a bad turn that changes her life. But Burt shows
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Here’s what a recent survey found: • 25% of people say it is to seek truth and create meaning for yourself • 22% think the meaning of life is to lovingly help others and make the world better • 18% say there is no meaning • 8% think it is to reproduce and continue your genes and the human race • 8% say it is to find happiness • 6% believe it is to learn how to serve and worship God‚ while • 8% don’t know While it seems there are several purposes to life‚ science is beginning to
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THE MEANING OF DREAMS Consciousness is defined as a person’s state of awareness of oneself and the environment. It is the responsiveness of the brain to the senses. A person may experience different states of consciousness. A typical example of such states of consciousness is sleep. In this state‚ the body rests and restores energy. One particular stage of sleep called REM sleep‚ characterized by rapid eye movements‚ is responsible for generating dreams. Dreams are mental images which occur
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The true meaning of valuing diversity is to respect and enjoy a wide range of cultural and individual differences‚ thereby including everybody‚” according to Andrew J. DuBrin. People are being discriminated because of how they differ from others. A person who had a different color of skin would be treated unfairly. A person who had a sexual interest to the opposite sex would be bullied. A person who had a different way of religion would be teased. People in a diversity group would be expected of
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inanimate objects. Popular beliefs "What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives‚ most in the context "What is the purpose of life?" Here are some of the many potential answers to this perplexing question. The responses are shown to overlap in many ways but may be grouped into the following categories: Survival and temporal success ...to live every day like it is your last and to do your best at everything that comes before you
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English Words ‘The air is always thick with our verbal emissions. There are so many things we want to tell the world. Some of them are important‚ some of them are not. But we talk anyway. A life without words would be a horrendous privation.’ (from the Introduction) Words and language‚ keys to human identity‚ are fascinating subjects. The aim of this book is to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general‚ especially among students who are not intending
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