Motivation As an Important Aspect of Human Resource Management Motivation is a vital aspect in functioning of every organization. It refers to the forces that arouse enthusiasm and persistence to pursue a certain course of action for accomplishing organizational goals. Nowadays‚ there are numerous motivation theories that human resource managers use in order to encourage high work performance. Generally‚ there are two types of rewards in motivation. The first is intrinsic rewards‚ which
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4D Scheduling; The Future of Planning? The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an understanding of the concept of 4D Scheduling‚ how and where it is used‚ whether it is currently of benefit to the construction industry and can it revolutionise planning in a positive manner for small‚ medium and large scale construction Projects. What is it? 4D Scheduling is a Programme which allows the Project Plan to interface with 3D software and build a live model which displays the Project
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results of an exploratory study of six-sigma‚ suggest that the development of knowledge and learning communities is instrumental to sustaining six-sigma initiatives. Case studies highlight particular aspects of implementation and deployment efforts. The work presented in this report is to capture the current state of Six Sigma as well as to document the current practices of Six Sigma. Six key findings have been established. These include the interpretation of Six Sigma‚ tools and techniques‚ its development
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For Internal Use Only Team 8 Executive Summary Six Flags has had great success over a number of years through providing a one-stop entertainment destination complete with thrilling roller coaster rides and an exciting atmosphere. In recent years‚ however‚ Six Flags has been struggling and is now in dire need of a boost to help regain its success in the Theme park industry. We focused our secondary research on past and current articles on Six Flags as well as the theme park industry as a whole
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OR PRACTICE SCHEDULING A MAJOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE GEORGE L. NEMHAUSER Georgia Institute of Technology‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia MICHAEL A. TRICK Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania (Received February 1997; revision received May 1997; accepted July 1997) The nine universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) have a basketball competition in which each school plays home and away games against each other over a nine-week period. The creation of a suitable schedule
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Task-based learning (TBL) is an approach which concentrates more on carrying out tasks (solving puzzles‚ writing projects‚ investigating topics and so on) than on graded structures and vocabulary. Task-Based Learning (methodology plus) Contributed by Mark McKinnon and Nicky Rigby What is TBL? How often do we as teachers ask our students to do something in class which they would do in everyday life using their own language? Probably not often enough. If we can
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Human Resource Is The Most Important Asset of An Organization Assets‚ defined as a ‘valuable thing’ by Oxford Dictionaries‚ are key success determinants of any organization. The perception of value in an organization‚ brand or product‚ merits customer adoption while supplementing organizational goals that could‚ in the long term‚ determine financial sustainability and success of a company. The idea that human resources‚ employees across all levels of an organization‚ as the most important asset
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Implementation of Six Sigma in Indian industries – a Delphi study R.K. Padhy and S. Sahu* Department of Industrial Engg. & Mgmt.‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur-721302‚ India E-mail: rkpadhy@iem.iitkgp.ernet.in E-mail: sahus@mech.iitkgp.ernet.in *Corresponding author R.K. Das Department of Mechanical Engg.‚ College of Engg. & Technology‚ Bhubaneswar-751003‚ India E-mail: ranjitdas@gmail.com Abstract: A Delphi study was carried out to review and analyse the critical issues that affect Six Sigma
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Six Sigma Preeti Singh‚ 2356 Irral Vaz‚ 2355 Maria Veliyath‚ 2356 Importance The importance of Six Sigma has increased manifold in the last two decades and is set to increase even more in the coming years as more and more businesses realize its benefits. Six Sigma is anticipated to maintain its dominance over all other existing quality improvement techniques because it is flexible and can be altered to suit the requirements of new businesses that might come up in the near future. We can
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However‚ there is always someone behind the scenes. The person behind the scenes may not get any public praise but a lot of the success is because of them. A mentor or coach plays a vital role in any person’s life. Consider the following reasons why it’s important for anyone to have a mentor. 1. Different Perspective A famous motivational speaker once stated that it’s hard to see the picture when you’re in the frame. It’s much easier to see the whole picture from the outside. Because you’re unable
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