Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville‚ Illinois: Sourcebooks‚ Inc‚ 2003. The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte‚ two of the greatest leaders of their time‚ now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine the futures of their countries. Jefferson’s Great Gamble is the dramatic story
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OF HR EMPLOYEES IN CHINA Trisha Kanjirath‚ CAHRS Graduate Research Assistant Introduction Leveraging talent is a major focus area for all businesses‚ and this is no different for companies with major operations in China. Given the complexity of the new challenges and rapid expansion of markets that drive the global economy‚ it is absolutely imperative that HR professionals in China are equipped to support their company’s business strategy. The high demand for qualified and talented HR professionals
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An Assignment On Comparison between any two Competitive Companies Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement For the Award Master of Management Studies Under the Guidance of Prof. Mona Sinha Submitted by:Vailankanni D’souza MMS SEM I Roll no. 12 INTRODUCTION Why Airtel v/s Vodafone The dominant players in India are Airtel‚ Reliance Infocomm‚ Vodafone‚ Idea cellular and BSNL/MTNL but Vodafone drew my attention with its marketing strategy and Airtel with its Innovations and product
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CAN HR THEORY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS? JUNE 2008 Contents Page Introduction 3 HR Theory in Context 1.1 An Evolutionary Overview 4 1.2 Contemporary HRM 6 1.3 HR Policies
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Human Resources or Learning and Development Practitioner Level 4 1 Credit value 4 Unit code 4DEP Unit review date Sept. 2011 Purpose and aim of unit The CIPD has developed a map of the HR profession (HRPM) that describes the knowledge‚ skills and behaviours required by human resources (HR) and learning and development (L&D) professionals. This unit is designed to enable the learner to develop a sound understanding of the knowledge‚ skills and behaviour required of a professional
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management (HRM)[1] is a business practice to managing the workforce. It is one of several important functions in modern organizations. HRM helps to structure employee and candidate information by skills‚ profiles and career preferences. It is helping talent supply and demand by enabling communication‚ self-selection‚ and evaluation of human resources needs. Usually‚ human resource management use computer systems to support these functions including payroll‚ HR and skills database. A human resource
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PAPERS: HRM IN THE 21ST CENTURY Becoming an evidence-based HR practitioner Denise M. Rousseau‚ Carnegie Mellon University Eric G. R. Barends‚ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Human Resource Management Journal‚ Vol 21‚ no 3‚ 2011‚ pages 221–235 Evidence-based HR (EBHR) is a decision-making process combining critical thinking with use of the best available scientific evidence and business information. We describe how to get started as an evidencebased HR practitioner. Actively managing professional decisions
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Introduction International trade is the backbone of our modern‚ commercial world. Producers in various nations try to profit from an expanded market‚ rather than be limited to selling within their own borders. There are many reasons that trade across national borders occurs‚ including lower production costs in one region versus another‚ specialized industries‚ lack or surplus of natural resources and consumer tastes. This trend is attributable to the increased globalization of the world economies
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paper will provide a brief history of the two companies‚ as well as a financial analysis and a summary to conclude whether this merger was a success or a failure. Proctor & Gamble is a fortune 500 company. William Procter‚ a candlemaker‚ founded the company and James Gamble a soap maker‚ formed the company known as Procter & Gamble (P & G) in 1837. The two men emigrated from England and Ireland and settled early in Cincinnati. They might never have met had they not married sisters: Olivia and Elisabeth
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Case Study "Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices" Nike ’s strategy of shaving costs caused ethical dilemmas that ultimately damaged its reputation. Nike outsources all of its manufacturing. This approach has provided Nike with huge profits‚ "from a 1972 level of $60‚000 to a startling $49 million in just ten years" (Bartlett‚ Ghosal‚ & Birinshaw‚ 2004). "Production is now globalised‚ with different countries concentrating on different parts of the process depending on what they
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