© The Journal Contemporary Management Research 2010‚ Vol.4‚ No. 2 THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN ON FAMILY PURCHASING DECISIONS IN OTA‚ NIGERIA S. T. Akinyele* Abstract Children constitute an important target market segment and merit attention from a marketing perspective. The role that children play in making decisions concerning the entire family unit has prompted researchers to direct attention to the study of influence of children. This research focuses on the influence of children on family
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Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management 1. Explain at least 2 purposes of performance management and its relationship to business objectives. Performance management is a holistic procedure collectively brings various types of elements that constitute towards the flourishing exercise of people management including‚ above all‚ learning and development. The purpose of Performance management is to develop the ability of individuals to meet and often exceed expectations
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The PMBOK Guide 4th ed. defines a project as: proj·ect [n. proj-ekt‚ -ikt; v. pruh-jekt]- a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result. The construction of the Hoover Dam is an example of a project. It is considered a project because it was a temporary endeavor and it had to go through the five stages of a project. There was an initiation phase. This phase defines the needs and of the project. The Hoover Dam construction project was initiated due to the flooding
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to work every day. However‚ it is undeniable that reward contributes significantly to these incentives. Torrington‚ Hall and Taylor (2008) states that rewards can be categorized into three terms‚ namely direct tangible rewards‚ indirect tangible rewards and intangible rewards. As far as I am concerned‚ both direct and indirect tangible rewards are relatively easy to identify and there are not many differences existing. However‚ the intangible rewards are the most likely to be ignored in practical operations
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Reward and punishment are subcategories of operant conditioning. Rewards are meant to reinforce and increase behavior‚ while punishments decrease behavior. For example‚ if you want to potty train your dog‚ you would reward the dog every time it goes outside to pee by giving them a treat or petting them. On the other hand‚ if your dog pees indoors on the carpet‚ you would punish it by yelling or spanking them. Eventually‚ you will decrease the amount of reward little by little (by only feeding the
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Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management 3PRM Activity 1 Performance management Performance Management is both a strategic (about broad issues and long-term goals) and an integrated (linking various aspects of the business‚ people management‚ individuals and teams) approach to delivering successful results in organisations by improving the performance and developing the capabilities of teams and individuals. Two main purposes of performance management are; * To help
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Designing A Reward System That Works In any type of business reward systems offer employees the incentive to more effectively and efficiently perform. Whether the rewards are financial‚ material‚ recognition based‚ or just beneficial they are important in helping to motivate employees in performing better and going above and beyond the minimum requirements. There are nine major factors that motivate employees to perform better. These nine factors are: “Respect for employee as a person; good pay;
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Real and Imagined Differences in Respect/Reward Systems As employees we have all felt the differences between respect amongst our co-workers. This can be real or imagined but nearly all of us‚ at some time‚ have felt this emotion. This mostly occurs when management puts forth an heir of self-importance or simply treats its employees indifferently(Pierce & Newstrom‚ 2011‚ p. 118). This benign treatment of employees lowers morale‚ causes poor work performance‚ and can cause internal strife within
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International Bulletin of Business Administration ISSN: 1451-243X Issue 7 (2010) © EuroJournals‚ Inc. 2010 http://www.eurojournals.com Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM): A Paradigm Shift for Achieving Sustained Competitive Advantage in Organization Benjamin James Inyang Department of Business Management‚ University of Calabar P.M.B. 1115 Calabar‚ Nigeria E-mail: benji1955.unical@yahoo.co.uk Tel: +234 8033773403 Abstract The human resource of an organization offered the potential synergy
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Performance management and rewards system for ClearEyes clinic is extremely important. Dr. Connors needs to develop a methodology and system that align the clinic strategies with performance measurement and management. To manage and measure the performance efficiently‚ ClearEyes has to adopt a performance indicator system such as balanced scorecard (see Appendix1) which will give Dr. Connors clear idea about the clinic’s performance and the progress to meet the targeted quality‚ operational‚ and
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