Managing Flexible Workforce - Strategic HRM Considerations Felipe Caamano Keller School of Management Introduction Staffing is the process of acquiring‚ deploying‚ and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness and thus is a critical organizational function concerned with the acquisition‚ deployment‚ and retention of the organization’s workforce. The complexity of work and projects being done in organizations
Premium Human resource management Employment Working time
Running head: MANAGING CHANGE ETHICALLY Managing Change Ethically Argosy University Online Ethics in Business Managing change ethically has become a ubiquitous concern in organizations as they evaluate strategies to increase profit margins and remain competitive in their industry. Outsourcing and offshoring are common business methods used to manage economies. An increase in the use of outsourcing by U.S manufacturing companies in 2001 generated approximately 7.8 billion dollars in spending
Premium Ethics Business ethics Security
REVIEWED ARTICLES What is managing diversity and why does it matter? Sharon Mavin and Gill Girling University of Northumbria at Newcastle Abstract: In the UK‚ human resource practitioners and academics alike are becoming more aware of the emergence of managing diversity. But what does managing diversity actually mean‚ how does it translate into practice‚ and what does it matter? The following paper brie y debates the rhetoric of managing diversity and considers whether managing diversity is a distinct
Premium Management Human resource management Affirmative action
demands on managers – especially when a feuding team looks to the boss for help with a conflict. Teams by Jeanne Brett‚ Kristin Behfar‚ and Mary C. Kern When a major international software developer needed to produce a new product quickly‚ the project manager assembled a team of employees from India and the United States. From the start the team members could not agree on a delivery date for the product. The Americans thought the work could be done in two to three weeks; the Indians predicted it
Premium Management Culture
Running head: Managing Organizational Change NRT IT Department Clayton Ward Executive Summary This paper will discuss my time and position with Nation Real Estate Trust (NRT). NRT was my first true job after entering the Information Technology (IT) field. NRT is a nationwide company and I worked in the San Ramon‚ California division‚ it covered the Northern California. The company grew to own certain Coldwell Bankers and Century 21 Real Estate offices in
Premium Technical support Help desk Customer service
ECONPROJECTS 1. Trimester-Long Marketing Plan Project Form a group of 5 members each‚ decide on a “fictional” consumer product or service you wish to bring to market. During the course of the Trimester‚ each of the elements of the marketing plan‚ coordinating with the text chapter‚ will be reviewed. At the end of the semester‚ each group is to present their entire marketing plan to the class. The following is an outline of this process: Chapter # | Title | Element of the Marketing
Premium Marketing
Running head: Managing Cultural Diversity Managing Culturally Diverse Work Groups within an Organization Natasha Avies Troy State University Dr. Earl Ingram November 28‚ 2004 Abstract Cultural diversity has become widespread within many organizations today. The work groups in these organizations are increasingly being staffed by culturally diverse employees. The cultural differences exhibited in the groups can enhance or weaken the function of the work group‚ especially in a predominantly
Premium Culture Management Sociology
Improvement plans for the Ericsson Sales Process – Managing process‚ systems and projects Henley Assignment Jerry Mathew Student Number: 18902032 Word count: 5217 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................... 3 2. Analysis of current issues with the sales process............................................................ 4 2.1 Key interfaces of the sales process .............
Premium Project management Management Sales
.7 Motivation and Performance ……………………….8 Stakeholder Relevant issues ..……………………….9 A Case Study ……………………………………….10 Conclusion …………………………………………………..12 Reference ……………………………………………………..13 Introduction Managing organizational change has been an essential topic for years and it is still widely discussed at present. Change has many definitions‚ and change is evitable in every aspects‚ especially in this modern world‚ with the fast pace of development‚ organizations
Premium Change management Organizational studies Management
McDonalds Managing Performance Lillian Atkins BUS 3040 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 21730 Westport Avenue Euclid‚ Ohio 44123 Telephone: 216-926-3108 E-mail: liliratki@yahoo.com Instructor: Sally Buffkin Abstract People are the most important resource of an organization and they ensure the interaction of financial‚ industrial‚ and other resources so that the organization can function. Since 2001 McDonald’s has introduced a series of significant changes to its
Premium Maslow's hierarchy of needs Motivation Performance management