I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 JOB SATISFACTION Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. The happier people are within their job‚ the more satisfied they are said to be. Logic would dictate that the most satisfied (“happy”) workers should be the best performers and vice versa. This is called the "happy worker" hypothesis. However‚ this hypothesis is not well supported‚ as job satisfaction is not the same as motivation or aptitude‚ although they may
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management. *Traditionally‚ personnel/HR managers focused on transactional issues such as hiring and firing employees and running the payroll department. *Today with employers competing in a challenging new environment‚ employers expect and demand more from their HR managers. *For example‚ they expect their human resource management teams to focus more on big picture issues including instituting human resource policies & practices that support the company’s strategic objectives; to find new‚ more efficient
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SUPERBRANDS ANNUAL 2011 SuperbrandsDigital.com virgin.com VIRGIN Virgin Holidays achieved unprecedented success in 2010 with a record 13 trophies at the British Travel Awards including the Gold Award for Large Holiday Company of the Year. It was also voted Long Haul Operator of the Year at the Travel Trade Gazette Awards and topped the tourism category in the 2010 UK Customer Services Index. Virgin is known for applying its brand values across many sectors‚ making it arguably one of
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ROLES OF AN HR MANAGER Administrative roles The administrative roles of human resource management include policy formulation and implementation‚ housekeeping‚ records maintenance‚ welfare administration‚ legal compliance etc. i. Policy maker: The human resource manager helps management in the formation of policies governing talent acquisition and retention‚ wage and salary administration‚ welfare activities‚ personnel records‚ working conditions etc. He also helps in interpreting personnel
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Case Study Assignment_ Decision Essay: Virgin America 1. Brief summary of case Virgin America is a United States-based airline that began service on August 8‚ 2007. The airline’s stated aim is to provide low-fare‚ high-quality service for long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards. Their current audience is upper-middle class 18~30-year-olds who enjoy having a crazy‚ wild time and fly four to six times per year. However‚ compared
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July 13‚ 2012 Subject: Termination of an Employee It has been brought to my attention that one of our employees has been demonstrating mediocre performance and has a reoccurring attendance problem due to her child-care situation. A request to HR has been made to “ divest “ the organization of this “ problem employee.”( The first recommendation of legitimate termination is Involuntary Termination. (These are terminations resulting from employment problems such unsatisfactory performance‚
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(Laureate Education‚ Inc.‚ 2006)‚ mentioned that one of the core departments of the organization is Human Resource (HR). Donna Koeppel said that HR and nurse managers needs to work together to find solutions for issues that may come up in their area and by doing this they can achieve what is best for the organization and patients. Role Description At the office of Cristy Kreare HR Director on March 2‚ 2012 at 9:00 am the interview started by explaining her role and functions within the organization
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“We are witnessing and participating in an unprecedented dissolution of the boundaries of the field of organization development. In organizations around the world‚ the HR function is monopolizing the OD function at an unprecedented pace‚ which is limiting our reach‚ blunting our effectiveness‚ and compromising our role.” OD and HR Do We Want the Lady or the Tiger? By Matt Minahan Ding. Ding. Ding. OK‚ time’s up. Time to decide. Will it be door number one‚ or door number two? The lady or the
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to be valuable? In order to develop a valuable HR metrics/performance measurement system it is imperative that organizations focus on their competitive strategy and operational goals‚ and should clearly define what employee competencies and behaviors are required to attain the above objective. (Becker‚ Huselid‚ & Ulrich‚ 2001‚ p. 52) Metrics are valuable if the actions and decisions which develop the metrics also develop the firm’s strategic objective. For example‚ if we take a sales team and
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schlumberger_logo.png Introduction Schlumberger is the leading oilfield services provider‚ trusted to deliver superior results and improved E&P performance for oil and gas companies around the world. Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) is the world’s largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 113‚000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 85 countries. Its principal offices are in Houston‚ Paris‚ Schlumberger was founded in
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