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How organizations can use their knowledge of individual differences to place the right person in the right job. In our everyday lives‚ we come across different kinds of people and we make use of a concept called Personality‚ to deal with those people. A brief explanation would be that Personality is made with the distinctive forms of feelings‚ behaviors and thoughts which could make a person unique; different. It could also be defined as: Personality refers to individuals’ characteristic patterns
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going through the multiple advertisements they place repeatedly in magazines‚ boasting about the quality of service they provide. It left me wondering what is so especial about these hotels‚ that is different from the so many others‚ what keeps employees so motivated that they go beyond their call of duty to provide services to the customers. With this in mind I wanted to examine why employee motivation is such a critical factor for the success of the hospitality industry. What are these motivational
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STRESS MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUBLIC SECTOR BANK EMPLOYEES IN CHENNAI RAJENDRAN JAYASHREE INTRODUCTION Today workplace stress is becoming a major issue and a matter of concern for the employees and the organizations. It has become a part of life for the employees‚ as life today has become so complex at home as well as outside that it is impossible to avoid stress. Selye [1936] defines stress as “a dynamic activity wherein an individual is confronted with an opportunity‚ constraint
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Introduction With recent attention to work-related stress and burnout‚ it is essential to explain how it is affecting The Schwartz Group employees. Fear‚ anger‚ depression and burnout without anyone to control it in stress-filled companies’ leads to rudeness‚ violent acts in the workplace as well as burnout and turnover. The Schwartz Group need to put more emphasis on the work-related stress issues as it can escalate very quickly‚ therefore management team should invite the human resources representative
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in collaboration with NIIT‚ a reputable world class I.T. institute and will involve the award of National Diploma to participating youths that meets the criteria for recruitment. To this effect‚ Supreme Consult has concluded arrangement with the management of NIIT towards setting up training centers in each of the Oil Producing Local Government for the commencement of the programme. This if approved will guarantee the following benefits: (i) Equipping the youths with the necessary skills for
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A3. How can employees position themselves vis-à-vis the expectations of HR managers? Employees can position themselves in a way that results in a situation where both employees and a company can benefit from each. It will also help the employees to gain better recognition in the company and also create more chances to be head hunted by external recruiters for critical positions in the industry. Firstly‚ the most important task for any company is to imbibe its core values and principles in each employee
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motivating employees through job characteristics model: job characteristics model Definition A theoretical concept concerning how the fundamental features of an employee’s assigned tasks affect mental states and yield different workplace outcomes. The job characteristics model applicable to a business identifies the job characteristics of skill variety‚ autonomy‚ task significance‚ task identity and feedback‚ and the outcomes of high job performance‚ high job satisfaction‚ high intrinsic motivation
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the training needs among employees of Public sector bank. In the current dynamic business environment training has become indispensable. The biggest challenge of human resource managers is to train the employees to produce desired results. In the cyclical process of training‚ training needs analysis is the first step which analyses the areas where training is essential. Total 100 respondents responded to the pre-tested questionnaire‚ for which Cronbach’s
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Stress by Ashley Strawder I. What Is Stress? Stress is the combination of psychological‚ physiological‚ and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes‚ stress is helpful‚ providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon‚ for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately‚ stress is often not
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