Glossary of HR terms Term Absolute ratings Definition A rating method where the rater assigns a specific value on a fixed scale to the behavior or performance of an individual instead of assigning ratings based on comparisons between other individuals. The Accident Compensation Corporation Accident compensation Affirmative action Also : Positive discrimination. Carried out on behalf of women and disadvantaged groups and members of such groups are placed in dominant positions. Appraisal Attrition
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Amaratunga‚ D.‚ Bailey‚ D.‚ Sarshar. M. and Newton‚ R. (2002)‚ ‘Quantitative and qualitative research in the built environment: application of “mixed” research approach’‚ Work Study‚ Vol. 51‚ No. 1‚ pp. 17-31. Bryman‚ A. and Bell‚ E. (2007)‚ Business research methods‚ 2nd Edition‚ Oxford University express. Bryman‚ A. (1988a)‚ Quantitative and Qualitative in Social Research‚ Routledge‚ London. Cassell‚ C. and Symon‚ G. (2004)‚ Essential Guide of Qualitative Methods in Organizational research
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1. What are the challenges faced by Right when the downsizing effort no longer is a popular human resource strategy? a. Currently it does not seem like Right has an alternative plan for providing a service for HR departments other than recommitment. Their sole business is to help business’s manage change mostly due to downsizing. They will have to come up with a new business strategy or downsize themselves. Right seems to have found a market of helping people manage the change that has occurred
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outsourcing in hotels was not a popular concept but more recently with the downturn in the economy in the nineteen nineties more and more hotels are turning to outsourcing to help increase their revenues and maximize their profit potential. The use of outsourcing enables firms to maximize their resources and to reinforce their competitive advantage. One of the most popular areas for outsourcing in hotels would have to be the Food and Beverage sector. The decision to outsource by many hotels has been
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eResearch: the open access repository of the research output of Queen Margaret University‚ Edinburgh This is an author-formatted version of document published as: McGuire‚ D.‚ Garavan‚ T.N.‚ Saha‚ S. & O’Donnell‚ D. (2006): “The impact of individual values on human resource decision-making by line managers”‚ International Journal of Manpower‚ Vol. 27‚ No. 3‚ p. 251 – 273. Accessed from: http://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/265/ Repository Use Policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced‚ and
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A. Explain the following questions listed below. 1. If you were the executive committee of a hotel‚ what kinds of things would you be doing to ensure the success of the hotel? Guest satisfaction. Collect feedbacks from e-mails‚ surveying‚ in order to picture all the customer’s wants‚ needs and demands. By this‚ we will have the idea of what they want to experience during their stay in our hotel. This will follow the development of each and every department.In our principles of marketing when
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which come under rewards and succession planning. In this assignment I chose IKEA as a company to illustrate the activities of the human resource department. Choosing IKEA was for their reputation in term on effectiveness in the application of the HR principles‚ and their reputation for being a company that people want to work for. Also to discuss some of the issues
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HR SWOT Examples mainly in Recruitment The SWOT Analysis commonly used tool for identifying gaps and potential for improvement. The SWOT Analysis is very easy to conduct and the explanation of the whole exercise does not consume a lot of time. The SWOT Analysis was first used by the marketing guys so it is really a very simple tool. In HRM Management the HR SWOT Analysis is used mainly in the following areas: recruitment talent management The HR SWOT Analysis is the most
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chapter 1 Developing Yourself as an Effective Learning and Development Practitioner In t r od u c t Io n This chapter begins with a look at what is required of L&D professionals and how L&D roles are specified. We discuss the CIPD HR Profession Map and how we can use it to assess our professional development needs. We then move on to look at how we deliver our L&D service‚ considering: who are our customers‚ how well do we meet their needs and what can we do to improve our service delivery.
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Organization of hotel Individual hotels are usually organized along functional lines‚ with departments grouped according to the particular work activity in which they are engaged. The hotel is divided along functional lines into five administrative departments: rooms‚ food and beverage‚ accounting‚ sales‚ and personnel. The five department heads report directly to the GM. Each department is subdivided into smaller organizational units. These subdivisions represent refinements of the work performed
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