Competitive challenges facing Management: Globalization Information Technology Reducing costs through downsizing‚ outsourcing‚ & off shoring Change in demographic (age‚ gender‚ education) Change in laws and regulations such as increasing employee rights in workplace Ethics and social responsibility Work-family balance Importance of service sector History of Management I- Classical Schools (Major Axiom: There is only one best way to do the job): Scientific Management (Frederick Taylor
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Questions 1. What should be the format and final form of the store manager’s job description? There is no standard format as to what should be included in the job description of store manager but most job descriptions cover the following sections • Job identification • Job summary • Responsibilities and Duties • Authority of incumbent • Standards of performance • Working conditions • Job specification 2. Is it practical to specify standards and procedures in the body
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HRM-381 Study Guide –Exam #1 Spring‚ 2013 Safety Net Theory Define the Safety Net Theory. It is poorly trained‚ looking for easy way out‚ short term thinking. Its toxic. Describe the “toxic net” that is used by managers to get compliance. Everything needs an incentive or a threat. (extrinsic motivation) Describe the “purity approach” that is used by leaders to get engaged employees Difficult at first‚ gets easier and do get predictable behavior thru a pure culture. Intrinsic
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stockbrokers‚ investors‚ human resource managers‚ lawyers‚ to mention a few all uses accounting terms and concepts to describe their resources and the activity of every business they engage in whether large or small. While‚ according to the dictionary of management by Daniel Hartzell ‘Human Resource Accounting’ is defined as a concept that views the employees of an organization as capital assets like plant and equipment. It is important to say here that human resources accounting involves measuring
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Application Case-1 Finding People Who Are Passionate About What They Do Executive Summary: Trilogy Enterprises inc. is a fast growing software company with a unique and highly unorthodox culture. It provides solutions for automotive and telecommunications companies to gather and analyze consumer data‚ and acquire customers in the United States and internationally. The company’s solutions include Smart Leads; an Internet based scoring and segmentation service to predict consumers’ likelihood
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must note that not all strategic planning will be the same‚ rather it will vary between organizations. Different organizations will approach the process with different degrees of sophistication‚ thoroughness and commitment. Some organizations due to resource limitations may be unable to follow the formal process of strategy formulation. Other organizations may lack the necessary managerial commitment to implement a strategic plan. Managers who utilize the concepts of strategy development informally without
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CASE I:-EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION IN A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION" QUESTIONS 1. Discuss the long-term relevance of motivational techniques used by Baheti in the light of prevailing environment in the organization. Answer:- Baheti used good techniques to motivate their employee to overcome the current situation. a. Announcing the performance of the month was very good strategy to keep the performance up and also to sweeten the good relation with customer. b. To improve attendance he also introduced
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right people for the right job. To achieve this goal we can use a wide range of selection methods. We have to keep in mind that if we are selecting managers we usually have to solve the problem of lack of "effectiveness" criteria to develop section test and we have smaller amount of candidates. In this case we assume that we have already chosen interview as an appropriate instrument to measure candidate’s performance in selection criteria. Our task will be to prepare right questions for the candidates
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difference between human relations theory and human resources development and the implications which each strategy has for issues of socialisation and performance control. Which of these theories appears to be most consistent with the behaviour of contemporary managers? There are so many fallacies for instance the term of ‘human relations’ and ‘human resources’ where the contemporary organisation unseen the differences between this two approaches. Both human relations and human resources manager might
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Higher Cert in Business‚ Higher Cert in Business in Equine Studies‚ Higher Cert in Office Management‚ Bachelor of Business and Law Year2 Managing Performance Review Questions 2012/2013 Employee Motivation 1. (a) Outline 2 different methods of job evaluation with which you are familiar. Include in your answer a brief explanation of whether the method outlined would be acceptable as a method of determining comparable worth in an equal value case. (12 marks) Non-analytical Scheme
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