DEVELOPMENT »The effects of corruption on firm performance« Ljubljana‚ 27.5.2014 ABSTRACT In this seminar project we are going to present some of the basics of the effects that corruption has on firm performance. At the beginning of the paper we are going to describe the spread of corruption across companies‚ its consequences and why it is good to avoid it in general. Examples supporting those facts will be provided. We are going to mention some concrete effects on firms‚ most of which
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Introduction The optimal dividend policy of a firm depends on investor’s desire for capital gains as opposed to income‚ their willingness to forgo dividend now for future returns‚ and their perception of the risk associated with postponement of returns. However any normative approach to dividend policy intended to be operative under real world conditions should consider the firms investment opportunities‚ any preferences that investors have for dividends as opposed to capital gains and vice
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Review questions – Exam 2 Management Strategy & Policy Chapter 6 1. Managerial Actions and initiatives taken in the strategy execution proce1 – p. ..117-118ss * Human capital: intangible assets such as skills‚ knowledge‚ and value required by the strategy. * Staffing the organization with people having the right skills and expertise * Information capital: intangible assets such as systems‚ database‚ and network that support the strategy. * Installing information and
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Issues in People Management Impact of People Management Practices on Business Performance Malcolm G Patterson Michael A West Rebecca Lawthom Stephen Nickell Prelims.p65 1 16/06/03‚ 15:27 Other titles in the Issues series: Employee Motivation and the Psychological Contract Employment Attitudes in Britain Fairness at Work and the Psychological Contract Performance Management through Capability The State of the Psychological Contract in Employment Working to Learn: a work-based route
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Flexible Benefits: its effects on employee and organisational outcomes Abstract The primary purpose of the present study was to examine organisational and individual outcomes of implementing flexible benefits. The current study has presented evidence on some of the main reasons why firms have (or have not) adopted flex benefit plans. The use of the benefits model has made links to the external and internal environmental drivers of benefit preferences and has stated that these drivers play a vital
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Employees Resistance towards Organizational Change Blekinge Institute of Technology School of Management Ronneby‚ Sweden Supervisor: Göran Alsen Authors: Kamran Khan Masood ur Rehman Master Thesis in MSc. Business Administration JUNE 2008 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology/Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola in partial
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EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF NAKURU WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES COMPANY (NAWASSCO) MUKIRA NEWMAN GITONGA GMB/NE/0076/01/11 A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters in Business Administration‚ (Strategic Management) KABARAK UNIVERSITY JUNE‚ 2013 DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other
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htm How to improve organizational performance through learning and knowledge? Tsung-Hsien Kuo Testing Center‚ Securities and Futures Institute‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Abstract Purpose – Through investigating the relationship among human resource management (HRM)‚ organizational learning (OL)‚ organizational innovation (OI)‚ knowledge management capability (KMC)‚ and organizational performance (OP)‚ the aim of this paper was to find a way of improving organizational performance through learning and knowledge
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MBA Course Organizational Behavior Motivation and Performance Natemeyer begins this section with a paper by Abraham H Maslow on the Theory of Human Motivation. Maslow states that “motivation should be human-centered and not animal centered” (pg. 77). This notion sets human motivation apart from motivation in the rest of the animal kingdom. Human motivation not simply an instinctual behavior‚ but is more complex‚ dynamic and sent at various levels/stages. Maslow sets t to define human motivation
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Effect of employee turnover in the Tourist Sector Abstract Typically‚ almost all bustles of business have been affected by Labor turnover. For instance‚ all companies ought to pay attention to it because it is a factor that is sensational. Its impacts have as well become diverse and unfavorable. Actually‚ these are deemed to be the major reason for the demise of bigger corporations. Organizations with a higher rate of labor turnover ought to heavily spend‚ so as to be able to get hold of‚ and train
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