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‚ 1900-
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Longitudinal Studies A longitudinal study is a unique kind of observation and is considered the most ideal approach to studying various people. It is utilized to determine the causes of an individual’s personal changes that happen to them‚ or to other different individuals or to various groups of people over time. In order for a longitudinal study to obtain the needed data and information that researchers are looking for‚ the study utilizes questionnaires‚ self-reporting surveys‚ observations
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ancient Greece‚ India or china. The philosophy of managing human being‚ as a concept was found developed in ancient literatures in general and in Indian philosophy in particular. Personnel functions: Till 1930s‚ it was not felt necessary to have a separate discipline of management called “Personnel management”. In fact‚ this job was assigned as part of the factory manager. Adam Smith’s concept of factory was that it consists of three resources‚ land‚ labour and capital. This factory manager is expected
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STUDY GUIDE PROGRAMME CREDIT POINTS NOTIONAL LEARNING TUTOR SUPPORT : : : : MBA Year 1 20 points 200 hours over 1 semester opman@mancosa.co.za Copyright © 2013 MANAGEMENT COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA All rights reserved; no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ including photocopying machines‚ without the written permission of the publisher REF: OPS 2013 Operations Management TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6
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staff‚ commitment to fair employment practices‚ workplace guidelines and pre-employment standards‚ such as background investigations and reference checks. Qualified Staff; an effective recruitment and selection program first needs qualified staff. An employment manager with expertise in developing recruitment processes and proven management skills in leading recruiters and employment specialists is one such program model. Alternatively‚ a generalist human resources manager capable of overseeing both
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Wellbeing Physical | | Social | | Emotional | | Spiritual | | cultural | | 2. Needs and wants Needs: satisfaction of physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ spiritual and cultural enhances a person’s wellbeing. Things necessary in life according to Maslow’s hierarchy. Wants: things we desire (phone‚ car‚ games) 3. Resources Economic resources | Financial resources used to achieve economic gain or goals. (income from wages. etc.) | Non-economic resources
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specification‚ they do some informal interviews or small chat‚ per se. Interview is a part of selecting the right candidate for the right job. This is because choosing the right person for your job is one of the most crucial parts in driving your company to a better and a successful future. There are rights and wrongs in the interview method which could be work the other way around (the right way being wrong‚ the wrong method could be working for someone in their endeavours to find the right candidate)
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Human Resource Planning Definition: Human Resources Planning is defined as the process of assessing an organization’s human resources needs in the light of organizational goals and changing condition and making plans to ensure that a competent‚ stable workforce is employed. The actual planning process will vary a great deal from organization to organization As defined by Bulla and Scott (1994)‚ human resource planning is ‘the process for ensuring that the human resource requirements of an
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women’s professional potential. Many employers prefer women for certain jobs‚ since they are thought of as an expected to be obedient and docile. Still‚ most people simply assume that working women do not possess good characters. In this report study we noticed the major problems of the working women face as they aim to break traditional rules and restrictions on their employment and how they deal with such problems. Through a series of interviews‚ questioners women explained how they handle their
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