THE EFFECTS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM ON CIVIL SERVANTS JOB PERFOMANCE AND MOTIVATION IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF MINISTRY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE G. O. Lillian‚ P. Mathooko‚ N. Sitati Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Abstract. Performance Appraisal System (PAS) which can be defined as the process of determining and communicating to an employee how he or she is performing on the job. The system (PAS) began to be practiced in the world mainly in the 1940s and through
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HOW UPS DELIVERS PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS 1. Yes‚ Jeffrey Pfeffer would most likely call UPS a people-centered company because three out of the seven of Pfeffer’s people-centered practices are used in this case. First is employee empowerment through decentralization and self-managed teams. Instead of having upper management make evaluations about the drivers‚ UPS has the supervisors do ride-alongs to see the driver’s performance. Second is reduction of status differences. The case states that
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TO: Dr. Roy Vagelos‚ Chairman and CEO Merck Corporation. January‚ 1991. The decision to move forward with the program to donate the new drug Mectizan on a large scale to the affected population in the Third World needs to be systematically analyzed. There are two especially important angles from which this decision needs to be considered. The first concern that needs to be taken into account is that of the stockholders and investors in this company‚ whose interests you are ultimately charged with
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Analysis on Merck: Conflict and change Assessment: Merck is one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world today. Although encountered with success‚ it still faces many problems today while trying to be the market leader competing against its competition. While being research and development driven company‚ Merck now has to go beyond R&D to stay competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. The main issue that seems to come
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Pharmaceuticals: Merck Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Hiroshi Amari Working Paper No. 161 Working Paper Series Center on Japanese Economy and Business Columbia Business School December 1998 Columbia-Yale Project: Use of Software to Achieve Competitive Advantage PHARMACEUTICALS: MERCK Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Prepared by Hiroshi Amari Research Associate‚ Yale University William V. Rapp and Hugh T. Patrick Co-principal
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Merck Ethics Study In developing a drug to combat river blindness‚ pharmaceutical company Merck discovered an opportunity to treat millions of affected peoples around the world that probably would never see commercial use. The drug in development‚ ivermectin‚ was unaffordable to the primary victims of river blindness‚ Third World peoples. Thus‚ Dr. Vagelos‚ the head of research at the time‚ treaded upon a ethical quagmire; he could either choose to scrap the drug and its further research or
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Introduction Performance appraisals benefit the company in a variety of ways. On the flip side‚ they can also create difficulties if they aren’t completed correctly. Many problems within the company can arise when supervisors haven’t been properly trained on appraisals. On a bigger note‚ companies can also be placed in legal trouble if appraisals are done incorrectly. To avoid these issues‚ the Human Resource Department needs implement training to the supervisors who conduct performance appraisals. Problems
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TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM STRUCTURE No. Course name and number Contact hours per week Number of credit units per semester SEMESTER ONE Compulsory subjects: 1 TOU 111 – Introduction to Tourism 3 3 2 TOU 115 – Fares & Ticketing I 3 3 3 TOU 117 – General Travel Knowledge I 3 3 4 ENG 121 – The Technique of Writing and Language Studies 3 3 5 COM 103 – Computer Fundamentals I 3 3 Electives: One of the following three 6 CYP 111- Cyprus History
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Appraisal systems can serve a human service organization in a great deal of ways. Two major purposes are for appraisals are for administrative and development of a human service organization. From the administrative view the purpose of a performance appraisal system may include decisions about a change in job duties‚ promotions‚ or reward decisions. Developmental purposes include helping staff achieve optimum performance‚ evaluating staff ’s strengths or weaknesses and establishing whether or not
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"In China‚ you are inevitably dependent on expatriate employees‚" explains Pepsi-Cola’s Anthony‚ whose 500-person workforce includes a number of expatriates. "There’s no established tradition of companies breeding middle managers‚ so there are very few experienced local people to recruit‚" he notes. Experts agree that local talent is needed for long-term success‚ but expatriates can help accelerate the learning curve of developing executives and managers. "It has been proven by case studies that
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