Public Sector: Why HR is such a life or death issue The government accepts the need for better people management after a study showed a link with lower mortality in hospitals. Report by Gareth Huw Davies HUMAN RESOURCES may be coming into its own at last‚ as research shows that it could play a vital role in the reform of the NHS. Evidence to be presented this week at a conference attended by health-service executives will show that better HR‚ rather than more doctors‚ could be the key to saving
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today‚ the discipline of anthropology has made a tremendous shift from the practices it employed years ago. Anthropologists of today have a very different focus from their predecessors‚ who would focus on relating problems of distant peoples to the Western world. In more modern times‚ their goal has become much more local‚ in focusing on human problems and issues within the societies they live. This paper will identify the roles anthropologists today play‚ such as where they perform the bulk of their
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Globalization Paper Globalization is a historical process that is inevitable and irreversible. It defies geography and you can get anywhere. It compresses space and time. It connects people of different places and culture. Globalization can happen slowly or quickly in some centuries. We are in a world that is inter-connected‚ inter-related‚ and inter-grated. Globalization began in 1492 with Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America making the United States of America the first globalized
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Introduction: Lithuania (along with the other Baltics) is the success story of EU structural fund absorption. Bulgaria (along with Romania) is the worst performer. Lithuania has contracted projects for 87% (€6.4 billion) of available funds as of November 2012 and paid out 54% (€4 billion) to beneficiaries. Bulgaria absorbed only €2 billion of an available €9.5 billion between 2007 and 2011. Key factors affecting absorption capacity of structural funds: 1. Use of pre-accession funds 2. Political
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Until recently‚ the number of corporations involved in foreign markets was very small. The emergence of cheaper labor in countries such as China and India‚ most firms are involved in the global market in one way or another. In the same time span technologies such as the internet and cell phones has made it much easier for a firms employees living in different countries to work together. The world of organizations is no longer limited by the boundaries of a nation. Most managers understand what
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to the masses at reasonable cost. • Mobilize peoples’ saving through insurance-linked savings schemes. • Invest the funds to serve the best interests of both the policy holders and the nation. • Conduct business with maximum economy‚ always remembering that the money belongs to the policy holders • Act as trustees of the policy holders and protect their individual and collective interests. • Innovate and adapt to meet the changing life insurance needs of the community. • Involve all the
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Is Globalization a Good Thing? Globalization‚ as Friedman states‚ helps the world grow together as the advancement of technology has allowed poor nations to grow economically. On the contrary‚ Sen mentions that there needs to be institutional reforms for globalization to have a lasting effect on the world as a whole. Along with Sen‚ Florida argues that the world is spiky because of the wide disparity between rich and poor. With these three well accounted opinions in mind‚ I believe that Globalization
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Managerial Competence within the Hospitality and Tourism Service Industries “Excellent reading and source of knowledge for researchers and business practitioners who deal with the issue of managing culturally diverse workforces in the domestic or international setting.” – Henri Jolles‚ European School of Management‚ France “A ground breaking research culminating in a new paradigm of managerial excellence on global managment” – Dr Willem Arthur Hamel‚ Chairman‚ Maximilian Press Publishing Company
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Globalization can be defined as the integration of countries based upon the trading of goods‚ services‚ and capital. In reference to a specific organization or industry‚ globalization is the competitive position in which an organization in one country is reliant to that in another. Globalization has not been the same since the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11‚ 2001. From this point‚ national and multinational corporations have had to reassess globalization and the process in which
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political‚ culture‚ consumerism‚ and economic. Though globalism has existed for thousands of years in some shape‚ the advances in communication and transportation technology has made its current effects much more apparent than ever before. Through a thorough examination of globalism ’s origins and its current modern form‚ one will have an understanding of just how interconnected the world has truly become. Though globalism has existed for thousands of years‚ its original form was much different
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