Introduction In today’s fast-paced economy competition is an issue of services and products. Much attention has been directed to a better service and the best product and how this can be achieved through utilising the human resources. This research paper identifies the competitive advantage concepts and models‚ competitive strategies and the main human resource practices that have a significant impact on the employee’s performance.Understanding sources of competitive advantage has become a major
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Organizational culture Unknown Author Organizational culture is an idea in the field of organizational studies and management which describes the psychology‚ attitudes‚ experiences‚ beliefs and values (personal and cultural values) of an organization. It has been defined as "the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization."[1] Ravasi and Schultz
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13 Theoretical Approaches to Employment and Industrial Relations: A Comparison of Subsisting Orthodoxies 1Department of Industrial Relations & Personnel Management‚ University of Lagos‚ 2Department of Accounting‚ University of Lagos‚ Nigeria Christopher Odogwu Chidi1 and Okwy Peter Okpala2 1. Introduction Theory could be viewed as a coherent group of assumptions or propositions put forth to explain a phenomenon. A theory is an abstraction of reality and is synonymous with perception‚
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Study Period 2 Examination Paper 2013 School MGN Subject Area & Catalogue number BUSS 2043 Paper 1 Course Name Foundations of Human Resource Management Student ID Given Name/s Surname If you are required to use a calculator‚ please note the make and model here Brand Model Official Reading Time: 10 minutes Writing Time: 2 hours NESB Time: 20 minutes Instructions to Candidates: SECTION A is found on page 2 and Section B on pages 3-9 inclusive. The examination
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Assignment No. 01 (Management) On (i). Strategic Planning (ii). Capital Budgeting (iii). Strategic human resource management (iv). Building customer satisfaction Submitted by: Krishna Kumar Thakur Research Scholar (Management) Assam Don Bosco University krishhh83@gmail.com 09508983355 STRATEGIC PLANNING: Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities‚ focus energy and resources‚ strengthen operations‚ ensure that employees and other
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Human Resource Management Review 22 (2012) 27–42 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Human Resource Management Review j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / h u m r e s The diffusion of HR practices in unions Barbara L. Rau University of Wisconsin‚ Oshkosh‚ United States a r t i c l e Keywords: Union administration Union management HR practices i n f o a b s t r a c t Unions‚ like other service industry and/or nonprofit employers
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Asia Pacific Business Review Vol. 12‚ No. 2‚ 131–147‚ April 2006 Globalization and Employment Relations in the Korean Auto Industry: The Case of the Hyundai Motor Company in Korea‚ Canada and India RUSSELL D. LANSBURY*‚ SEUNG-HO KWON** & CHUNGSOK SUH† *University of Sydney‚ **School of International Business‚ University of New South Wales‚ † University of New South Wales ABSTRACT Examination is made of the complex interactions between globalization and employment relations as reflected
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------------------------------------------------- Organizational culture Organizational culture is the behavior of humans who are part of an organization and the meanings that the people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organization values‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ systems‚ symbols‚ beliefs and habits. It is also the pattern of such collective behaviors and assumptions that are taught to new organizational members as a way of perceiving‚ and even thinking and feeling. Organizational
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THE EXTENT TO WHICH LABOR UNIONS CAN INFLUENCE HUMAN RESROUCE PRACTICES IN BAHRAIN BY AFAF ABDUL AZIZ OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA THE EXTENT TO WHICH LABOR UNIONS CAN INFLUENCE HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IN BAHRAIN BY AFAF ABDUL AZIZ Project Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Human Resources Open University Malaysia (May 2010) ABSTRACT Labor unions are legal organizations that consists of a group of workers who have banded together
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Managing Diversity | Sexual Orientation in the Workplace | | I am looking at what managing diversity is about‚ why and when it emerged and what problems and issues it is supposed to address. I will be investigating into sexual orientation in the workplace and will be looking through history at when employment became equal and what the perceptions are like at current. | Contents | Page | Diversity | 3 | Managing diversity and the concept | 3 | Trade unions and diversity‚ and the
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