company personnel policy‚ justifies its discrimination against women workers‚ which now compose two-thirds of the workforce‚ on the grounds that they are not the main family breadwinner. Not since the rise of the textile industry early in the 19th century‚ when women and children composed a majority of the labor force‚ has the leadership of an industry central to American economic development sought a workforce that it defined as marginal to the family economy. Wal-Mart argues that the company’s
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we make sense of leadership in the 21st century? Malcolm Higgs Henley Management College‚ Henley-on-Thames‚ Oxford‚ UK Keywords Leadership‚ Intelligence‚ Behaviour‚ Organizational change Introduction For centuries we have been obsessed with leaders‚ and with identifying the characteristics required for effective leadership. In more recent times the area of leadership has been studied more extensively than almost any other aspect of human behaviour (Kets de Vries‚ 1993; Goffee and Jones
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To what extent is ‘Viral Marketing’ beneficial to companies in the twenty-first century? Viral marketing is one of the most significant tools contributing many benefits to businesses in the twenty-first century. Due to the development of internet commerce‚ computer networks allow people to have an opportunity to select interesting information for them. As a result‚ the decrease in consuming information through TV‚ newspaper and radio while the consumption of online information has a dramatic
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What is the most important thing that can motivate employees With the rapid development of economic globalization‚ efficiency and quality determine the future of a firm. The fundamental factor‚ which determines the fortune of a firm‚ is employee‚ because if employees perform well and work efficiently‚ productivity will be considerably improved and large quantities of profits will be made. The increasing number of managers has realized the fact that employees are playing vital roles in development
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How to be a good manager in the 21th century Nowadays‚ the role of a good and responsible manager gains a much greater importance than it did in previous years. These days it’s not only about meeting a financial goal. A good manager should also be a socially-minded and caring person. Interpersonal skills should be viewed as essential as the decision-making-ability. This is significant due to the fact that the employees are the key to a successful business. A company runs as good as its team and
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Introduction The notion that employee job satisfaction should be a top priority for managers has been one of much debate. Although managers have many roles in organizations‚ their most important purpose is to manage their organizations in a way that can maximize profits. Thus‚ investing time‚ effort and money in ensuring that employees are satisfied in only worthwhile if it results in higher productivity and profitability for the firm. Early theorist analyzed that increased profitability should
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What Is a Global Manager? It is hard today to use the word “globalization” without a certain sense of irony‚ rueful or otherwise. Riven by ideology‚ religion‚ and mistrust‚ the world seems more fragmented‚ more at odds‚ than at any time since‚ arguably‚ World War II. But however deep the political divisions‚ business operations continue to span the globe‚ and executives still have to figure out how to run them efficiently and well. The question that Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal pose—“What
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What I would get rid of to improve life in the 21st century. For me I would like to get rid of religion to improve life in the 21st century. As we all know‚ most people think that religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ especially a personal God or gods. Religious people mostly worship or believe in an omnipotent and diving being‚ have faith in them‚ do whatever they were told by it; they too‚ believe in the concept of omni-beneficient‚ which means that
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HISTORICAL MATERIALISM HISTORICAL MATERIALISM RELEVANCE OF THE CONCEPT TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Society is constantly changing. History attempts to catalogue these changes and tries to explain them. But what are the laws that govern historical change? Do such laws even exist? Just as the evolution of life has inherent laws that can be explained‚ and were explained‚ first by Darwin and in more recent times by the rapid advances in the study of genetics‚ so the evolution of human
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Impact of Career Dynamics in the 21st Century As envisaged right from the beginning‚ Career Dynamics in the 21st Century was meant to help readers to either avoid scarcity mentality or embrace the desirable abundance mentality. Once a critical mass of individuals is driven by the latter‚ it is possible to synergize and create great teams‚ great organizations‚ a great country and eventually great rewards for all. Accordingly‚ is Career Dynamics in the 21st Century performing as desired? Actually
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