On April 7‚ 1782‚ George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit in order to reward those in the military who performed singular meritorious actions. But for unknown reasons following the Revolutionary War‚ the award had “broken service” and was not presented to anyone for approximately 150 years. However‚ it was redesigned in the 20th Century and is now known as the Purple Heart. One example of the Purple Heart is displayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Speller of Windsor‚ N.C. The medal
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The word Merit can be defined as "the state or quality of being deserving or worthy of‚ to earn by service‚ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)." Before you can understand the magnitude of the merit system‚ you have to know systems in which the merit system extended from and how they came about. If looking at the merit system now you would be able to read and see that‚ the Merit system is designed to provide a fair and equitable personnel management system‚ which recruits‚ develop and classify employees
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Reginald Blount 11/21/13 The benefits and drawbacks of a group debate When debating on a topic or pacific subject I prefer to debate one on one‚ but that is not the only way debating is done it is also done in groups and this can be a benefit in some situations and can also be a problem in some cases. When having a group debate it gives you a broad approach with having more than two people opinion‚ it’s going to be a harder fight‚ but you will get more than one standpoint on the argument
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Katrin Mössler The Pros and Cons of International Staffing April 2003 The ethnocentric staffing policy refers to the strategy of a multinational company to employ managers for key positions from the parent headquarters instead of employing local staff ("Global Human Resource Management"). Many organizations have traditionally relied on parent country nationals (PCNs) for staffing top management positions abroad for a number of reasons ("Global Human Resource Management"): 1. The expatriate’s
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Running Head: TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND MERIT PAY 1 That’s Not Fair: Teacher’s Performance Based on Pay TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND MERIT PAY 2 Abstract There has been a huge debate on whether or not teacher pay or performance pay is a positive thing because there are no real guidelines. Many good points are brought into this debate as there are bad points
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Nationals(HCN) Polycentric Approach Third Country Nationals(TCN) Re-Geocentric & Geocentric The Ethnocentric Staffing Policy: Few foreign subsidiaries have an autonomy and strategic decisions are made at the headquarters. Key positions in domestic and foreign operations are held by headquarters personnel. Subsidiaries are managed by staff from the home country. The ethnocentric staffing policy refers to the strategy of a multinational company to employ managers for key positions from the parent
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Elimination of Merit Systems For many reasons‚ merit based civil service systems have come under assault and yet at the same time have been hailed. Merit systems do however attempt and achieve many important objectives including ensuring that an effective workforce is attracted and maintained by providing protections against arbitrary termination and by attempting to avert politically influenced hiring and promotions. Notwithstanding‚ the way merit systems go about attracting a workforce
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Seniority and Merit Pay Customer Inserts His/her Name Customer Inserts Grade Course Customer Inserts Tutor’s Name (Day‚ Month‚ Year) Seniority and Merit Pay Seniority‚ in general‚ is the length of service with an employer. Initially‚ those with more experience in a job position managed those with less experience. Advantages It enhances guaranteed promotions‚ benefits and advancement in a job field. It also ensures job security through protecting those who have achieved seniority from
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Administration of a Staffing System The type of staffing organization can vary greatly from one company to another. How the staffing function is structured depends on the company’s size‚ type‚ strategy‚ budget‚ and staffing needs. In small organizations‚ all staffing may be handled by the owner or general manager. In mid-sized organizations‚ one or more HR generalists may be responsible for handling staffing along with a variety of HR duties. In large organizations‚ complex staffing departments with
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THE MERIT CORPORATION Family-owned and -operated for three generations‚ the Merit Corporation manufactured and sold children’s furniture. John Kirschner‚ Merit’s CEO and grandson of the company’s founder‚ was actively involved with every aspect of the firm’s operations. Now‚ as he was considering early retirement in the next few years‚ he began to think about his legacy for the future. Merit’s headquarters and the biggest of its three manufacturing plants were located in an industrial park 10 miles
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