WD5787.039-048 2/5/97 11:51 AM Page 39 HR AS A SOURCE OF SHAREHOLDER VALUE: RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS Brian E. Becker‚ Mark A. Huselid‚ Peter S. Pickus‚ and Michael F. Spratt1 Introduction The role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) function in many organizations is at a crossroads. On one hand‚ the HRM function is in crisis‚ increasingly under fire to justify itself (Schuler‚ 1990; Stewart‚ 1996) and confronted with the very real prospect that a significant portion of its traditional
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Whenever you look at the role of human resources within an organization it tells you a lot about that organization. How the organization operates and values the employees on a personal as well as professional level. Human resources personnel usually have the responsibility for a number of duties including recruiting/hiring‚ payroll management‚ training‚ legal compliance etc. The management of human resources typically are the first impression of the organization. may lead you to believe that
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Internal cash control is very important to any business. Without effective methods in place to ensure that funds and resources are being used in an ethical and efficient way‚ a company may lose money or run into many other problems. Through proper establishment of responsibly‚ segregation of duties‚ document procedures‚ and security measures‚ any company should be able to maintain their funds and feel confident that their employees are producing accurate and ethical results. In the exercise detailing
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Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) CAHRS Working Paper Series Cornell University ILR School Year 1996 HR Information Systems: Exploiting the Full Potential John W. Boudreau Cornell University This paper is posted at DigitalCommons@ILR. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/173 CAHRS / Cornell University 187 Ives Hall Ithaca‚ NY 14853-3901 USA Tel. 607 255-9358 www.ilr.cornell.edu/CAHRS/ WORKING PAPER SERIES HR Information Systems: Exploiting
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Discrimination charges‚ intel. Property‚ 5) Family and Work Roles: Many companies are introducing “family-friendly” programs that give them a competitive advantage in the labor market. Issues such as adoption benefits‚ child care‚ elder-care resources‚ parenting support‚ and telework are provided by the firms in order to hire and retain the best-qualified
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Professionalism‚ Ethical Codes and the Internal Auditor: A Moral Argument Mary Ann Reynolds ABSTRACT. This paper examines the case of the internal auditor from a sociological and ethical perspective. Is it appropriate to extend the designation of professional to internal auditors? The discussion includes criteria from the sociology literature on professionalism. Further‚ professional ethical codes are compared. Internal auditors’ code of ethics is found to have a strong moral approach‚ contrasting
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INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN Many companies wants to have a return on their investment in a few years and begin to evaluate their projects optimistically calculating an internal rate of real return not yielding results in the end. This does not end up being expected by the companies; According to the article the authors John C. Kelleher and Justin J. MacCormack . They suggest that there is a tendency to a risky behavior‚ Companies started to run the risk of creating unrealistic numbers for themselves
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relationship between external equity in discussing pay versus benefits‚ and also to investigate the best compensation package (with special focus on external market competitiveness and internal equity) that will be of benefit to recruit and retain productive and motivated staff members. Key words: external equity‚ compensation‚ internal equity‚ motivation CHAPTER ONE 1.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Equity Theory Basically‚ employees make
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consists of a number of players. Some of the prominent competitors to Netflix‚ besides Blockbuster are: Hulu Plus‚ Redbox‚ Amazon Prime‚ Apple iTunes and Vudu. We will evaluate Vudu to analyze how much of a threat it is to Netflix. Vudu (owned by Walmart) is emerging as a prominent player in the movie rental business. It is more of an instant streaming service that features on-demand service (video-on-demand). Comparatively‚ Netflix is a subscription-based provider of video-streaming service as well
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Title: Importance of Internal Communications for a company and two case studies. Internal communications is considered a vital tool for connecting people within the company. It does not refer only to those few “official” channels of communication in a company‚ it is also the strategic management of information flows to ensure the optima level of employee engagement. (Civicus‚ 2001) This business context of communication is a dual listening process. It is a top-down‚ bottom-up‚ side-to-side
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