Assignment “Flexible firm” as a Hotel’s Human Resource Planning Strategy Overview Human Resource Management (HRM) textbooks often begin their sections of “HRM practices / functions” by first introducing the topic of Human Resource Planning (HRP) and secondly the topic of Recruitment and Selection‚ while other topics such as Training and Development‚ Reward Management‚ Performance Management‚ etc‚ are introduced in later chapters. It is observed that this sequence does not come without a reason
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Astro Watching television has become a basic necessity among the people from all walks of life in today’s affluent society. In globalize era by today‚ the amount of satellite television provider has increase vigorously in the world. But Astro is still the one and only satellite television provider available in our country‚ Malaysia. (Wikipedia)The definition of Astro is an acronym for All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator. Astro is Malaysia’s leading integrated cross-media group with
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used up their strength in the struggle to survive and to preserve their languages” (Stokes‚ 219). Kundera makes a valid argument that the lack of Central European assimilation into the “consciousness of Europe” has hidden Eastern European countries from the West‚ weakening their traditions of statehood and eventually the “existence” of a Central Europe. How can the nations of Central Europe reclaim their identity and establish a solid united Central Europe after World War II? The Soviet
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Schuler‚ 2000‚ p. 37).There exist two models that seek to describe what strategy is and how an organization should develop such strategy. The first model known as the Industrial Organization (I/O) model is based on the assumption that firms competing in the same industries are homogenous and emphasizes the external environment as the basis for organizational decision making. The second model‚ called the Resource Based View contrasts the I/O model by assuming that individual firms are unique and composed
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of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a five-year period. The results from Im‚ Pesaran & Shine unit root test show that all the variables were non-stationary
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Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? “Is Auction the right way of allocating natural resources?” Time and again this question has come into limelight. Many scams still make us debate on this. Whether it is the 2G spectrum allocation scam or allotment of oil or Coalgate scam? Before getting into this debate lets first try to understand the rationality behind the allocation of natural resources
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I have been teaching English to Korean students for the past year and a half. My students have taught me so much in the past 18 months. Surprisingly‚ the lessons learned are about who I am as an African. You may ask how students aged between 8 to 15 years of age can provide such insight. I shall elaborate. I often hold conversation contests in my class and my students get to practice what they are taught during the week. One student Kevin was on the losing team and he remarked that the opposing
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THE MARKETING MIX IS AN OLD TOOL. NEW TENDENCIES AND THEORIES WORK BETTER NOWADAYS Many firms use a variety of methods to make strategic marketing decisions in order to grow‚ compete‚ be first-positioned or just high-positioned‚ or to maintain themselves in the market. But there is one method‚ which is very applied by companies to make relevant decisions. It is usually called the marketing mix of the four P’s. A variety of testimonies and opinions to show that the four P’s‚ according to my opinion
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barrier that prevents women from rising to positions of power or responsibility‚ within a corporation. This obstacle is faced by thousands of women trying to fulfill their career goals and objectives. The following article will explore how the glass ceiling works‚ who it affects and what can be done to minimize this problem. Women account for 43% of the total Australian Workforce‚ yet an estimated 5% of the directors of Australia’s 500 largest companies are women. From our 50 biggest listed companies
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services marketing integrating customer focus across the firmChapter 01 Introduction to Services Multiple Choice Questions 1. (p. 4) In the simplest terms‚ _____ are deeds‚ processes and performances. A. Attributes B. Experiences C. Services D. Goods E. Benefits Difficulty: Easy 2. (p. 4) The maintenance contract offered by Sears on its Kenmore refrigerators‚ dishwashers and microwaves is an example of a(n) _______. A. Service B. Experience C. Attribute D. Good E. Benefit Difficulty:
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