(1)In his 1960 book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ Douglas McGregor proposed two theories by which to view employee motivation. He avoided descriptive labels and simply called the theories Theory X and Theory Y. (1)Theory X assumes that the average person: dislikes work and attempts to avoid it‚ has no ambition‚ wants no responsibility‚ and would rather follow than lead. Is self-centered and therefore does not care about organizational goals‚ resists change‚ is gullible and not particularly intelligent
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unfair labor practices for both management and unions. These are presented in Table 13-1 in your textbook. Read the Ethical Dilemma‚ “Are Unfair Practices Unethical‚” on p. 518 in your textbook and answer the question presented in the case. Questions and Answers Question: Are the unfair labor practice shown in table 13-1 (in the textbook) also unethical? Answer: The business dictionary defines ethics as “The basic concepts and fundamental principles of right human conduct. It includes study of
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ruled under a government‚ a government that can be fair on something and harsh on others. What if we did not have a government anymore? What if we were free to do what we want?According to Dictionary.com‚ government is the form or system of rule by which a state‚ community‚ etc.‚ is governed. In other words‚ it is a powerful system that is representing as a whole over everyone.Government is a very important role in a society it controls the military duties‚ justice and administration‚ and education
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CHAPTER 1 THEORITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK 1.1 INTRODUCTION Absenteeism has been variously defined by different authorities. “According to Webster’s dictionary‚ Absenteeism is the practice or habit of being an ‘Absentee’ and an ‘absentee’ is one who habitually stays away.” According to the labour Bureau‚ Simla‚ absenteeism is the total man shifts lost because of absence as a percentage of the total number of man shifts scheduled to work. In other words‚ it signifies the absence
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Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet Amber Collins University of Phoenix May 31‚ 2007 Working Capital Management Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading Describe the firm ’s cash conversion cycle: Cash inflow "Most firms keep track of the average time it takes customers to pay their bills. From this they can forecast what proportion of a quarter ’s sales is likely to be converted into cash in that quarter and what proportion
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In the 1950’s‚ gender roles‚ and the behavior of men and women were about as clearly defined as you can get. A new invention called the television popped up‚ and all the popular shows of the day mirrored real life to a tee. Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver were just two of the regular shows that the whole family would sit down and watch together. And why not? The shows of the day reflected the 1950’s family‚ and their values. Families would have breakfast together. The man of the house
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Study of Recruitment and Selection Approaches Shi Tianjie G20553292 BA Group 2 Sophia EB 3701 Human Resources Management 18 November‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Executive Summary 3. World Economic Background 4. Recruitment Approaches 4.1 Internal Recruitment 4.2 External Recruitment 5. Selection Approaches 5.1 The Traditional Selection Process 5.2 The Contemporary Methods 6. Conclusions 7. Recommendations 8. Case Study 8.1 Comment
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Nurgul Tau Draft 1 To what extent does human resource management need to play a formal role in companies? Introduction This paper will discuss how important the human resource management in company and what kind of role need to play this type of management in company. That means the human resource management includes conducting job analyses‚ planning personal needs‚ finding the right people for the job‚ orienting and training‚ managing rate of wages and salaries‚ providing benefits
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Working Capital Management and Firm ’s Profitability: An Optimal Cash Conversion Cycle Haitham Nobanee Department of Banking and Finance‚ The Hashemite University‚ P.O. Box 150459‚ Zarqa‚ 13133‚ Jordan. E-mail: nobanee@gmail.com Abstract The traditional link between the cash conversion cycle and the firm ’s profitability is that shortening the cash conversion cycle increases firm ’s profitability. On the other hand shortening the cash conversion cycle could harm the firm’s operations and reduces
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Personnel management refers to a set of functions or activities including recruitment‚ training‚ pay and industrial relations performed effectively but often in isolation from each other or with overall organisation objectives. In 1991‚ Hilmer noted that the Australian tradition of many sub-specialities or functions (industrial relations‚ compensation‚ training and pay) was out of date. The early 1990s was an are of great speculation on the future of the functions in managing people. The concept
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