Anthony Ebow Spio and Robert Ahomka-Lindsay Section A (40 Marks) Provide Short and concise answers 1 Explain the term sustainable competitive advantage and why it is so important to a winning business strategy. (5 marks) Suggested Answer A company achieves sustainable competitive advantage when an attractive number or buyers prefer its products/services over those of rivals and when the basis for this preference can be maintained over time. Competitive advantage could stem from offering
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Performance Appraisal : A Managerial Viewpoint Nidhi Arora1 Poonam Arora2 Abstract Man is a social animal by nature and to earn his livelihood he has to work. In past‚ earning was required only to satisfy the daily appetite but his needs have increased e xponentially with the passage of time. Now he does not work to earn money; he works so that he can afford luxury. According to Maslow the growth need drives personal growth. Human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs‚ and that certain
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“Performance appraisal is the process through which employee performance is assessed‚ feedback is provided to the employee‚ and corrective action plans are designed” (Youssef‚ 2012). So basically‚ a performance appraisal is the process of evaluation workers’ performance in correlation with previously determined standards of the organization. Performance appraisals are one way of giving employees feedback about their performance at work; they record the employee’s performance to date‚ their potential
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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL To know the performance of the organization it is mandatory to know the performance assessment of each employee. There are many reasons for the performance appraisal of the employs major reasons are. It makes the employes to know there levels of there performance levels and the ways to improve there performance the other thing is they know the goals and responcibilities of there working positions and it also helps the managers for estimating overall performance progress
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ASSIGNMENT # 2 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL Content Introduction........................................................................................................................3 Job description....................................................................................................................4 Performance appraisal method...........................................................................................5 Identification of appraiser....
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Performance appraisal Meaning and definition of performance appraisal and its objectives In simple terms‚ appraisal may be understood as the assessment of an individual’s performance in a systematic way‚ the performance being measured against such factors as job knowledge‚ quality‚ and quantity of output‚ initiative‚ leadership abilities‚ supervision‚ dependability‚ co-operation‚ judgment‚ versatility‚ health‚ and the like. Assessment should not be confined to past performance alone
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Integral Review - A Journal of Management e-ISSN : 2278-6120‚ p-ISSN : 0974-8032‚Volume 5‚ No. 2‚ Dec.-2012‚ pp 46-52 http://www.integraluniversity.ac.in/net/journalsAndPublications.aspx PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PRACTICES IN INDIAN BANKS Pallavee Shrivastava 1‚ Usha Kiran Rai 2 1(Research Scholar‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Banaras Hindu University‚ Varanasi‚ India) 2(Professor‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Banaras Hindu University‚ Varanasi‚ India) Abstract Banking sector is a
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Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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‘The problems associated with performance appraisal systems can be overcome by improvements to their design and implementation’. Discuss with reference to the orthodox and radical critiques of performance appraisal. Introduction Performance appraisal is an opportunity for an employee or those employees who are concerned with their performance‚ to get engaged in a dialogue with their reporting supervisors about their performance and development and the support required from their reporting supervisors
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A Study of Performance Appraisal with reference to Celsair Chapter -1 Introduction Performance appraisal Definition of Performance appraisal The process by which a manager or consultant examines and evaluates an employee’s work behavior by comparing it with preset standards‚ documents the results of the comparison and uses the results to provide feedback to the employee to show where improvements are needed and why‚ performance appraisals are employed to determine who needs what training and
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