Staff Turnover as a Possible Threat to Knowledge Loss Urbancová Hana‚ Linhartová Lucie Abstract The article focuses on labour turnover as a potential threat to knowledge loss. Labour turnover results in an organizations inability to ensure knowledge continuity. In this study‚ induction was used to identify factors within organizations that determine employees’ exit from organizations. The verifiability of these factors was tested by means of correlation and regression. Subsequently‚ the presented
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Training Program Development and Delivery The senior leadership of the customer service call center has realized that current practices are damaging the organization’s reputation and without making some serious improvements in training and development the organization will not have a future. Hiring a HR advisor to progress from their current state is the first step in the right direction. The HR advisor is responsible for providing the customer service call center with valuable practices to establish
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Introduction: The view that human activities are likely responsible for most of the observed increase in global mean temperature ("global warming") since the mid-20th century is an accurate reflection of current scientific thinking. Human-induced warming of the climate is expected to continue throughout the 21st century and beyond. In contemporary times‚ there are several ways in which the human race is at risk. One of these risks includes the rising global temperature greatly impacted by gases
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The International Journal of Human Resource Management 9:1 February 1998 HRM strategies and labour turnover in the hotel industry: A comparative study of Australia and Singapore Angeline Cheng and Alan Brown Abstract This study explores the perceptions of HR managers on the strategic management of labour tumover in a selection of large hotels in Australia and Singapore‚ The main argument is that the effects of labour tumover can be mitigated with strategically managed human resources
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Employee Assistance Programs Employee’s mental and physical wellbeing is an important factor if a company wants to be successful and enjoy annual growth and profits‚ but there are many factors that can distract an employee from performing their duties to the best of their abilities. Many employees suffer from problems such as alcoholism‚ drug use and rehabilitation‚ depression‚ financial and family issues as well as many other others that can affect their behavior and performance on the job. Corporations
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“Iran nuclear program can only be stopped by military means.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? In November 2011 the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it had “serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program”. Iran’s Central Bank was sanctioned and the European Union has imposed an embargo on Iranian oil. Right after Iranian President Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that he will close the Strait of Hormuz if EU persists on its
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There is no strict consensus on a standard definition of poverty that applies to all countries. Some define poverty through the inequality of income distribution‚ and some through the miserable human conditions associated with it. Irrespective of such differences‚ poverty is widespread and acute by all standards in sub-Saharan Africa‚ where gross domestic product (GDP) is below $1‚500 per capita purchasing power parity‚ where more than 40 per cent of their people live on less than $1 a day‚ and poor
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their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.”The big debate surrounding the area of asylum seekers is how to moderate the amount of boat people coming into Australia. The Malaysian Solution was one of the approaches to reduce the amount of asylum seekers arriving to Australia by boat. The Solution was this: If Malaysia accepted 800 of Australia’s next ‘boat people’ then Australia would accept 4000 of Malaysia’s ‘genuine refugees’ and integrate them into Australia. This
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Introduction Employee assistance programs are often described as a benefit program that is offered by employers. Employee assistance programs most often referred to as EAPs are intended to help employees deal with personal and professional problems that might adversely impact their work performance‚ health‚ and well-being. (Mannion‚ 2004). The following will describe the history of EAPs‚ the main purpose‚ different types of services offered‚ as well as and how fundamental these programs are in order to maintain
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Reducing U.S. Poverty Rates: How Organized Labor Can Help Intro The current wealth inequality and continuing rise in poverty rates within the United States has troubling implications for a country that prides itself on being the “land of opportunity.” In recent years‚ wealth inequality has soared‚ reaching historic heights that are higher than any other developed Western country and rival those on the eve of The Great Depression (Fischer et al. 1996‚ Saez 2008). The top one percent of Americans
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