Mary Zhang Ms. Turnquist English 9 Honors 10 November 2015 Rainsford and Eckels: Quest Perceptions Determine Their Fate Once the hunter becomes the hunted‚ everything is put into a new perspective. Rainsford from the fictitious short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and Eckels from the science fiction “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury are connected in an almost similar fashion that shows how people can react differently to a problem. Even though their stories are completely
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Using Balanced Scorecard for Subcontractor Performance Appraisal S. Thomas NG‚ Hong Kong‚ China Key words: Subcontractor performance‚ performance appraisal‚ balanced scorecard SUMMARY Several influential industry reports have pointed out that a decline in construction quality and productivity could be attributed to the performance of subcontractors who are entrusted to complete the actual works‚ yet subcontractor performance appraisal is a much neglected subject in construction. To facilitate
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AN APPRAISAL ON WORKING CAPITAL IN BANKING INDUSTRY BY BRIDGET OMOTAYO EMMANUEL ABSTRACT This work is an appraisal on working capital in banking industry. A hundred and twenty questionnaires were distributed among people and managers from selected banks in Nigeria. Interviews and surveys were also conducted. Primary and secondary data were used in the analysis. Tables and percentages were used as the instrument of analysis. It was observed therefore that
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The Use of 360-degree feedback in performance appraisals Introduction The focus of this essay will be “The Use of 360-degree feedback in performance appraisals". My understanding of 360 degree feedback is that it gives employees feedback from the people they work around‚ including managers‚ peers‚ customers and even suppliers. It measures behaviours and competencies and provides feedback on how others perceive an employee it also addresses employers if employees are not up to scratch and if
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Performance Appraisal File 26/04/2013 Employee Performance Appraisals Research and practice in performance appraisal: evaluating employee performance in America’s largest companies. Abstract: There is a growing debate about the relevance of employee performance appraisals. On the one hand‚ performance ratings are considered by many academics and practicing managers as essential personnel management tools. They are used in recruiting and hiring‚ in compensation administration‚ in training
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this paper‚ and emphasis will be placed on the performance appraisal and improvement practices at the company. At KFC‚ a recognition culture is very much in practice. According to a restaurant manager‚ recognition is everybody’s responsibility. KFC has implemented large-scale recognition efforts in all its restaurants and Debbie Riggs is in charge of this program which spreads over both formal and informal ground. There are service awards‚ performance programs and according to Riggs‚ “We all work
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Performance Appraisal Research on Expatriates of Multinational Enterprises Case Analysis of Nokia CHEN Lu Hong Kong Baptist University E-mail: chenlu0719@126.com Performance Appraisal Research on Expatriates of Multinational Enterprises Introduction Nowadays‚ the competition of global business practices is becoming more and more intense‚ thus having an effective expatriate management system is urgent for every multinational enterprise. In this project I mainly studied the importance and
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EXPLORING 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EXECUTIVE ANALYSIS OF FIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BY: Thomas R. Parker Wilson Fire/Rescue Services Wilson‚ North Carolina An applied research project submitted to the National Fire Academy as part of the Executive Fire Officer Program November 1998 ABSTRACT In a time when hierarchy is being replaced by teamwork‚ participative leadership‚ empowering employees‚ improving customer service and re-engineering‚ employers need
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"In China‚ you are inevitably dependent on expatriate employees‚" explains Pepsi-Cola’s Anthony‚ whose 500-person workforce includes a number of expatriates. "There’s no established tradition of companies breeding middle managers‚ so there are very few experienced local people to recruit‚" he notes. Experts agree that local talent is needed for long-term success‚ but expatriates can help accelerate the learning curve of developing executives and managers. "It has been proven by case studies that
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The main character of this story is a man named Eckels. He decides to go on a time safari to visit prehistoric animals. Eckels portrays to be a character that is not very confident in his decisions. This can be shown in the beginning of the story when the author writes: “Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels’ throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air‚ and in that hand waved a check for ten thousand dollars to the man behind
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