Employee Selestion Techniques for a Customer Advisor
Case study - 2 pages - Management
For this assignment, the elected job is Customer Advisor in the bank HSBC. This job is interesting to study because it is multi-tasking and requires soft skills. What's more, the banking context is very specific, for it deals everyday with sensitive data and complicated situations. HSBC being...
Compare and contrast the main claims of Goal Setting and Expectancy Theories with regard to Employee Performance Appraisal. What are the implications for the design of employee appraisal systems?
Essay - 8 pages - Human resources
The history of performance appraisal in the literature is quite recent. Its roots in the early 20th century can be traced to Taylor's pioneering time and motion studies, which interestingly also sets the beginning of the goal-setting theory. But this may not be very helpful, for the same can...
Employee development in relation to General Electric (GE)
Presentation - 18 pages - Human resources
GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and plastics. GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs...
Risk management in a merger/acquisition project
Dissertation - 8 pages - Management
The economic context has changed radically in the space of a few years, whether due to globalization or the technological innovations that have appeared and that now dominate the business world. More recently, the health crisis has impacted the entire economy and caused numerous malfunctions and...
Strategic Human Resource Management - Southwest Airlines
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
"Human Resource Management (HRM) is a strategic approach to managing employment relations which emphasize that leveraging people's capabilities is critical to achieving competitive advantage, this being achieved through a distinctive set of integrated employment policies, programs and...
Discussion of employee motivation - Different theories
Essay - 10 pages - Management
Motivation comes from the Latin word movere, to move (Kreitner, 1998) and is defined in organizational context as the willingness to exert high levels of efforts towards organizational goals, conditioned by the efforts' ability to satisfy some individual needs (Robbins,...
Company performance: different assessment approaches
Dissertation - 9 pages - Management
In the current context, it has become essential for companies to become more proficient at standing out from the competition and, therefore, be more competitive by seeking more performance. The objective is to achieve the goals set during the development of the marketing strategy and to manage to...
The recruitment of the HDC firm
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
Each document requested by HDC consultants is important because they will make it possible to verify any inconsistencies in the recruitment process, compliance with current standards, the quality of recruitment, the candidate selection process, they will also make it possible to find faults in...
Motivation at the workplace
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Employees are the most important part of an organizational structure since they shape the performance levels of an organization. In order to perform to their level best employees need to be properly motivated towards achieving the goals and vision of an organization....
SWOT Analysis - Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Case study - 6 pages - Tourism marketing
The company, or rather the concept, originated many years ago, in 1872, when the Compagnie Internationale des Wagonlits et du Tourisme (CWILT) was founded in Europe. At the same time, on the American continent, the Foster travel offices opened their doors. Today, the Carlson Wagonlit Travel group...
Develop a hypothesis for a problem at a local business (for example: high employee turnover). Determine if your hypothesis has adequacy for its purpose, is testable and better than its rivals. Then, use the Checklist for Developing a Strong Hypothesis (Ch
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Military aviation, as an organization, requires a vast amount of moving parts. Everything from the aircraft themselves, to the people who work on them, fly them, and event the support staff who ensure everyone is being taken care of when it comes to pays, allowances, and other quality of life...
How Ajax Minerals and Perrier dealt with various types of resistance workers and supervisors
Case study - 5 pages - Management
In the Ajax Minerals' case, the sources of resistance to change were the workers and supervisors. These employees would not be willing to follow any directions given by the management regarding the impending change. According to the case, supervisors and hourly workers were satisfied that...
Human Resources Management strategy: Training - 3 articles review
Law article commentary - 2 pages - Human resources
Training is a central human resource management practice that underscores the value of employee development. While staff training is not a mandatory requirement, it demonstrates the organization's commitment to quality production to surpass market expectations as part of a...
The Stakeholder Theory
Course material - 1 pages - Finance
Stakeholders are usually those in a firm who have an interest in the resources and activities of the company. They contribute to the wealth-creating capacity of the company, it's often composed of shareholders, employees, suppliers. They can be external or internal. In this case the...
Organizational behavior - Payment as motivation
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Motivation, which can be defined as a psychological feature that drives an individual to act toward desirous goals, is a major topic of organizational behavior. With the increasing importance of work efficiency, more managers start to realize the existing issue of employee motivation....
ABC COAL - Talent Management Plan
Case study - 5 pages - Management
Strategic issues are critical challenges that affect the general performance of an organization. In connection to this, strategic planning is concerned with determining the future of an organization, achieving the set goals and working towards them. ABC Coal is one of the biggest companies in our...
Macy's to invest $5B in social responsibility efforts - Kaarin Vembar (2022) - How can the brand promote its conversion to eco-responsibility?
Text commentary - 2 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
This article was published on March 1, 2022, on Retail Dive and written by Kaarin Vembar. It talks about the willingness of the clothing and cosmetics chain Macy's to invest in social responsibility. Indeed, the textile sector is at the top of the list of the most polluting industries in the...
How firms use efficiency wages to raise employee productivity and how it explains wage stickiness in the labour market
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Some firms will attempt to increase their profits by improving their worker productivity by paying a wage that is above the wage paid by other competing firms. A well known example of the gains from this sort of wage setting is found in third world economies. At the market level wage, workers may...
How is a lack of a communication strategy detrimental to business development?
Dissertation - 9 pages - Communication
Communication occupies an increasingly important place in the business world, and for good reason, it has evolved a lot in the space of a few years. Whether internal or external, it is necessary for the development of groups, regardless of their sector of activity. The society in which companies...
Best Fit and Best Practice Approaches in Strategic HRM
Case study - 9 pages - Human resources
The idea of an institution may mean different concepts to different people depending on the underlying professional and academic orientation. Nonetheless, the idea of an institution may get perceived as a discipline that involves regulations, politics, public administration, psychology, and...
Hard and soft human resource management - Theory and examples
Case study - 9 pages - Human resources
The concept of Human Resource Management has many times been described as an idea with two distinct forms: hard and soft. The two forms have been opposed along several dimensions, and frequently get used by different commentators as strategic devices for categorization approaches in the...
How to manage people in this challenging environment?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Human resources
Over the years, motivated by the performance of companies such as Facebook, Google and Uber, many entrepreneurial-minded individuals began to bank on this business model because they envisioned the potential for profitability and the low initial apparent complexity of its structure. However, in...
Change Management: the role of Human Resources
Dissertation - 8 pages - Human resources
With the significant potential for swift change within the modern business field, as technological innovations improve and consumer demands change, organizational managers occasionally make difficult choices to restructure. For individuals at ease with job responsibilities and their lives, and...
Change: Factors contributing to an individual's resistance
Essay - 5 pages - Human resources
In an ever-changing world, it is inevitable to experience change in everyday life. Change may occur in diverse ways (either planned or unplanned). One's ability to adapt to change goes a long way in influencing the impact it creates on the individual and/or the organization. One change that keeps...
How can the Internet optimize recruitment?
Dissertation - 8 pages - Human resources
Recruitment is something that is expensive for companies, and it was important to find solutions to make it as efficient as possible, allowing them to find the right candidate more quickly. Recruitment methods have changed, and e-recruitment has grown in popularity in the practices of companies...
Megacorp's Crane Manufacturing company (CMC) operations analysis - published: 19/11/2022
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
The sales within the global crane markets have slated to the top forty-four billion dollars as of 2022. And the market is expanding at a steady 4 percent, it has been projected that the crane market will reach a total of 57 billion dollars by 2029. It is reasonable that the increased usage of...
Promotion and career management - A Harvard Business Case
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
First and foremost, Boulos is an elitist: he is a self-made man by starting from the bottom to reach high-ranked social hierarchy. He does his best to improve everything he is undertaking and mainly overtaking his counterparts. This ambitious mind-spirit dates to his childhood. By regarding...
Apprenticeship in Customer Service Support (CSS)
Diploma Thesis - 10 pages - Foreign markets
CSS service accompanies the sales representatives in order to support them for the cotations of the existing customers. While they are prospecting new customers or anything else, already known customers can send us a cotation request to ship their goods around the world. The missions of the CSS...
Porter's five forces, PESTEL and SWOT analysis - Puma France
Case study - 6 pages - Sport marketing
"Puma SE is a German company specializing in the manufacture of sporting goods founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler, older brother of Adolf Dassler founder of Adidas, and based in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria." This brand certainly manufactures sporting goods but its greatest strength lies in the...
Do's and Don'ts to work in Tunisia
Practical guide - 2 pages - Humanities/philosophy
It is almost impossible for a foreigner to get a job in Tunisia (given the revolution) unless it is sponsored by a Tunisian company. In order to obtain a position, it is imperative to be proficient in Arabic or English. The main sources for finding work are the Internet and the daily newspaper...