A Questionnaire-Based Proposal for Assessing and Improving Worker Moral and Self Concept
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A 5 page discussion of the importance of worker moral and self concept to productivity in the unionized workplace. Proposes the implementation of an informal communication avenue in the form of an anonymous suggestion box and, even more critically, a questionnaire designed specifically to assess worker moral and self concept. Emphasizes that such projects must be achievable, relevant, timely, and measurable.
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A Report to Access Stress Reduction Methods for Employees
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This 8 page report style paper considers suggestions to relieve stress in employees. Suggestion include the provision of spa membership, music therapy, the use of a fitness centre and a Christmas party. The bibliography cites 190 sources.
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A Shortage of Skilled White Collar Workers: The Importance of In-House Training
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A 6 page discussion of the correlation between the changing workplace and the shortage of skilled white-collar workers. Asserts that this shortage is not solely attributable to the educational system and that companies must take employee training into their own hands. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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A Training Plan
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This 12 page paper considers the case of a company with a training need. The paper considers how the need should be identified and how the training may then be designed in compliance with generally accepted training and behaviour models. The company used is a Hong Kong finance house with a call handling centre, however, the methods could be applied to any training scenario. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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A Virtual Team at T.A. Stearns (2)
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A 3 page paper discussing process and quality improvement among T.A. Stearns’ offsite programmers and what the company should do about it. A member of a group of four programmers has developed a technique that increased the group’s efficiency to the point of needing only three programmers, rather than four. The paper recommends that Stearns move the developer of the technique to subsequent groups to seek out similar efficiency-enhancing measures, allowing Stearns to benefit from the original group’s gain in productivity without penalizing the developer of the method allowing the group’s improvement in productivity and quality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Absenteeism in the Workplace
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of absenteeism in the workplace. This paper considers specific methods for reducing absenteeism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accountability in Nursing: The Interrelationships of the Hierarchical Structure
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A 4 page discussion of accountability in nursing. Contends that accountability is an integral component of all aspects of nursing. The nurse is, of course, above all accountable for the well-being of his or her patient but, with recent pressure from state legislators and higher education coordinating agencies, accountability is becoming a greater and greater emphasis of all aspects of nursing. In the case of student nurses, and indeed all levels of nurses, this accountability is channeled through a chain of command, a chain of accountability which can extend both upwards (through the institutional hierarchy), downwards (to the patient) and even sideways (to colleagues and other professionals) dependent on the organizational structure. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accountancy, Decision Making, Marketing, Motivation – Tutorial
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This 62 page paper incorporates 5 essays addressing different topics within the general headings in the title. Essay #1 begins with a scenario and then discusses quantitative methods for forecasting, specifically explaining the time-series decomposition model. The essay does not include actual calculations but describes this model. Essay #2 focuses on strategic marketing management and includes discussions of developing brand loyalty and brand equity and marketing and advertising to gain market share. This essay also includes a discussion of the importance of global branding. Essay #3 is about managing people and organizations and includes discussions and explanations of several theories of motivation, including a discussion of theories of motivation for today's knowledge workers. Essay #4 discusses accountancy for managers and includes explanations of the absorption costing approach, marginal costing and activity based costing. The last essay is about strategic decision making and competitor analysis. It discusses economies of scale, economies of scope, marginal costing, price elasticity of demand. This final section also includes a comprehensive discussion of Porter's structure -> conduct -> performance paradigm and resource-based approaches to strategy. Numerous examples are incorporated in each section. 4 Illustrations are included. Tutorial comments are incorporated throughout the text. Bibliography lists 44 sources.
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