...Business and Management Containing Human Resource Costs During Economic Challenges In: Business and Management Containing Human Resource Costs During Economic Challenges Abstract Being able to remain or become globally competitive while facing challenges within today's economy is a challenge for all types of companies and organizations. When faced with struggling budgets outsourcing and or downsizing are often seen as the only possible solutions for businesses to stay afloat. Trying to maintain competitiveness while downsizing and or outsourcing brings about additional challenges for human resource management organizations. Containing Human Resource Costs During Economic Challenges The current economy brings challenges to every level of a corporation, including human resource management. Maintaining an effective budget is not always easy and becomes even more difficult with the strains of an economic crisis. While the elimination of unnecessary materials and or processes may help in curtailing costs and spending, it is not always an easy task; and an even more difficult task involves the elimination of actual jobs. As companies are faced with having to cut costs, eliminating jobs is sometimes an unfortunate solution. Human resources management is defined as the process of managing human talent to achieve an organization's objectives (Bohlander & Snell, 2010). Being able to effectively execute the process of human resources management relies on several...
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...only 3% of total water in global world, could directly supply for the most needs of human beings and animals. Another significant impact is due to rapid population growth, causing severe fresh water scarcity. Other factors include rapid industrial growth, industrial wastes and sewage discharged and climate change. It would be feasible to overcome the water scarcity through seawater desalination; however, if seawater containing high salinity is converted to fresh water by desalination, it consumes large amounts of energy. Therefore, it is important to find suitable alternative energy resources for the desalination technology due to conventional fossil fuels crisis and environmental pollution. Renewable energy is commonly alternative energy sources considered for desalination, including solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaics, wind energy, hybrid solar PV-wind energy and geothermal. Renewable energy can power the desalination systems comprising comprise the phase change processes, which include the multistage flash, multiple effect boiling and vapour compression and membrane processes, which include reverse osmosis and electrodialysis. Finally, the paper will discuss the best renewable energy powered desalination systems. Keywords: Desalination; Renewable energy; Solar thermal energy; Solar PV energy; Wind energy; Geothermal energy 1. Introduce Water is one of the most plenty of resources in the earth surface, covering about 70%. However, it is estimated that only about 3%...
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... it does shoulder the responsibility and power to implement tools to increase job performance to achieve the overall mission. In the not-so-distant past, business leaders and employees alike considered Human Resource (HR) professionals as “Employee Champions” whose primary function was to engage in one-on-one interactions with people communicating organizational policies and procedures, collecting resumes, explaining company benefit packages, etc. In the past two decades, the internet has become a powerful information tool that has revolutionized business practices by facilitating changes in how organizations conduct business. The purpose of this paper is to describe how information literacy influences the Human Resource profession and how the internet has effected change in how HR departments deliver services as well. Implementing electronic human resources (e-HR) to conduct Human Resources (HR) transactions using internet technology has manipulated not only individual performance and behaviors ensuring business success it has revolutionized how people view HR (2010). Human Resources Office (HRO) The concept of Information Literacy in the Forest Service HRO and its influence is constantly evolving. The Albuquerque Service Center creates and designs ten Human Resource Offices across the United States based upon the need for HR operational expertise and superior customer service to meet service team requirements. Information Literacy influences the HRO functional effectiveness...
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...enhancements rather than on current system limitations. Instead of focusing on difficulties, I would question users about additional capability they would like to have. Using this approach, I hope to highlight ways to improve the user’s job, get a better understanding of operations, and build better, more positive relationships with users. INFORMATION-GATHERING TECHNIQUES A. Analyze Organization charts. This would give me a fair understanding of how the department functions and identify individuals I might want to interview, keeping in mind that organization charts show formal reporting relationships but not the informal alignment of a group, which also is important. B. Conduct Interviews The primary method of obtaining information during the preliminary investigation is the interview. The interviewing process would consist of these seven steps for each interview: 1. Determine the people to interview. 2. Establish objectives for the interview. 3. Develop interview questions. 4. Prepare for the interview. 5. Conduct the interview. 6. Document the interview. 7. Evaluate the interview. C. Document Review...
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...UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI THE POLYTECHNIC FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES MBA GROUP 16 PROGAM HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Alignment of Mis-Alignment of HR Strategies in an Organisation PRESENTED BY: PRESENTED TO: DATE : Human resource management (HRM) is in its simplest form how the human resource within an organisation is managed in line with the organisations strategic goals. The management of Human resources starts from the recruitment of the employees and then moves on to the management of these employees. It is a function within an organisation that deals with the hiring of employees, the compensation of these employees, management of the employees performance, the wellbeing of the employees etc. Storey (1995) defines HRM as a distinctive approach to employment which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an integrated array of cultural, structural and personnel techniques. A key thing to note in the definition is the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce in order to achieve competitive advantage. This definition leads us to one of the other fundamental concepts in HRM: Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) or also referred to as Human Resource Strategy. Various authors have attributed the emergence of SHRM in the field of HRM as one of the reasons why HRM has become so fundamental towards the attainment of the business strategy...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND The “environment” as defined by the federal environmental protection agency decree of 1988 includes water, air, land and all plants and human beings or animals living therein and the interrelationships which exist among these, or any of them e.g. waste. Two kinds of definitions are operative for waste. One is conceptual and the other descriptive (Savasi, 1977) and defines waste by listing the kinds of materials comprising it. In the conceptual sense, wastes are defined as useless, unwanted or discarded materials. However, to a modern environmentalist, waste are just materials which are discarded because, they ‘seem’ to have no further economic use ignoring the irrelevant issue of usefulness, value or desirability of the waste. In the descriptive definition, waste consists of discarded materials resulting from domestic, community activities, industrial, commercial and agricultural operations. 1.1 TYPES OF WASTE Agricultural waste, Biomedical waste, Business waste, Chemical waste, Consumable waste, Domestic waste, Industrial waste, Inorganic waste, Medical waste, Organic waste, Recyclable waste Toxic waste, etc. Population explosion, uncontrolled urbanization and rapid industrialization have caused high waste generation quantities and rates in a country, (NEST 1991) waste generation increases not only because people multiply and hence the space available to each person becomes smaller, but also because the demand per...
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...Georgia, (2) Michigan, (3) California, and (4) China. Dr. Riordan prides himself on giving his customers quality service. This has led to loyal customers in the following industries consisting of automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, appliance manufacturers, and beverage makers and bottlers (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). Riordan Manufacturer’s revenue is roughly about 46 million annually (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). The company manages a global personnel consisting of 550 individuals. Employees are encouraged to be innovative and develop strong work ethics. Riordan Manufacturing mission is to become a leader in the polymer material industry. Their goal is to provide workable solutions to the challenges faced by their customers. Their Research and Development group concentrate on discovering new polymer trends and using that knowledge to enhance the influence and profitability of Riordan Manufacturing. Mission Riordan Manufacturing is...
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... and to identify solutions, providing reasons that support these solutions. Section 1: The global inequality, mainly referring to the increasing gap between the poor and rich nations, is an inevitable problem driven by globalization. The number of people whose daily wages were less than 2 USA dollars rose by 350 million around the world during the past ten years (APEC Study Centre n.d., para.1). One of the most significant problems is “the gap in incomes …has grown from 30 to 1 in 1960 to 82 to 1 in 1995” (APEC Study Centre n.d., para.1). According to another report, “the richest 85 people in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.5 billion” (Global Wealth Report 2003). Additionally, the richest one fifth of the world’s population had approximately 78% of the word GDP (Gross Domestic Product), foreign direct investment, export markets and telephone lines, whilst the bottom fifth barely had nearly 1% of those (APEC Study Centre n.d., para. 2). Section2: The causes of global inequality primarily involve free markets, the proliferation the Internet, some historical events, the instability of nations or societies, the weakness of human nature (greed) and the disadvantages...
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...1. Excusive Summary On March 11, 2011 the unpredicted earthquake and tsunami caused serious nuclear accident in Japan. However, it was triggered by unexpected natural disaster, the accident can be avoided if there exist a sound risk management cycle to identify the risks within this project and put a risk management plan in place. What’s more, the influence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster would be reduced through proper crisis management procedures. There are three major key risk issues findings about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The first one is risk identification problems in risk management cycle. The second risk issue is failure in avoiding crisis. The last point discusses communication problems in containing crisis. The damages can be reduced and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster can be avoided if TEPCO management make further research in risk identification process, spend more effort in avoiding crisis rather than only focus on profit generating activities. When the crisis happened properly communicate with government and ensure information transparency help protect the public images of the firm, After in depth research about the case of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and compare with Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accidents. This report draws lessons from the cases and provides several recommendations for the Fukushima Daiichi and the Japanese government. , 2. Introduction and Aims There are numerous business risks and the...
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.................. 1 Key poverty-environment linkages .................................................................................... 3 3.1 Who are the poor? ............................................................................................................ 3 3.2 Poverty as lack of natural resources and ecosystem services ........................................... 3 3.3 Poverty as lack of power .............................................................................................. 4 3.4 Poverty as lack of choice .................................................................................................. 5 4. Key environmental challenges and opportunities for development ................................... 6 4.1 Key environmental challenges and opportunities ............................................................ 6 4.2 External and internal factors influencing environmentally sustainable development .... 10 5. The government’s environmental commitments and actions ........................................... 11 5.1 Environment in the national strategy for development/growth ...................................... 11 5.2 Economic policy and environment ................................................................................. 13 5.3 PFM-system...
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...an environmental disaster that impacts the Gulf of Mexico of which the long term effects will not be known for generations to come. British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon On April 10, 2010 the offshore drilling rig, operated by the world’s sixth largest oil producer British Petroleum, erupted in flames. The result of this disaster caused “170 million gallons of crude oil to spill into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico” ("NRDC.org", 2011, p. 4), killing 11 people, and creating what could be the largest ecological disaster of the 21st century. This disaster is considered by many to be the largest oil spill ever to occur. Clean up efforts are still ongoing after almost two years. British Petroleum (BP) has spent billions of dollars in cleanup cost, restitution and community development; however the greater effects on the environment will not be determined for many years to come. The direct cause of this disaster has been identified as mechanical failure of a blowout preventer located at the base of the well directly above the site entry on the bottom of the sea floor. When this mechanical valve failed, it cause as large plum of highly flammable gas to erupt from the oil well and ignite. After an explosion on the surface, fire raged out of control for over 36 hours. After three days, the floating oil rig sank to the bottom of the ocean floor some 5000 ft below the surface. Oil continued to flow from the well site until it was contained on July 15th, 2010(British Petroleum [BP], n.d...
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...BUS 475 Complete Course BUS475 Complete Course Click Link for the Answer: http://workbank247.com/q/bus-475-complete-course-bus475-complete-course/25712 http://workbank247.com/q/bus-475-complete-course-bus475-complete-course/25712 BUS 475 Week 1 Discussion "Assessing Stakeholder Positions" Please respond to the following: * Apple is about to release its latest technology. The company needs to develop a plan to communicate with key stakeholders about the release. You have been tasked with identifying those main stakeholders and selecting the method for communicating with each group. Summarize your plan in a two to three paragraph post. BUS 475 Week 1 Quiz 1 * Question 1 | | | All of the following are external stakeholders of the firm except: | | | | | | | | | * Question 2 | | | Departments, or offices, within an organization that reach across the dividing line that separates the company from groups and people in society are: | | | | | | | | | * Question 3 | | | When something stands out from a background, is seen as important, or draws attention it is: | | | | | | | | | * Question 4 | | | With the explosive growth of technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, this kind of stakeholder power has become increasingly important: | | | | | | | | | * Question 5 | | | Which argument says that stakeholder management realistically depicts how companies really work...
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...Managing Human Resources Course Code: 4200 Chapter One: The World of Human Resource Management pages 1-28 Human resource management (HRM) The process of managing human talent to achieve an organization’s objectives Human capital: The knowledge, skills, and capabilities of individual that have economic value to an organization. Skills that people bring with them Six Sigma: A set of principles and practices whose core ideas include understanding customer needs, doing things right the first time and striving for continuous improvement Reengineering: rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvement in cost , quality, services and speed Outsourcing: contracting outside work that was formerly done by employees inside the company Change management: bring about and managing change at both the organizational and individual level Proactive Change: Change initiated to take advantage of targeted opportunities Globalization: Opening up foreign markets to international trade and investment Reactive Change: Change that occurs after external forces have already affected performance Corporate Social: The responsibility of the firm to act in the best interests of the people and communities affected by its activities Collaborative Software: Software that allows workers to interface and share information with one another electronically Human Resource Information System:...
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...HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT: A TOOL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY AN ARTICLE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE ISA KAITA MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. ISA KAITA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DUTSIN-MA. P.M.B 5007, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE BY LAWAL AMINU BALA MANE PHONE: 08065883870, 08153655522 Email: laminubala@yahoo.com HND ACCT. (H.U.K POLY KAT.) ADVANCED DIPLOMA GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING (NTI KAD.) MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN EDUCATORS (MANE) ADDRESS: C/O DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY, HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC, KATSINA. Abstract Human capital development is aimed at equipping the work force for efficiency and effectiveness in productivity. This paper ‘Human Capital Development: A tool for Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency’ Observes that human person is the most important production resources so if the human Capital is developed, it will equally develop all facets of the organization hence investment in human is a wise investment that will put the organization on the path to increase productivity which is the focus of most organizations. Moreover, the objectives of this paper is to find out the attitude of modern organizations in handling human resources. The method employed by the writer in collection data is purely secondary method of data collection; were by literatures of other authors on the topic under discussion were reviewed. The writer recommends on the job training (in service training) and other means of training...
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...Netherlands Paper prepared for the Constitutional Conference, Zimbabwe, October 26-29, 2009, Rainbow Towers, Harare, Zimbabwe Introduction Local community governance is essential not only for the practice of good governance but also of economic growth and development. For this reason most of the developed countries of the world, irrespective of their political or economic systems, have a robust system of local or community governance. This also explains why many developing and former communist states have made solid efforts to enhance the capacities of their systems of local governance since the third wave of democratic revolution swept through the world in the 1980s and 1990s and the results have been quite impressive. Africa may be the only exception to this general principle even though there have been some progress as well in some countries. Unfortunately, Zimbabwe has not been part of the good news as far as the effort to enhance the capacity of local governance is concerned. It is ironic that over time, the resilient institutions of local governance that were inherited at independence have deteriorated over time-both in the cities or in the rural areas. It is even further ironic that though community organs were crucial during nationalist struggles in the countries in which political independence involved military engagement between occupying powers and nationalist forces, the story of local governance has been lack-luster in these countries in Africa (Mozambique,...
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