...performance review, so you can learn exactly where you stand and where you need to improve. Learn how to strengthen your position at work and enjoy a greater sense of security. Trying to find a job? Interview for jobs that you don't want. I'm Bob Rosner with your Workplace911 minute, brought to you by Career Builder.com. It sounds like a crazy, waste of time, but the best way to ensure that you'll ace your next job interview is to interview for jobs you don't want. That way you'll be interview-ready when the perfect job does come along. Plus it will give you the chance to practice new responses to questions during the interview. Interview for jobs you don't want, so you can get the next job you really do. * * Are you stuck doing the work of three laid-off employees? Start a Not-To-Do list. I'm Bob Rosner with your Workplace911 minute, brought to you by Manpower. If you're like many people, you're currently doing the work of many former coworkers, in addition to your own job. I'll give you a strategy to avoid burnout. Look for things to stop doing entirely. Each one that you eliminate, frees you up to put more effort in the things that really matter to you, and to your boss. A Not-To-Do list, put it on your To-Do list today. Is your company facing a layoff? We'll offer an alternative. I'm Bob Rosner with your Workplace911 minute, brought to you by Microsoft Office. In a bad economy you have to lay people off, right? Maybe. Maybe, not. Bosses, you've...
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...Prevention steps before facing flood at kelantan 1.0 INTRODUCTION Even though Malaysia is a country that considered as safe but they also cannot avoid the Mother Nature disaster such as the common case happen at Malaysia is flood disaster. We can clearly observe this case on the end of the last years in Malaysia where east coast of Malaysia state such as Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang be badly damaged by flood. Based on Ikhwan (2000), in general flood is where the amount of water that does not need. From terminology technical, flood happen when collection of incredible rain water cannot afford by river and causing it overflow through the banks or floodplain. The water will moved to the shallow land and overflow to surrounding of the environment. Flood become more dangerous when it involved human society, especially when happened at placed that concentrated with population of human that potential loss of life, infection and dangerous diseases, and destruction of property. Although floods are a natural phenomenon, it is also happened sometimes influenced by other factors, especially human action that changes the structure and surface and sub-surface soil causing rainfall to runoff balance disturbed. In urban areas for instance, many people alter the land surface from impervious areas to areas with impervious construction roads, buildings, parking zones and so on. In addition, the floods also may caused by other factors such as the collapse of the damn structure, storms...
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...How to ace the case interview Up front planning The case interview is only one dimension of the recruiting process, but it is typically the part that raises the most anxiety. We hope this guide will help you to prepare for the case so that you can be confident and enjoy the interview. You must have the ability to: • Break a complex problem into its component parts • Apply business judgment to identify value • Generate a creative range of solutions to a problem’s component parts • Identify the most likely/attractive solutions through logical reasoning • Generate thoughtful questions and ask for clarification of case data, as necessary • Translate analysis into actionable recommendations • Effectively communicate solutions in a concise and persuasive manner Preparation: A case study consists of a business problem taken from a real life business situation, or an example drawn from your resume. It focuses on your analytic approach to the problem, rather than specific business knowledge. First and foremost, you can succeed in a case interview without specific industry experience. Don’t panic if the case you are given is based on an industry with which you are unfamiliar. Remember, we are interested in how you analyze the problem, not how much you know about the industry. Practicing for the case interview is helpful. Practice by constructing examples from your resume and walking through steps 1—5. Finally, the answers mentioned demonstrate only one way to respond to the...
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...have experienced systemic oppression within Canada, and the effective implementation of such policies in the workplace. This study combined two elements in its methodological approach. The first was based on policy analysis, the second on a series of qualitative interviews with equity policy stakeholders in, or dependent on, provincial governments. We developed such a methodology to provide an overview of the state of employment equity policy as it is currently formulated in the provincial governments of Canada and at the same time, to assess these policy packages in terms of implementation. This policy study includes a province-by-province general review of the state of employment equity policy across Canada. In Canada’s provinces today, the climate of debate on employment equity stands along a spectrum, from extreme commitment to extreme opposition to the principles on which such policy is based. Within each provincial context, further debates concern implementation, accountability, interpretations of past policy outcomes and plans regarding future directions. These are not simply differences in degrees of effectiveness, but a significant expression of the variation in political culture from one province to another. We conducted a series of...
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...Scenario CIMA Global Business Challenge 2012 Scenario You are the consultant to VYP an independent TV production company. Prepare a report that prioritises analyses and evaluates the issues facing the board of VYP. You should make recommendations where appropriate. Read all the information provided before you begin Note: Today’s date is 31 March 2012. You should write your report as at this date. ©The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Page 2 A variety of issues have arisen, on which the board would like your analysis and opinion: Re-commissioned drama series Following the successful launch of a drama series last year the BBC announced last week that it wishes to re-commission a second series. The programme last year revolved around a group of four rowers preparing for the rowing world championships held in 2011. It covered the ups and downs of life as a rower and dealt with the pressures on relationships the training created. The programme was unusually well received by the viewing public. The BBC have offered the new series at the 2011 prices less 10% arguing that the sets have been built and many of the normal teething problems had been resolved last time. VYP have always struggled to realise the savings considered likely when a series is repeated. The new drama series will be a long one giving £5m of revenue to VYP (after the 10% discount mentioned above). Janet Black, Finance Director has indicated that in her experience VYP would be lucky to make more...
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...Main Challenges facing Software Houses while developing customized Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Research Methods Course Done By Suhaib Adnan Al-Helo (8100611) Supervised By Dr. Amjad Abu Elsamen Dr. Mutaz Al-Debei The University Of Jordan Main Challenges facing Software Houses while developing customized Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Introduction The Enterprise Resource Planning (for short ERP) is an information system deals with external and internal organization resources by mean of managing them whether they are financial, materials and even a human resources (Zaitun and Zaini, 2008). Recently, ERP systems became an essential application in every organization; since managing different department resources was massive challenge in the last three decades. Therefore, achieving organization goals can be easier by using a computer based application like ERP system. The adoption of ERP system has more many advantages including enhancing the overall performance of organization, breaking down the complexity of performing business, best managing of the resources (Shimon, 2003 and Darshana, 2001), and increasing operational efficiency and competitiveness (Karimi, Somers and Bhattacherjee, 2007). In accordance to the organization needs and the extensive differences in business processes and functions from organization to another, ERP System used to be highly configurable and dynamic system (Helmut Klaus, Michael Rosemann and Guy G. Gable...
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...EFFECTS OF EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF ECDE PROGRAMMES ON PERFORMANCE OF ECDE CHILDREN IN KIPLOBOTWO ZONE, LONGISA DIVISION, BOMET COUNTY. PRESENTED BY CHEROTICH NAOMI INDEX NO. 50802011 A Research project Report submitted to Kenya National Examination Council in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Education of Longisa ECDE Teachers Training College. November 2011 DECLARATION AND RECOMMENDATION DECLARATION This research project is my original work and has not been present for the award of diploma in this or any other college. Signature_______________________ Date_______________________ Name: Cherotich Naomi Index No. 50802011 RECOMMENDATION This research project has been submitted with the approval of college supervisor. Signature________________________ Date________________________ Name: Mrs Lena Rono DEDICATION Dedicated to my beloved husband, Tim, Max, Mom and Dad, and anyone else who baby-sat for me so that I could go to college and write this research. Thanks to Mary, Lilian, Jacob, Christine and Anne. Thanks to Joseph for reading my research and urging me on. Thanks also to my editors, Winnie and Norah. Thank you Mum and Dad again for supporting me. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would wish to express my sincere gratitude to our Almighty...
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...our senses. C. Scientific evidence sometimes contradicts common sense explanations of social behavior. 1. SOCIOLOGY IN FOCUS BOX (p. 28)—Is What We Read in the Popular Press True? The Case of Extramarital Sex. Every day, we see stories in newspapers and magazines that tell us what people think and how they behave. But a lot of what we read turns out to be misleading or even untrue. Take the issue of extramarital sex, which refers to a married person having sex with someone other than his or her spouse. A look at the cover of many of the so-called women’s magazines you find in the checkout aisle at the supermarket or a quick reading of the advice column in your local newspaper might lead you to think that extramarital sex is a major issue facing married couples. II. Three Ways to Do Sociology. There are three ways to do research in sociology: positivist sociology, interpretive sociology, and critical sociology. A. Positivist Sociology. 1. Scientific sociology is the study of society based on systematic observation of social behavior. The scientific orientation to knowing, called positivism, assumes that an objective reality exists. 2. Concepts are mental constructs that represent some part of the world, inevitably in a simplified form. 3. Variables are concepts whose value changes from case to case. 4. Measurement is the procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case. a. Statistical measures are frequently used...
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...documentaries spanning from the 1900’s to the present day. I will also discuss the development of the documentary mode and the roles of director and producer within a documentary production. The observational mode consists of merely the observation of the subject’s daily life and circumstances, with unobtrusive camera equipment. The traditional aim is for the filmmaker to have no engagement with the subject; therefore there is no interference regarding the outcome of events. By maintaining the observational mode, the director allows the subject to forget the presence of the camera. Consequently, the subject behaves more naturally, giving the audience a better sense of their real emotions and real behaviour. Usually there is no narration or interviews in the observational mode; however there will sometimes be footage of the subject expressing their own views directly to the camera, which emphasizes the real-life emotions of the subject. The filmmaker may use small, lightweight camera equipment; making it easier to follow the subject with little obstruction. However the filmmaker would usually install hidden surveillance cameras, allowing the subject to forget the presence of the camera, resulting in a more natural outcome and no obstruction at all. A key aspect in the development of the observational documentary mode is the...
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...William Shakespeare once said, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon." In American media the same can be said for the Latino culture. In the eyes of the media, some are born Latino, some become Latino, while others have Latino thrust upon them. Latinos in the media include, politicians, actors, activists and criminals. The vast majority of these individuals create their own personification. Their media image is formed by the causes they support, the roles they play and the words they speak. In this regard, these individuals are either "born Latino" or "achieve Latino". In contrast, athletes are often judged before they ever speak to the media. Our perception is formed based on how these individuals are portrayed or personified by the media. For this reason, it can be said that athletes have "Latino thrust upon them". Of all the major sports, Latinos have had the greatest impact on major league baseball. Today nearly 25% of the players in the major leagues were born in Latin America (Berry, 1). As such baseball provides a unique perspective on Latinos in the media. Players rarely provide insight into their personalities rather our perception is based upon what the media wants us to believe. In this regard, baseball media artifacts enable us to see how differently Latinos were personified in the media over time. In the end it will become apparent that while their growth and achievement on the field has escalated, media perceptions have...
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...Employee retention means the plans and strategies use to make the valuable employees not to leave their job. Most of the multinational concerns are facing problem in the retention of employees..In this research proposal iam going to study how Riordan manufacturing group can retain their employees. Retention of employees will give a lot of benefit to the concern: The employee retention will help a concern to get good turnover, will help to avoid interruption in service, to keep up the goodwill, to get back the efficiency etc.There are various reasons for employees to leave the organisation. If the organisation tackles the factors which are responsible for employees leaving the job they can retain their employees. Riordan manufacturing group is one of the leading plastic producing concerns in the plastic industry. The riordan manufacturing group is a sub concern of the Riordan industries. The riordan manufacturing group functions under its headquarters situated in California. The riordan group was founded in the year 2000 with a work force of 30 employees. But after that they grown from heights to heights and now they have a work force of more than 800 employees.Riordan group have a well equipped research center which helps the company to remain competitive in the industry. The riordan group supplies plastic to the aircraft companies and leading other major concerns.Riordan group have branches all over Europe and the European headquarters is at germany.The riordan group holds...
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...that will result to operating efficiencies. Arlington was left with two managers for almost every available position at upper and middle management level. Prior to the merger, the top levels had been selected. Lundgren and Ashton had decided a negotiation that they could keep their most trusted executives on board. Peter has always preferred making decisions by instinct and likes to talk o people face to face to assess if they are fit for the position, becoming biased toward some of his own executives. Ashton, on the other hand, was vey objective and has a very conventional way of making his executives pass through a series of tests. Peter was concerned in the idea that an objective process such as that of Ashton would make the best people around him leave, when they undergo all the evaluations. II. Key Problem Arlington Inc. has been facing a problem in creating an effective human resource integration strategy. Both CEOs have their own different and opposite ways and qualities of people who deserved the best positions, and by that it is possible that they will find conflict in going through each other’s decision making. The merger of the companies...
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...Human Resource Management Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B Part Two: 1. What is the importance of Career planning in industry? One in five people who resign from their roles do so because of a lack of opportunities within their company. Most people have some type of goal or aspiration they hope to reach in their future. If employees see that they have no chance to advance within the organization then they may be willing to find another job where they can excel and move up the ladder. It is important to have a formal approach to succession planning because every organization will have some type of job open up in the future and it keeps organizations from losing key employees. Without career planning, an organization is likely to encounter the highest rate of attrition, causing much harm to their plans and programmers. Similarly without succession planning managing of vacancies, particularly at higher levels becomes difficult. 2. List the various features of HRM. HRM (Human resource management) focuses on an organization's most important assets, which are its employees. HRM actually refers to the processes that are involved with managing all of the people in the business, which includes employing and training employees, but also refers to monitoring their progress and rewarding them for their performance. Four features of human resource management are: 1. Organizational...
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...(Name, Address, Telephone number, Date of Birth, Medical history, etc.) ← Worker profiles (Level and type of qualifications held, Training and working experience, Details of performance review interviews, Absence and holiday recording, etc.) ← Contractual agreements (Hours of work, Level of salary agreed, Agreed changes to contract, etc.) 2. Purpose of Personnel Record Keeping ← To keep contact and personal details of workers. Because of the records for worker had been lost so that the workers parents had not been contacted with this worker. The result is the worker concerned being taken to hospital without the knowledge of his parents. So it is important to store up the staff’s contact and personal detail. This can help personnel manager know the situation of staffs and contact them in time. ← To make more informed decisions for the benefit of the organization and the individual. Ann has taken a telephone call from a lady who was interviewed for the position of a machine operator last week. Ann knows that the man who gets the job is based on his knowledge and ability to do the job. However, the lady believe that she has been a sex discriminated. The reason why she believes is Ann cannot find the notes taken at interview. For another example, the owner of the business named Len Goodwins has telephone Ann to complaint that Ann did not provide him with information, which he had asked for a fortnight ago. If Ann makes...
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...the Headquarters in Seattle doesn’t know about the market in Arizona. In his 5-½ years experience, he knows their members won’t buy these changes. The price increase is too high and most of their instructors are teaching Nick Batum class in other fitness companies, all of which will make a negative impact to their member retention numbers and he might be facing demotion. Before he used to have a good relationship with the Area Manager, they both knew what was best for the company. But since the acquisition, Area Manager has been facing pressure and hence changed his attitude, to only focus on his own career, so that messages HRB wanted to convey couldn’t transfer to the top executives. Because of the Area Manager’s change, HRB has two options – follow the new policies and fail or alternatively, talk to top executives about his idea. Josh in Gen Y in the Workforce case is a good example for HRB. Both of them have great ideas and passion but face lack of communication with higher executives since their bosses have other concerns. In Josh’s case, Sarah’s team need make a presentation to CEO about promoting Triple-F series for Fire Force Five firm. Josh has a great idea but Sarah doesn’t really want to listen to him. Instead of keeping silent, Josh decides to run into CEO and share his idea. Sometime skipping positions to higher level people would be a good way since HRB’s manager only focused on his own business and is too scared of getting fired and hence he didn’t allow...
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