ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD (Department of Business Administration) Course: Human Resource Management (5532) Level: MBA Semester: Autumn, 2010 CHECKLIST This packet comprises the following material: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Note: Text book Assignments # 1 & 2 Course outlines Assignment 6 forms (2 sets) Assignment submission schedule In this packet, if you find anything missing out of the above-mentioned material, please contact at the address given below: The Mailing Officer Mailing
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Labor Unions — Are They Still Relevent Labor Unions were formed in the mid-19th century in response to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. The labor unions were established to help workers with low pay, unsafe working conditions and long hours—to name a few. Their main goal was to ensure that all working people were treated justly in the work force. “Working people have a lot of concerns in this economy. They want decent pay. They want benefits. And of course they want
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Challenges of HR in IT Sector http://ezinearticles.com http://www.caseforest.com This century has belonged to the manufacturing sector. Starting from the days of Fords assembly line to the present emphasis on quality systems. The next millennium will belong to the convergence of Information Technology. How organisations are able to leverage IT to get advantage in a highly competitive market will be the key to success. Leading the way would be the organisations which are in the IT industry
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European Airline Industry Strategic Management Contents |Main Body |4-10 | |1 Introduction |4-5 | |2 Summary of macro-environment analysis |5-7 | |3 Summary of industry environment analysis |7-8 | |4 Other critical factors for the airline industry
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING FME 543 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT TERM PAPER CONTRIBUTIONS OF TAYLOR’S PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT OF TODAYS PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT(TAYLORISM) Name: David Mathaga Reg: F18/23827/2008 CONTENT: 1. Introduction Taylorism: - Definition 2. Overview -General approach -Contributions -Elements 3. Applications -McDonalds -Toyota
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1. A(n) ________ market share of exactly 100 percent means that a company is tied for the market lead. A rise in relative market share means the company is gaining on its leading competitor. • potential • relative • served • overall 2. The typical risks of a cost leadership strategy include___________. • loss of customer loyalty • excessive differentiation to the point where the customer base is too small • the inability to balance high differentiation and low price • production and distribution
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Case study – Spanning the globe, Allen D. Engle, Sr. Introduction Eric Christopher was the Associate Director for Global HR Development at Tex-Mark. He got a very good education in Europe, he travelled a lot around the world and he could speak many languages as well. Tex-Mark was a firm in the printer and optical scanner industry. It had international production facilities. Eric had two meetings: one with the Plant Engineer (Fred) and one with the Director. Eric knew also the plans that the company
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Markets “Wide-ranging, readable, pithy, and right on target, these insights not only are a great refresher for marketing managers but should be required reading for all nonmarketing executives.” —Christopher Lovelock Adjunct Professor, Yale School of Management Author, Services Marketing “Kotler tackles the formidable challenge of explaining the entire world of marketing in a single book, and, remarkably, pulls it off. This book is a chance for you to rummage through the marketing toolbox, with Kotler
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cost analysis , and competitive strength assessment. These techniques are basic stragic management tools be-cause they expose the ccompany’s resource strengths and deficiencies, its best market opportunities, the outside threats to its future profitability, and its compertitive standing relative to rivals. Insightful company situation analysis is a precondition for identifying the strategic issues that management needs to address and for tailoring strategy to company resources and competitive capabilities
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DR KALIM KHAN MOTIVATIONAL LECTURE Kis mein jyada fayda hai ? Hath mein paise hokar paise banana OR paise na hokar paise banana ? Trace the history of bankruptcy. They made lots of money. But today they are nowhere. Ex : Kodak, Nokia, Kingfisher Every brand started with 0, but became bankrupt when they had lots of money. You can move from 0 to 100, but then from 100 to 105 it becomes difficult. It has been observed that after certain stagnancy it plunges down. So How would u like to
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