... Nigeria, where the English of the teachers themselves inevitably bears the stamp of locally acquired deviation from the standard language. (Quirk 1990: 16) As mentioned earlier in this paper he claims that Indians, Filipinos, Nigerians etc. are learning English not just to speak within their own country but to link themselves with the English speaking community all over the world (Quirk 1990 in Mesthrie, Bhatt ... 2008: 202). Kachru opposes Quirk's view. Again he points out the lack of resources, including trained teachers, availability of native speakers, appropriate educational techno...

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... and Copper, 1994). (Shelly et al 2004) further posits that idealized influence/inspirational motivation has a direct effect on performance, and at the same time, operate through visioning and cohesion as well. A look at virgin train shows that managers positively encourage and motivate employees to get involved in running the company by asking questions, challenging ideas and being prepared to disagree and make suggestion, by ... consideration could produce intermediate outcomes such as shared vision, collaboration, an empowered team environment and functional team conflict. In turn, th...

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... example of this being Company objectives. The objectives are cascaded down from Human Resources to the line management who then break these down and distribute through the employees. Relationship Direct Advisory, administrative Appendix. 3. One of the main goals of HR is to make sure that the right people within the organisation are in the right place at the right time in order to meet business goals and targets ... . They recruit, train and develop their employees and ensure that managers and employees have the right advice on human ... workers concerned. All employees within United Ut...

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... training program Another successful culturally diverse intervention is used at U.S. West, Inc., a telecommunication company based in Colorado. In the 1970's, sensitivity training was introduced and viewed by the company as a positive investment because racism and sexism have a direct impact on the bottom line. Women now hold 21 percent of the jobs in the top one percent salary level of $68,000 (Chen, 1992). Some years later, an Accelerated Development ... Program for Women of Color was introduced into the company and further contributed to the success of the company. The transformation ...

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... defines "supervisor" as "any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but ... sure there is always something to coordinate. So they start inventing problems that don't really exist" (Forbes). This statement exemplifies the problems associated ...

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... now be responsible for only part of the product rather than the whole product. The size of these factories resulted in owners handing responsibility of the day-to-day running over to managers. This relatively new discipline called management was a direct result of the developments during the industrial revolution. The two most influential people of the time and who still have an ... impact on management thought up to today are F.W Taylor and Henri Fayol, they were the ... limited for two reasons. Firstly less people today are employed in the manufacturing sector and secondly the nature o...

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... internal perspective and an innovation and learning perspective. The set of measures that that are developed in each of the perspectives can be considered to be a direct translation of the company's strategic objectives. They should be used to articulate and communicate the strategy of the organisation throughout the company as well as providing managers with a means of evaluating how well the organisation is positioned to face future challenges. Each ... measure in each of the four perspectives is designed to help ... ...

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... : Establish Program Evaluation – This step involves evaluating the effectiveness of the HR program implemented. This evaluation can be either quantitative or qualitative. It answers the questions of whether there is a direct link between HR planning and sustainability of the organization. Labour Demand There are many causes for an increase in the demand for human resources. HR management categorizes the causes for increased demand into three categories; external ... , organizational and workforce. External and Organizational will be discussed in regards to how it may apply to ... ...

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... the need to maintain the bottom-line. The Changing Workplace At the opening of the 20th century, the majority of jobs in this country were held in two primary areas, those of agriculture and industry. Population distribution tables from that period illustrate that most of the nations population lived in rural areas rather than in urban city settings. This continued to be the trend until WWII, when many of the country's men left to fight in the ... war and the ... ...

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... environment will be more controlled, and the workers will take direct orders from their supervisors. Communications in this structure will be more of a " do as you are told nature" with the management instructing the subordinates. The informal structure within the organisation would run along side the formal structure. This is an important part of the organisation because it represents the human elements of the organisation. There are two specific forms of ... communications within the organisations the first being the briefing groups ... ...

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... better idea of what steps to take to help diversify itself and what areas need special attention. After these steps are taken, there should be a noticeable improvement in the functionality of the company. The company should find it easier to communicate with a larger number of people and their employees would enjoy a more positive work environment. While it is obvious that ... practices related to diversity from other organizations, demographic data, briefings regarding complaints, potential lawsuits, and hiring and retention problems are all relevant and excellent sources of data. In ge...

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... . Occupational Duties All professional must obey their duties in order to succeed in a certain field. In health care organization all the employees should do their job honestly. Increasing in patient care, participate in the process of self-regulation, doing task timely are the necessary duties for the member of a organization. If the team of nurses has not self-regulation and they ... and threats as well as identifying where improvement are necessary. Estimated measures: By giving feedback about performance before incidents are experienced active measures are really important. Active me...

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... leadership behaviors. According to the findings, female managers more often reported themselves in taking an interest in the need of their subordinates; in leading in a collegial manner; and in habitually giving constructive feedback to their subordinates. However, in the study of the rating of subordinates, there were no reported differences in the observed use of transformational leadership among male and female managers. In the study of Davidson and Ferrario (1992), the results showed that men ... terms and therefore may be more congenial to women- (p.128) Moreover, future research s...

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... . This however leaves a gap in the knowledge base of the primary leaders in many nonprofits. This is particularly true in the case of the nonprofit that I am affiliated with. In The Non-Profit Management Handbook: Operating Policies and Procedures, Connors (1992) points out that leaders in the nonprofit sector are just as much in need of "the 4Ms" as those managers and directors who work in the world of for profit business. The M's of which Ms ... be reinvested into the company in most cases, but the primary goal is to make money for the benefit and use of the above-mentioned persons. In...

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... and effectiveness. Kanu Kogod's ideas are intended for managers and supervisors looking for managing diversity in the workplace. The author strives to improve the readers" abilities in understanding and describing the challenges of managing diversity in the workplace and recognizing the benefits of multiple perspectives in support of diversity. He focuses on evaluating behavior and understanding what it takes to retain, motivate ... an issue. For example, training might teach managers how to conduct performance appraisals with employees from a different culture. By using the information ...

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... large numbers of people. For example, a single Mine Manager may have 4500 employees working underground. These people are hard to directly supervise as they are hidden in tunnels, therefore the span of control needs to be relatively small. Where a factory floor supervisor may be able to supervise fifty personnel, a mining supervisor may be able to ... up of the employees supervisor/manager, peers and subordinates. The people used must all have an understanding of the employees work. The results are tabulated and provided to the employee in a feedback session with the employee's manager....

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... On March 12, 1912, Juliette Low gathered 18 girls to register the first troop of American Girl Guides (Moingona Girl Scout Council). The name of the organization was changed to Girl Scouts the following year. In developing the Girl Scout movement in the United States, Juliette brought girls of all backgrounds into the out-of-doors, giving them the opportunity to develop self-reliance and resourcefulness. She encouraged girls to ... prepare not only for traditional homemaking, but also for possible future roles as professional women in the arts, sciences, business, and for active citizens...

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... work teams need a Mission; work teams need personal bonding; work teams need time; work teams need training. These are just two examples of the many organizations that have in the past, as well as presently, implemented the concept of work teams to accomplish various types of missions or tasks. My research paper will discuss various types of work teams along with these ... teams can be successful when implemented correctly. When people work in groups, there are two quite separate issues involved. The first is the task and the problems involved in getting the job done. Most often than not...

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... influence by going along with or before, others that would follow (Guralnik, 1984). In fact, the wording in the assignment of this paper has connotations towards the differences between a manager and a leader. The assignment asks us to address the "role of a manager", as opposed to the "characteristics of a leader." The phrase "role of a manager" connotes a task-oriented, strictly defined, robotic functioning ... lives however, are marked by a need to profoundly alter human, economic, and political relationships. They do not take things for granted and are not satisfied with the status...

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... out in the midst of other products that are in the market. Coca-Cola is a company that is operating in a highly competitive and dynamic beverage industry. With the high quantity of companies that are either direct or indirect competitors of Coca-Cola, the company has to work tirelessly on its brand to ensure and secure a competitive advantage. Brand Coca-Cola is known in almost every country where the ... company has operations. There are a number of aspects that contribute to the brand being known to that extent ... . Among such factors could be the effective promotion and advertising ....

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... out in the midst of other products that are in the market. Coca-Cola is a company that is operating in a highly competitive and dynamic beverage industry. With the high quantity of companies that are either direct or indirect competitors of Coca-Cola, the company has to work tirelessly on its brand to ensure and secure a competitive advantage. Brand Coca-Cola is known in almost every country where the ... company has operations. There are a number of aspects that contribute to the brand being known to that extent ... . Among such factors could be the effective promotion and advertising ....

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... Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system such as EDI, XML, and FLAT FILE to run its business operation. This system helps company to save time and cost with its direct exchange data or information through computer server. For example, in the situation where company does not have a EDI system will generate purchase order then fax or mail to supplier to print out ... same standard, Dimerco can exchange purchasing order, invoices, bills, and shipment notice with its partners. In contrast, it gives direct access for the both companies to check their inventory level and with such system; it ca...

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... . Keiichiro Nakagawa (1969) conceptualizes zaibatsu as "a major economic entity established in a less developed country, whose fundamental social structure is based on instinctive gregarious group expressed as family, to pursue an industrialization process in face of international competition against industrialized countries." Nakagawa's definition emphasizes zaibatsu as a natural historic product in the process of economic development. In contrast, Shinichi Yonekawa (1981) defines zaibatsu as "a diversified corporate group which ... business and expansion into more profitable areas thro...

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... purchasing, which includes: a. Organization of Buying Centralized Vs Decentralized Purchasing Decentralized purchasing Individual departments or separate locations handle their own purchasing requirements. Advantages Direct responsibility for profit centers Stronger customer orientation towards internal user Less bureaucratic purchasing procedures Direct communication with suppliers Disadvantages Dispersed purchasing power, lack of economies of scale No uniform attitude towards suppliers Scattered market research Limited possibilities for ... follows: o Communications: not only must the...

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... 2001, gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 0.3% following on the record 6.6% growth achieved in 2000. For this year, Consensus Forecast panellists expect the country to pull clear from the recession. The current recession would thus represent the shortest and mildest downswing experienced by Mexico in the past decades. As signs that the recession in the United States is already drawing to an end are accumulating ... to the United States. In addition, more than a half-million American citizens live in Mexico. More than 2,600 U.S. companies have operations there, and the U.S. accounts f...

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