The dissertation aims to measure engagement and look at the aspects where management interventions can be implemented to increase the overall level of employee engagement. ... The survey is based on a report which was carried out by the CIPD in 2006, which attempted to measure the levels and drivers of employee engagement of employees in the UK. ... The dissertation will look at employee engagement and how the component parts of employee engagement, namely cognitive, physical and emotional engagement measure up across the different sections of employees. ...

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Although "not designed specifically as an employment discrimination measure but rather as a comprehensive plan to meet many of the needs of the handicapped" (Twomey, 2001, p.540). ... Although most disabled persons in the work force "are not victims of employment discrimination", employers remain concerned about the potential costs of disability claims and compliance measures (Holley, Jennings, Wolters, 2001, p. 424). ...

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Working families face many pressures that put an added stress on the individual, the family, and the company for which they work. In organizations and on the home front, the challenge of work/life balance is rising to the top of many employers' and employees' consciousness. In today's fast-paced society, human resource professionals seek options to positively impact the bottom line of their companies, improve employee morale, retain employees with valuable company knowledge, and keep pace with workplace trends (HR Practices). In a society filled with conflicting responsibil...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male. In most cases the harassment began while the person bringing the complaint had been working for that employer for less than one year, and their work tended to be low paid (e.g carers, shop and factory workers, office staff). Shift work was a factor in a third of cases. ...

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For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. ...

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One of the reasons that China's GDP has been growing at a yearly average of ten percent for the past two decades is the large amount of Foreign Direct Investment coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the West. However, China's GDP growth rate dropped to 8.7 percent during 2012 with a slow down in export...

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Abstract The notion of leadership denotes the influence managers have on the behaviour and decisions of their juniors which aligns to the overall organizational goals. The success of any organisation greatly depends on the leadership style of its management. An effective leader inspires his subordinates to work towards a common goal in a more productive manner and also help attain greater level of job satisfaction. This study tried to look into the relationship between the managerial leadership skills and overall employee satisfaction. The results demonstrated that an adaptive and flexible lea...

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The process of economic development has been usually seen as a transformation from the rural agricultural sector to the urban manufacturing sector in developing countries. This process in the dual sectors is driven by labor transfers (migration) and capital accumulation. W. Arthur Lewis in his work on 'Economic development with unlimited supplies of labor' (1954) analyzed the labor market dualism and the structural difference between the subsistence sector and capitalistic sector in developing economies. The two sectors in the Lewis model are referred to as the subsistence and capit...

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Introduction Many agree the most important assets of any organization is its human resource base which, when effectively utilized, generates the core intellect to gain a competitive advantage. This paper is dedicated to addressing the question: If there is a brain drain in the high-tech industry, how are companies in this industry dealing with it? In addition, this report will provide examples of how companies are solving the brain drain problem, how companies should deal with the problem and recommendations on how to alleviate it. What is Brain Drain? The advent of e-business and the explos...

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