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Forestry Commission: Developing people through training

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:34:40 +0000

The Forestry Commission is a government department, making it a public sector organisation. Its mission is ‘to protect and expand Britain’s forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment’. It is Britain’s largest land manager and is responsible for some of the UK’s most spectacular landscapes. Over the last 20 years it has expanded Britain’s woods by an area more than three times the size of Greater London.
The case study will show how training and development is central to the work of the Forestry Commission and how it benefits the career development of its people. It will particularly highlight the work of Julie McMorran, a civil engineer with the Forestry Commission, for whom training and development has provided the springboard to promotion.
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From Minimum Wages to Living Wages?

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:00:52 +0000

question is if there can be a shift from minimumwages to living wages in Bangladesh. In order to bring clarity to the question, three subquestions have been used. The first question looks into how wages are determined in theexport-oriented garment industry in Bangladesh. The second question concerns thecorporations’ responsibility for their workers. The third, and last, question addresses howcultural dimensions influence the corporations and how wages are set. To find the answers tothe sub questions I divided the research into four main topics: “Wages – Minimum and LivingWages”, “Morality, Ethics and Business Ethics”, “Employees as Stakeholders of theCompanies” and “The Cultural Dimension”.
A case study of the export-oriented garment industry in Bangladesh

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Designing A Compensation for executives

maddy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:01:38 +0000

There is evidence that compensation levels are linked to firm performance as well as monitoring, in other words, the composition of the board influence compensation.
The Industry firms might pay the CEO for performance. Also, stock ownership influence compensation levels; when the five largest shareholders increase their holdings, CEO compensation levels decrease. We interpret this finding as that monitoring is important and the agency costs can be reduced by higher holdings by institutional investors.
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New Belgium Brewing : An ESOP Case Study

newuser — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:48:32 +0000

Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan founded New Belgium Brewing in 1991. The company, which brews and distributes Fat Tire Amber Ale and five other beers in the western United States, now has over 280 employees. Early on, the company created a broad-based phantom stock program with a twist: all employees are eligible for phantom stock, provided that they are voted into the program by current participants.
In 1999 the company established an ESOP, which now owns 32% of the company. New Belgium uses many ownership culture best practices, including open-book management and short-term incentives based on company performance, but a major piece of the company’s culture comes from something a bit harder to define or duplicate: a story… read ahead

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Workforce Scheduling: Managerial Strategies for Driving Down Costs While Escalating Customer Satisfaction

maddy — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:35:52 +0000

Majority In most industries, labor represents the greatest proportion of operational costs. By helping to optimize that labor, workforce scheduling can help companies reduce expenses. But for most companies, scheduling is still more burden than benefit. Discover scheduling techniques that best-in-class companies are using to achieve greater operational efficiencies, and increase satisfaction among employees and customers. Read more…

Employee Motivation : A Case Study

newuser — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:39:59 +0000

Rohit Narang joined Apex Computers (Apex) in November after a successful stint at Zen Computers (Zen), where he had worked as an assistant programmer. Rohit felt that Apex offered better career prospects, as it was growing much faster than Zen, which was a relatively small company. Although Rohit had enjoyed working there, he realized that to grow further in his field, he would have to join a bigger company, and preferably one that handled international projects. He was sure he would excel in his new position at Apex, just as he had done in his old job at Zen…click here to refer the case study