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Effective Job Evaluation and Employee Socialization Processes

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Understanding the Job Evaluation Process

Job evaluation is performed internally and does not take into account the wage rates in the marketplace or what other firms are doing. It focuses only on the value of the tasks that make up each job.

The 6 Steps of Job Evaluation

  1. Conduct Job Analysis: The study of what, how, and why of various tasks that make up the job.
  2. Determine Job Specifications: Identify the worker characteristics that an employee must have to perform the job successfully.
  3. Write Job Descriptions: Identify, define, and describe each job in terms of duties, responsibilities, and working conditions.
  4. Rate the Worth of All Jobs: Use a predetermined system to assess the value of all positions.
  5. Create a Job Hierarchy: A listing of jobs in terms
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Layoff Criteria: Balancing Seniority and Performance

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Criteria for Dismissal

Clear criteria for dismissal are essential for ensuring consistent and fair layoff decisions. The two primary criteria used are seniority and employee performance.

Seniority

Seniority, the length of time an employee has been with the firm, is the most common layoff criterion. In unionized workforces, layoff decisions are typically based on seniority, as stipulated in labor contracts.

Performance

When performance is used as a layoff criterion, companies can retain top performers and eliminate weaker ones. However, performance levels must be clearly documented to avoid legal risks associated with discrimination or arbitrary judgments.

Compensation System

Internal vs. External Equity

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Human Resources Strategies for Workforce Development & Cost Management

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Mentoring: Development & Benefits

  • It is a developmentally oriented relationship between senior and junior colleagues or peers. Mentoring relationships can occur at all levels and in all areas of an organization.
  • Key activities include: advising, role modeling, sharing contacts, and giving general support.
  • Effective mentoring can significantly improve outcomes such as:
    • Performance levels
    • Promotion rates
    • Upward mobility
    • Income
    • Job satisfaction

Employee Coaching: Goals & Productivity

  • Employee coaching consists of ongoing, sometimes spontaneous, meetings between managers and their employees to discuss the employee’s career goals and development.
  • Working with employees to chart and implement their career goals enhances productivity and can spur a
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Timeline of World War I and II: Key Events

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World War I: 1914

  • June 28: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, prince to the Austria-Hungary throne, is assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip.
  • July 23: Austria-Hungary makes demands on Serbia for retribution. Serbia does not meet demands.
  • July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia begins mobilizing its troops.
  • August 1: Germany declares war on Russia.
  • August 3: Germany declares war on France as part of the Schlieffen Plan.
  • August 4: Germany invades Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany.
  • August 23 to 30: The Battle of Tannenberg is fought between Germany and Russia. The Germans defeat the Russian Second Army.
  • September 5 to 12: The advancing German army is stopped before Paris by the British and French at the First Battle
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The Impact of Waterloo and the Holy Alliance on European History

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WATERLOO

Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal Blücher. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

HOLY ALLIANCE

The Holy Alliance was a coalition linking the monarchist great powers of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. It was created after the final defeat of Napoleon at the behest of Tsar Alexander I of Russia and signed in Paris on 26 September 1815. The alliance aimed to restrain liberalism and secularism in Europe... Continue reading "The Impact of Waterloo and the Holy Alliance on European History" »

Optimizing Employee Performance Through Appraisal Systems

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Defining Performance Appraisal

A method by which an employee's job performance is documented and evaluated. Performance appraisals are an integral part of career development, consisting of regular reviews of employee performance within organizations.

Human Performance in Organizations

This area of work is based on job analysis. It evaluates the quality of an employee's performance through internal comparisons or against comparable rating standards. After all information is gathered, feedback is generated, and coaching for workers takes place.

Three Steps in Performance Appraisal

  1. Identification

    Determining which areas of work the manager should examine when measuring performance. This is usually based on job analysis. An appraisal system measures

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Common Phrasal Verbs with 'Ask', 'Back', 'Be', 'Bend', 'Blow', and 'Break'

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Answer for: I agree, but I can't answer for my friends.

Answer back: I got a mail from my teacher since. I'm so tired now, answer back tomorrow.

Asking for: Yesterday, your friend came home asking for you, but I didn't tell him that you went out to walk the dog.

Asked after: I met your friends Peter and Ana yesterday and they asked after you.

Ask up to: My mother lets me ask up to 100 for clothes.

Asked out: Yesterday I asked my friends to the cinema.

Asked then in: Last Saturday my cousins came to my house and I asked them in nicely.

Asked: He asked his father about jobs in the factory.

Ask up: I asked my friend up to eat in my kitchen.

Backed away: I backed away from the mountain when I realized how dangerous it was.

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Essential Spanish Vocabulary and Grammar

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1. Vocabulary

  • Basement: sótano
  • Aim: objetivo
  • Health care: cuidado de la salud
  • To order something online: pedir algo por internet
  • Seize the day: aprovecha el día
  • A swimming cap: un gorro de natación
  • A can of soup: lata de sopa
  • To throw litter: tirar basura al suelo
  • Economic growth: crecimiento económico

2. Verb Conjugation

  • 1. I am having
  • 2. Don't look
  • 3. Does she have
  • 4. Are you looking

3. Adjectives & Clothing

  • Outgoing: extrovertido
  • Sensitive: sensible
  • Fleece: manga
  • Something fits you: algo que te sienta bien o te quede
  • Get changed: cambiarse
  • Mittens: manoplas
  • Short-sighted: corto de vista
  • Bangles: pulseras

4. Countable & Uncountable Nouns

  • Muffins: Countable
  • Cabbage: Uncountable
  • Sauce: Uncountable
  • Lettuce: Countable
  • Meat: Uncountable
  • Steak: Countable
  • Jam: Uncountable

5.

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2. The legal regime of State Symbols. IN UKTRAINE

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WHAT IS DECOLONIZATION?

The process of dismantlement (taking apart) of the Existing colonial empires

And the independence of their colonies that happened in 1945. It affected more Than 50 countries and around 1500 Million people.

CAUSES OF DECOLONIZATION

WWII
Nationalist movements
Emergence of charismatic leaders
International support

WHO SUPPORTER DECOLONIZATION ?

intellectuals, Christian churches, international Humanitarian movement
United Nations

WHAT WAS THE MARSHALL PLAN? HOW WAS EUROPE AFFECTED?
A rescue and reconstruction plan based on grants and loans for Europe
That was in ruins after WWII. USA sought new markets and wanted to avoid
Social unrest which might favor communism in Europe.
Europe received 25,000 million dollars and USA intervened

WHO

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1984 by Orwell: Winston and Julia's Relationship

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Winston and Julia's First Encounter

What attracted Julia to Winston?

Julia was attracted by something in Winston's face that told her he was against the Party.

What does the field at the edge of the wood remind Winston of?

The field reminds Winston of the Golden Country he sees in his dreams.

What does Winston wonder about the thrush he and Julia stop to listen to?

Winston wonders why the bird sings and who it sings for.

What does Winston tell Julia he hates?

Winston tells Julia he hates purity and goodness.

What force does Winston believe has the power to destroy the Party?

Winston believes that sexual desire has the power to destroy the Party.

What type of act does Winston feel sleeping with Julia was?

Winston feels that it was a political act.

Developing

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