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Kennedy, P.W. (1995). Performance pay, productivity, and morale. Economic Record, 71
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This paper attempts to construct an economic schema that includes worker morale as a function of pay and performance, and specifically asserts that worker moral is determined by relative pay rather than by absolute compensation. Lack of real world data casts some doubt on the conclusions drawn here.
Kruse, D.L. (1993). Profit sharing: Does it make a difference? The productivity and stability effects of employee profit-sharing plans. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research.
By far one of the most comprehensive examinations of profit sharing as it has played out in real companies. An examination of data compiled form more than 500 companies with various profit-sharing plans over a twelve year period is presented in immensely readable and useful prose.
Levine, D.I. (1990). Participation, productivity, and the firm's environment. California Management Review, 32 (4): 86-100
In this study, the author explores the effects of employee inclusion on decision making...
Overall work environment and other incentives for participation -- both provided by the company and apparently intrinsic to inclusion -- are examined.
Pattanayak, B. (2005). Human resource management. PHI Learning.
Provides a broad and extensive overview of many aspects of human resources management. The wording and style is somewhat abstruse, making relatively simple concepts appear more complex than is necessary, but provides an adequate grounding for the application of more elegant theory.
Yohe, S.W. & Hatfield, L. (2003). Moderating factors in participative management.
Proceedings of the Academy of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict, 7 (2): 33-38.
The authors explore the challenges, possible resolutions, and benefits of particpative management. Culture and authority expectations are noted as major barriers to implementation of participative management, but the benefits to productivity and employee satsifaction are shwon to be wroth time spent developing and implementing new programs.
Yohe, S.W. & Hatfield, L. (2003). Moderating factors in participative management.
Proceedings of the Academy of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict, 7 (2): 33-38.
The authors explore the challenges, possible resolutions, and benefits of particpative management. Culture and authority expectations are noted as major barriers to implementation of participative management, but the benefits to productivity and employee satsifaction are shwon to be wroth time spent developing and implementing new programs.
Business Plan: Bridal Salon Business Products and services Keys to Success Company description Vision Statement Mission Statement Company background Products and Industry Product Description Industry Description The Market Market and Target Customer Market Segmentation Target Market Strategy Competition and Competitive Advantage Curbing Local Competition Curbing Regional Competition Marketing Strategy Overall Strategy Sales Plan Competitive Plan Research and Development (Growth Plan) The Organization Legal and Organization Structure Key Personnel Related Service Providers Location The Financials Critical Risks Income Statement Cash Flow Projection Balance Sheet Assumptions References Executive Summary Introduction Pace-setter is a bridal salon that rides on the theme of 'experience'. It creates an environment in which
Business Description Definition of the Market Description of the Products Organization and Management Descriptions Marketing Strategies Financial Management This paper presents business plan for a new leather garment manufacturing and retailing business. The business is being set up with an initial capital outlay of $53 million. The paper starts with a brief description of the business; its target market and product offerings, and then proceeds by proposing organizational and management strategies, marketing strategies, and financial management
The liberties that the author took with the English language, however, are very likely indicative of liberties taken with the information presented in the article itself. The claim, for instance, that "midwives were...the first holistic practitioners of the past" is highly suspect. Leaving aside the elusive meaning of being the "first of the past" in something (we will assume the author simply meant, "the first"), it appears as though the
Crooked Cops Impact of Crooked Cop Activity on the State The power of the state to have a monopoly in the use of force is slowly being eroded by the rising cases of crooked cops. The police force is a state institution intended to oversee the protection of a country's citizenry. The force is the state's implementing arm where security and safety are enhanced. Crooked cops are seen to perpetuate the opposite
O Captain Three Themes in "O Captain! My Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" In 1865 and it serves as an elegy to the President Lincoln, who had just been assassinated. As a patriotic American and the "poet of America" (as he called himself), Whitman was duty-bound to mourn the loss of the 16th U.S. president in verse. That he did so in a way completely opposite from his free
O'Brien Interview Miriam O'Brien began her teaching career in 1959. After several years hiatus in the mid-1960s, during which time she gave birth to two children, Mrs. O'Brien returned to the classroom in 1967. She remained there until her retirement in 2002. In a 2011 interview, Mrs. O'Brien spoke about her teaching career and about women's roles in County Wexford, Ireland, during her life and working years. One can reflect on