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Econometric Modeling Investment Attraction To The Industry Of Uzbekistan, A.I Abdullaev
Econometric Modeling Investment Attraction To The Industry Of Uzbekistan, A.I Abdullaev
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
In this paper analyzed relationship between Industrial production and investments based on Econometric models. Built econometric models based on of Solow model with the help of Cobb-Douglas production function for estimating efficiency of investment attraction to the Industry of Uzbekistan
Management Communication Failures In Faculty Hiring Processes: A Case Study, Christopher J. Mckenna
Management Communication Failures In Faculty Hiring Processes: A Case Study, Christopher J. Mckenna
Faculty Publications
While universities contribute directly to the future successes of students through the delivery of content knowledge and the development of key career skills, they might also reasonably be expected to model the “best practices” of industry professionals. However, based upon a three-year study of the communications between universities and graduate students applying to nearly two-hundred faculty positions, universities often fail the best practice test when interacting with job candidates. Ironically, they do so even when recruiting for faculty positions that target candidates specializing in the pedagogies and practices of effective communication.
Perspectives On Sabbaticals And Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Organizations, Beth Anne Spacht
Perspectives On Sabbaticals And Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Organizations, Beth Anne Spacht
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects
For mission-driven organizations with limited resources to invest in employee salary and development, retaining top talent is a critical challenge. The monetary toll of turnover is particularly harmful to small organizations, which make up 66.3 percent of the nonprofit sector. To keep staff satisfied and incentivized to stay, nonprofits need to innovate creative new strategies to retain employees. The nonprofit sabbatical, a period of rest and renewal given to reward years of service, is one possible solution to reduce burnout and reward longevity. This exploratory study investigated the benefits and challenges of nonprofit sabbaticals in relation to theories of job …
Organizational Leadership Activities That Positively Influence Virtual Employee Engagement, Milton Jones Perkins
Organizational Leadership Activities That Positively Influence Virtual Employee Engagement, Milton Jones Perkins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Considering the growing virtual workforce, it is important for people-managers to understand whether traditional management techniques produce increased engagement and greater productivity with a virtual population. Guided by James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser Jr., and Leonard Schlesinger's conceptual Service Profit Chain framework, this study focused on addressing the gap in contemporary literature related to management techniques that influence virtual employee engagement. Much of the current research provides a foundation for managing and engaging traditional office-based employees. To better understand which experientially-based management techniques influenced traditional employee engagement for a group of virtual employees, a qualitative descriptive phenomenological methodology was used …
A Study Of The Soft Skills That Contribute To The Success Of Newly Graduated Business Students In The Workplace, Promeet Jaswant Singh
A Study Of The Soft Skills That Contribute To The Success Of Newly Graduated Business Students In The Workplace, Promeet Jaswant Singh
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
This quantitative study is focused on assessing the soft skills that newly graduated business students possess. Using the first and only skills inventory in the United States that has been endorsed by Department of Labor, the study seeks to determine what sets employees apart based on their level of performance on the job. The main purpose was to assess and interpret the soft skills that employees bring to the workplace soon after graduating. The population for the current study was human resources professionals from a variety of industry sectors in the state of Minnesota. The businesses represented a range of …
Successful Human Resource Outsourcing Strategies, Michael L. Bullock
Successful Human Resource Outsourcing Strategies, Michael L. Bullock
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Human resource outsourcing (HRO) is a strategic choice that managers implement because of a variety of anticipated benefits. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to identify HRO strategies managers used to reduce operating costs while maintaining human resource (HR) effectiveness. Data were collected from semistructured interviews using open-ended questions and a review of company documents. Study participants represented 3 midwestern firms with 50 or more employees. The participants drawn from the population consisted of a minimum of 2 participants per organization who had increased their organization's strategic value using HRO strategies. The transaction cost economics (TCE) theory was …