Human Resources Management Commons^™

Corporate Caregiver, Dipali Sikand

IIMB Management Review

My career as a Human Resources manager had led me to specialising in HR in the telecom business, first with the Essar group, then with JT Mobiles and the Northern Telecom group in Singapore as a Resourcing Director. I saw that people mainly took time off during office hours to do personal jobs - small jobs like paying their bills or buying tickets. This took up a major chunk of their time and it cost the organisation. I began to realize how vital it was for companies to find new ways of retaining employees and helping them use their office …

Analysis Of Factors Influencing Tolerance Of Fraternization, George J. Matusak Iii

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores several factors that might explain discrepancies in the tolerance level of fraternization among company grade officers within the Air Force. Factors that may influence implementation may include the nature of the relationship (platonic or sexual), the sex of the participants (same or different gender or gender of the senior person), whether the incident occurred between people in the same chain of command, and whether the survey respondent was ever stationed at a remote location. This research used a survey sent out to a population of company grade officers and comprising of scenarios that varied the combination of …

Predictability, Work-Family Conflict, And Intent To Stay: An Air Force Case Study, Patrick J. Obruba

Theses and Dissertations

A survey was completed by 362 active duty Air Force members in December 2000 regarding their perceptions of schedule predictability, work-family conflict, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to stay with the Air Force. Theory suggests that a program designed to create schedule predictability, the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF), would moderate the relationship between predictability and intent to stay. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), plausible evidence was found to support the idea that schedule predictability plays a role in intentions to stay via work-family conflict, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Additional evidence supported the theory that the path relationships generated …

Factors Affecting Exchange Relationships Among Subordinates And Supervisors: A Study Of Military Officers, Laurie K. Richter

Theses and Dissertations

This research examined the effect of organizational structure on the relationships between subordinates and their supervisors using measures of leader-member exchange (LMX), mentoring effectiveness, perceived organizational support (POS), perceived opportunities for promotion, job satisfaction, affective commitment, and intent to remain. The sample obtained included 147 subordinate Air Force traditional Civil Engineer officers, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers, Bioenvironmental Engineer officers, and 27 squadron commanders at 19 Air Force bases. The methods of multiple analysis of variance and structural equation modeling were used to evaluate five research questions and nineteen hypotheses. Overall, no differences were found between the types of subordinate …

Factors Influencing Air Force Members' Tolerance Of Fraternization, Amanda G. Brandau

Theses and Dissertations

AFI 36-2909, provides the current policy on acceptable and unacceptable social interactions between Air Force members. The intent of distinguishing relationships as professional or unprofessional is to preserve proper respect for authority and maintain focus on the mission through professional relationships while avoiding the negative effects of unprofessional relationships. Fraternization is one unacceptable type, which governs relationships between officers and enlisted members. There have long been differences between official policy and actual practice in the area of fraternization. These differences likely influence the acceptance of existing policy, and the amount of tolerance toward behaviors that Air Force policy would consider …

An Investigation Of The Contracting Officer Career Pyramid, William B. Elyea

Theses and Dissertations

Air Force contracting officers rely on published guidance to assist in establishing their career objectives. This thesis uses empirical data to evaluate the published Air Force career guidance. The data set is comprised of complete duty histories from all active duty colonels, colonel selects, and general officers in the contracting career field. The guidance implies a career path to an exceptional career but provides no empirical validation. This thesis follows a rigorous procedure to objectively evaluate the Air Force guidance. The guidance is translated into 18 research questions based on its main tenets. Each duty occurrence is categorized by type …

Capturing The Policy That Air Force Raters Use When Writing Performance Appraisals On Junior Officers, Owen D. Stephens

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between four dimensions of performance leadership, task performance, interpersonal facilitation, and job dedication and overall performance by junior officers in the Air Force. It was hypothesized that the four dimensions would have different relative importance to overall performance, ratee gender would have no effect on rating policy, and raters with greater experience would show greater rating consistency. Finally, it was hypothesized that the Conscientiousness factor of the International Personality Inventory Protocol and Positive and Negative Affectivity may be correlated with the relative importance of the four dimensions of performance and a rater leniency measure and …

Job Retention Among Cps Social Workers In Riverside County, Donald Davis

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ua35/1 Faculty Handbook, 16th Edition, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

WKU faculty handbook designed to provide members of the faculty with general information about WKU, its history, philosophy, organization, policies and procedures, faculty responsibilities and benefits, and various services and facilities.

Managerial Accountants, The Equity Theory, Job Satisfaction, And Intent To Leave, Philip N. Gilmore

Faculty Dissertations

This research measures the relationships among variables of equity, job satisfaction, and intent to leave for managerial accountants. An accountant may be comparing the equity of his/her situation with that of another (referent) or simply measuring his/her outcome (such as pay, etc.) to his/her own input (such as effort, etc.) on the job. Two hypotheses are supported. First, the correlation between managerial accountants' job satisfaction and job equity is positive. Second, the correlation between managerial accountants' job satisfaction and intent to leave the job is not positive. Employers of accountants are encouraged to review their personnel policies to ensure that …

Leave Management System (Lms), Yim Khim Chan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This project attempts to further enhance and develop new features and functionalities for the existing Leave Management System (LMS) in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT). The existing LMS is a web-based application designed to automate leave processing system in the faculty. Briefly, this project strives to test the efficiency of the system, to ease the process of leave application, to make the system user-friendlier, and to enhance the integrated system with the Attendance Management System (AMS). Its significance includes higher quality of the system in terms of its efficiency and effectiveness, faster processing time, and having …

Sistem Maklumat Tuntutan Elaun, Mamat Norazlena

Student Works (2000-2009)

Perkembangan teknologi dan industri komputer yang semakin pesat dan canggih,kini telah menjadi medan utama bagi menguruskan penggunaan maklumat dalam sesebuah organisasi. Sistem-sistem maklumat berasaskan komputer adalah penting dalam usaha pembangunan sumber manusia agar kejayaan dapat dicapai seiring denganperkembangan teknologi, selain meningkat kualiti serta produktiviti suatu yang dijalankan. Sistem maklumat tuntutan elaun adalah satu sistem yang dapat membantu melancarkan proses permohonan elaun supaya dapat diuruskan dengan lebih sistematik oleh semua pihak pengurusan di bahagian sumber manusia di sesebuah organisasi. Setiap maklumat berkenaan tuntutan yang dilakukan akan dikendalikan berdasarkan jenis elaun yang dituntut. Dengan adanya sistem ini, akan membantu kakitangan dalam mengemaskinikan …

Attendance Management System, Sze Eng Goh

Student Works (2000-2009)

Attendance Management System (AMS) is developed to automate entire workflow of the attendance logging system of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology. This system is currently in used by all the staffs in faculty. The main purpose of this project is to enhance the current system and add new functionalities to the system. The lacking of the system and all the problems faced by users will be identified in the review of literature. With the findings and the gathered information, all the functions in the system will be consolidated and the feasibility of each module will be tested. Calendar …

Umpjj- Wcs (Wages Claims System) Through Web, Min Tat Ong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The final year thesis paper has divided into 2 major parts which are the WXET 3181 Latihan Ilmiah I and WXET 3182 Latihan Ilmiah II. The division of these 2 thesis paper is based on the 7 major stages in SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) context which WXET 3181 Latiban Ilmiah I covers 3 major stages in SDLC whereas WXET 3182 Latihan Ilmiah II covers the remaining 4 major stages in SDLC. The WXET 3181 Latihan Ilmiah I is a special 4 credit hours thesis paper which does not involve any lecture or tutorial classes but to let the FSKTM …

Investigating Business Casual Dress Policies: Questionnaire Development And Exploratory Research, Timothy Franz, Norton Steven D.

Psychology Faculty/Staff Publications

This study had two primary goals: to develop a questionnaire that can be used to determine what types and categories of attire are acceptable in today’s work environment for men and women and to provide a preliminary test of whether these policies impact work attitudes and behavior. Because of the lack of past theory and research to guide the project, human resource professionals were interviewed to help generate ideas for questionnaire design. Once developed, this questionnaire was completed by 95 students, most of whom worked full- or part-time. Analyses revealed that there are clear trends and categories that can be …

A Model Handbook Of Hiring And Employment Practices And Procedures For Selected Private K-12 Schools, Jan Marie Brown

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of the project was to develop a model handbook of hiring and employment practices and procedures for private K-12 schools. To accomplish this purpose a review of literature and current policies or procedures from public and private schools, agencies and organizations was conducted. Additional related information from selected sources was obtained and analyzed.

An Evaluation Of Fás's Excellence Through People Award, Antoinette Hogan

Theses

In 1997 FAS introduced the Excellence Through People Award, a human resource based quality standard. The main objective was to increase the level, relevance and quality of training being conducted in Ireland. It had become apparent that it was no longer sufficient to offer customers low cost products to try to gain advantage over competitors. Customers were becoming more sophisticated, with more disposable income. Also, technological developments were constantly shortening product lifecycles. Thus, what companies required was for their employees to know in real time what their customers value and to know how to provide it for them. It has …

Implementing And Sustaining Effective Online Learning In Organizational Environments, Amy S. Campbell

Graduate Research Papers

This literature review will address specific issues and concerns that are . prevalent when organizations begin to migrate training and learning activities to an online environment.

The structure of many organizations has been changing over the years to include a diverse and geographically dispersed work force. In an effort to continue to provide training and learning opportunities, while at the same time reducing travel and time away from work, more organizations are seeking to implement online learning alternatives. Online learning offers a unique learning alternative to traditional instructor-led training. However, organizations must be prepared to effectively support online learning and …

Visualizing Staff Information System (Vsis), Mook Lan Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Visualizing Staff Information System also known as VSIS is a system to keep track the personal record of the staff in a company and with effective visual displays which concerned with exploring data and information to gain insight and understanding of the data. The software development tool used are Visual Basic 6.0, Seagate Crystal Report 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 is used as a database management system. Prototype model is conducted in the system development. Before an interview was conducted, a set of interview questions were prepared and sent to the respective company. Global Soft Manufacturing was one …

Human Resource Management System (Hrms), Mee Mee Bong

Student Works (2000-2009)

HRMS (Human Resource Management System) is an interactive, web-based application developed using ASP (Active Server Pages). lt is designed to meet the need of accessing human resource information electronically by the employees of an organization. This system can be reach through network, only by authorized users. In this system, there are six modules that manage the human resource system, which are Staff Information/Personnel Management, Leave Management, Claims & Benefit Management, Training Courses, Notice Management and Search module. HRMS provides database processing system where users do not have to be concerned with the ways in which data are physically stored Rather, …

Technology, Globalization And Liberalization : The Effectiveness Of Pos Malaysia Berhad To Meet Challenges, Nazirruddin Abd. Rahman

Student Works (2000-2009)

Technology, globalization and liberalization are new forces that challenge Pos Malaysia Berhad (PMB) government core control business business activity activity and organizational effectiveness. being a government control business entity, the business entity and the institutional and legal set-up to a certain extends limit PMB effective response to the environmental changes. It made more difficult when the entity has to fulfill two divergence objectives; to support some overarching social ideal and to excel in business performance. The interactions of these factors have developed some observable symptoms to PMB organizational weakness. This phenomenon triggered the need to analyze PMB organizational effectiveness to …

Key Factors Predicting The Effectiveness Of Organizational Change, Shreen Ahmad

Student Works (2000-2009)

Change management is the process of continually renewing an organization's direction, structure and capabilities to serve the ever-changing needs of the external and internal customers. Mastering strategies for managing change is more important today since the rate of change is greater than at any other time in history. Research shows that many change initiatives, even those undertaken by organizations with the best of intentions, are often destined for failure. It is therefore imperative for organizations to develop and implement strategies for successful organizational change. Many authors have provided guidelines on the principles and practices underlying the effective management of change. …

A Study Of Recruitment And Selection Procedures In The Private Sector, P. George Koshy

Student Works (2000-2009)

It is universally recognized that people make the difference to an organization. Hence the type of people recruited by organizations are extremely important. How they are managed at work is influenced by a variety of factors ranging from the size of the organization to government regulations and it's culture and philosophy. The need to have employees identify themselves with the organizational objectives and contribute positively to it's success is the crux of human resource management in general and recruitment in particular. Taking cognizance of the importance of people and their contributions, companies generally are making every effort to recruit the …

Higher Education In Malaysia : Potential Opportunities For Graduates, Hock Hing Do

Student Works (2000-2009)

Education is the pivotal in the creation of knowied.ge manpower to support the new industries, economic activities, and to develop an information rich society. The government has moved to boost the development of knowledge-economy. In order to ride the crest of the LT. wave, the Ministry of Education has responded by implementing wide-ranging reforms in the education system. The rapid expansion of higher education has been fuelled by strong social demand for higher education. Malaysia higher education has been the main avenue for social mobility and social justice, and social restructuring in line with New Economic Policy. The higher education …

Factors Affecting Work Values Of The Malay Society : A Comparative Study Between Males And Females, Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi

Student Works (2000-2009)

The results of previous investigation on work values suggest that the contradictory findings in regard to gender differences may be rooted in variations in the underlying structure of the work-values domain. In present study, work values are regarded as (1) evaluative standards relating to work or the work environment by which individuals discern what is right and (2) the importance of preferences at work. The former is operationally defined as ethical work behavior and attitudes toward religious issues at work. The other definition emphasizes the preferences of workers, between intrinsic values and extrinsic values. Here, the main objectives are to …

Wage Discrimination Against Working Women, Sarah M. Ganasegeram

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research generally sets out to study wage discrimination against working women. Specifically, the study has three objectives. First, it examines sex-role stereotypes resulting from a colonial background, as a cause of wage discrimination. Second, the study explores gender-related job segregation existing in government policies, as a cause of wage discrimination. Lastly, it examines gender differences in human capital resulting from lack of access to education, as a cause of wage discrimination against working women. The study uses legal research methodology. The nature of this method incorporates advocacy and persuasion. Case studies based of decided equal pay claim cases are …

Locus Of Control And The Intention Of Being An Entrepreneur Among Malaysian Graduates, Yoke Kham Lam

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study examines the relationship between Locus of Control and the intention of being an entrepreneur among Malaysian graduates. This study first investigate the effect of Locus of Control on the intention to become an entrepreneur among 100 of respondents, as measured by statistical testing on answered survey questionnaire. Further, this study extends the analysis by examining the relationship between ethnic group and the intention of being an entrepreneur among Malaysian graduates. The results showed no significant relationship between ethnic group and the intention of being an entrepreneur among Malaysian graduates. This study also examined the relation between gender and …

Knowledge Management System : A Case Study On Msc Companies, Noor Ismawati Jaafar

Student Works (2000-2009)

Malaysia en route to achieve Vision 2020 and become a knowledge-based economy has accepted the paradigm shift through its creation of the National Information Technology Agenda (NITA) and the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). These initiatives are geared towards leveraging information, communication and technology (ICT) to create a knowledge-based society and economy. Further, the emergence of Knowledge Management field, economy based on knowledge (K-Economy), Knowledge Management System, Information Technology and the various accompanying hardwares and softwares have put tremendous pressures on organisations. This ls to implement a system that systematically captures, stores and disseminates information in the form of knowledge throughout …

Tanggapan Kakitangan Perkhidmatan Awam Terhadap Prinsip-Prinsip Pengurusan Islam, Azlina Abdul Aziz

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem pengurusan Islam tertegak di atas paradigma Tauhid yang diasaskan kepada beberapa prinsip utama. la merupakan satu model yang unggul kerana mampu membawa setiap individu ke arah ketaqwaan dan keimanan kepada Allah s.w.t selaras dengan tujuan hakiki manusia itu diciptakan. Atas keyakinan ini, maka seharusnya prinsip pengurusan Islam ini diaplikasikan secara total dalam organisasi bagi memastikan penghayatan konsep khalifah dalam segala tugas dan gerakkerja yang dilakukan. Di Malaysia, kerajaan telah mengambil pelbagai langkah untuk memasukkan elemen-elemen Islam dalam pengurusan. Namun begitu, kerana terdapatnya kelemahan-kelemahan dari segi pertaksanaan dan penerimaannya, maka tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa masalah pengurusan masih terus kedengaran. Dalam …

A Study On The Impacts And Implications Of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) On Manpower Requirements In Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Oras Fadel Baker Al Hassani

Student Works (2000-2009)

This is a study of the impact of the information age particularly the electronic commerce on the human resource development in Malaysia. Basically, the study tries to determine the implications of adopting e-commerce on the manpower requirements. It is agreed that with the advent of Internet and its electronic services, the market has to adjust to the demands in the market place to be able to compete locally and globally. The study used of a set of questionnaire and interviews and selected literature review to gather relevant data and information on the current situation in the Malaysian workforce regarding the …