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Enabling Excellence, N Raghunath Dec 1999

Enabling Excellence, N Raghunath

IIMB Management Review

Mohan Kumar, Managing Director of Motorola India Electronics (MIEL), a subsidiary of the telecom software giant Motorola, speaks on the focus of the new vision of MIEL, his business ideas for bringing profitable growth, the challenges he faces as CEO of a company managing software professionals and the responsibility of striking a balance between individual and organisational goals. Speaking about the six-sigma initiative and the enforcement of quality standards in MIEL, he reviews the progress based on the two steps he initiated - creating awareness and motivation among his people and making them see the necessity for change and self …


Office Of Human Resources News - Summer 1999, Nova Southeastern University Jul 1999

Office Of Human Resources News - Summer 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Office of Human Resources News

No abstract provided.


Ua25/2 Connections, Wku Human Resources Feb 1999

Ua25/2 Connections, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Human Resources for the faculty and staff of WKU regarding personnel issues and benefits.


Reinforce For Performance: The Need To Go Beyond Pay And Even Rewards, Fred Luthans, Alexander D. Stajkovic Jan 1999

Reinforce For Performance: The Need To Go Beyond Pay And Even Rewards, Fred Luthans, Alexander D. Stajkovic

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Perhaps the most talked about, if not actually implemented. practical solution for making human resources more productive is pay for performance. Yet many researchers and practitioners doubt the true effectiveness of this approach. To help solve this controversy. we suggest drawing from reinforcement theory and behavioral management. This approach can be used to explain the simple statements: You get what you reinforce. but you do not necessarily get what you pay for. We first critically review the traditional pay for performance practices and address the question of whether rewards. not reinforcers. do more harm than good. Next, we discuss the …


The Effects Of An Organizational Communication Intervention On Job Satisfaction In A Public Health Organization, Ann Kathleen Riley Jan 1999

The Effects Of An Organizational Communication Intervention On Job Satisfaction In A Public Health Organization, Ann Kathleen Riley

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an organizational communication intervention on job satisfaction levels. Nineteen employees of a rural public health department served as the subjects of the study. Archival data was reviewed based on a pre and postjob satisfaction questionnaire administered to subjects in relation to a communication intervention. It was hypothesized that job satisfaction levels would increase as a result of an organizational communication intervention. Results of an independent !-test analysis for overall pre and postjob satisfaction scores did not support this hypothesis. Implications of the study and recommendations for future research are …