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| competitive edge appraisal comments: Performance Appraisals Diane Arthur, American Management Association, 2008 |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy Linda Holbeche, 2012-05-04 What difference can an aspiring HR strategist really make to business value? Is HR making the most of its new opportunities to become a pivotal part of the business? In a world where HR can suffer from a low, administrative profile, Linda Holbeche shows how some HR strategists have impressed and delivered at the highest level. Building on surveys undertaken through Personnel Today magazine, and research via Roffey Park Institute, Holbeche provides a set of tools and case studies that show how HR strategists have utilised their skills to deliver a variety of key business objectives, often within their current job role. The relationship between an effective people strategy and business success is hard to quantify in financial terms, but Holbeche provides persuasive examples to add to the growing body of evidence. Case studies include Mergers & Acquisitions policies, organizational design, retaining high flyers in an international environment, and core competency approaches. Linda Holbeche's previous book on Motivating People in Lean Organizations was shortlisted for the MCA book prize in 1998. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Personnel and Human Resource Management Randall S. Schuler, Vandra L. Huber, 1993 Includes Appendix, Name Index, Subject Index |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Age Matters Keren Smedley, 2017-11-28 Keren Smedley and Helen Whitten's Age Matters provides a comprehensive, innovative and positive approach to recent changes in the regulations and in demography. The authors explain the advantages and disadvantages of the 2006 legislation and its effect on current retirement practices. Packed with statistics and perspectives on the ageing workforce (in the UK, EU and countries around the world), the book includes practical advice, models, exercises and training activities to help establish an appropriate response for your organisation. It is those organisations who can look beyond the legislation to manage the value in their older workforce that will thrive. Use this book to understand the implications of demographic change and the employment law issues it raises; to help older employees identify, articulate and adapt to new ways of working; to enable both older and younger employees to work across the generations; and to build an age-inclusive culture. Covering virtually every human resources issue related to the ageing employment pool, this is a must-have resource for anyone involved in human resources, employment planning, organisational development and training. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Case Studies in Knowledge Management Jennex, Murray E., 2005-04-30 Case Studies in Knowledge Management provides rich, case-based lessons learned from several examples of actual applications of knowledge management in a variety of organizational and global settings. A variety of KM issues are explored, including issues associated with building a KMS, organizational culture and its effect on knowledge capture, sharing, re-use, strategy, and implementation of KM initiatives and a KMS. The benefit of focusing on case and action research is that this research provides an extensive and in-depth background and analysis on the subjects, providing readers with greater insight into the issues discussed. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Personnel Literature United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library, 1992 |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: The Necessary Nature of Future Firms George P. Huber, 2003-12-10 Click ′Additional Materials′ for downloadable sample chapter George Huber makes an important contribution with profound insights on what the future firm will look like. It will be congruent with its environment. To realize opportunities from continuing advances in science and technology and environmental complexity, the successful firm in the future will be especially good at gaining environmental intelligence, learning and integrating knowledge, and being innovative and flexible. This is not a fanciful prophesy; it is a necessary logical conclusion that Huber draws from an extensive body of scientific knowledge. --Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota, Past President of the Academy of Management, and coauthor of Organizational Change and Innovation Processes Huber gives a compelling account of the future landscape that many managers have to face today. Filled with solid academic research laced with real-world examples, Huber not only conveys the shape of that landscape, but also the roadmap to navigate it. --Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Stanford University and coauthor of Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos This is an important book for any manager who faces a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive environment--which is to say, virtually every manager. Huber makes a cogent case for the fact that businesses will face much more dynamic and competitive environments in the future than they face today. More importantly, he offers practical advice for how managers can prepare for the uncertain future they face. Clearly written and carefully grounded in the best research evidence available, this book stands head and shoulders above the many management books offering short-term fads, fashions, and therapies of the moment. --Richard T. Mowday, University of Oregon, former President of the Academy of Management, and former Editor of the Academy of Management Journal Click ′Reviews′ to read more pre-publication praise for The Necessary Nature of Future Firms Survival depends on the ability to read imminent shifts in the environment and respond accordingly. This holds true for any living system, but it is especially true for firms today. The business environment is now changing rapidly, but will change even more rapidly in the future. Only firms that can respond to these changes will survive. It is important to know, then, how business′s future landscape will look. George Huber′s new book, The Necessary Nature of Future Firms, describes this landscape clearly and credibly and makes explicit the organizational attributes and management practices firms must possess to be among the ranks of the future firms. Advances in science and technology will continue to affect business environments, making them more complex, dynamic and competitive. Moreover, this complexity and dynamism will increase at increasing rates. As the book makes clear, successful firms will cope with or exploit these changes by increasing their capabilities for correctly interpreting threats and opportunities, making decisions, acquiring and managing knowledge, innovating, and changing while simultaneously dealing with the needs for efficiency, flexibility, and employee commitment. The Necessary Nature of Future Firms is written for managers, especially those managing change. Professionals in a wide variety of organizational roles will find it a particularly useful reference for its foresight and as an invaluable tool in winning approval for projects and initiatives. Academics in change management, information systems, organizational science, strategy, and human resources management can draw on the book as a supplementary text or as a source for lecture materials. References housed in endnotes rather than in the text contribute to the book′s readability and ease of use, as does the accessible writing style. But for all its accessibility and reader friendliness, The Necessary Nature of Future Firms is still firmly grounded in scholarship. Hundreds of authoritative works and systematic studies specifically inform this book, as do Huber′s own studies and his interviews with over 100 middle- and upper-level managers about changes in their organizations. To add meaning and interest, the book′s insights and conclusions are elaborated with real world examples. |
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| competitive edge appraisal comments: Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management Michael Armstrong, 2022-01-03 Optimizing staff performance is a key component of achieving outstanding business results. The new edition of Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management is an essential companion for improving employee and organizational performance. From performance pay and giving feedback to managing underperformers, this handbook addresses all areas of performance management to enable students and practitioners to understand how to assess, measure and improve performance. This updated seventh edition contains new chapters on the meaning and development of performance management and managing performance with a remote workforce. It also covers performance leadership and multi-source feedback. Packed with examples to show how the theory applies in practice and exercises to consolidate student learning, Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management remains an indispensable and engaging resource for securing effective performance across all aspects of the organization. Supporting online resources include an instructor's manual, lecture slides, a glossary and a literature review |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2010 Robert J. Howlett, 2011-05-20 This volume represents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovation through Knowledge Transfer, InnovationKT’2010, organised jointly by KES International and the Institute of Knowledge Transfer, and taking place in Coventry, UK on 7&8 December 2010. Featuring world-class invited speakers and contributions from a range of backgrounds and countries, the conference provided an excellent opportunity to disseminate, share and discuss the impact of university-business interaction through knowledge transfer in all its forms. There were two main motivations in initiating the Innovation through Knowledge Transfer series. The first aim was to provide the chance for publication on a subject where few opportunities exist already. The second motivation was to foster the development of a community from the diverse range of individuals practicing knowledge transfer. It is becoming clear that the delegates of the conference are drawn from a diverse community of practice. InnovationKT’2010 has succeeded in bringing together contributions from both the academic and practitioner sections of the knowledge transfer community. The programme contained seven invited keynote talks, 40 oral presentations grouped into eight sessions, and one interactive workshop. The proceedings contain 29 chapters drawn from this material. There were 91 registered delegates drawn from 10 countries of the world. The field of knowledge transfer is still immature, but these proceedings demonstrate that InnovationKT conference is making a significant contribution to its academic development. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: The Wandering Army Huw J. Davies, 2022-12-13 A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe “Superb analysis.”—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army’s military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army’s leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw J. Davies traces the British Army’s accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from war zones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Reform for Result in the UN System D. Dijkzeul, 2000-06-05 The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the only UN organization that is self-financing through fees earned on project management/provision of services in all development and humanitarian fields. Following a disruptive merger process its future looked in doubt. Combining perspectives from the disciplines of international relations, business and public administration, this book describes and analyses the ensuing reform, its problems and successes, as well as its relevance to other UN organizations and New Public Management theory. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Technological Change and Societal Growth: Analyzing the Future Coakes, Elayne, 2012-02-29 This book provides a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large--Provided by publisher. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Computerworld , 2006-03-20 For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network. |
| competitive edge appraisal comments: Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations Information Resources Management Association. International Conference, 2002-01-01 As the field of information technology continues to grow and expand, it impacts more and more organizations worldwide. The leaders within these organizations are challenged on a continuous basis to develop and implement programs that successfully apply information technology applications. This is a collection of unique perspectives on the issues surrounding IT in organizations and the ways in which these issues are addressed. This valuable book is a compilation of the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management. |
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| competitive edge appraisal comments: Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Supply Chain Performance Sachin S. Kamble, Rahul S. Mor, Amine Belhadi, 2023-02-03 This book provides the interplay between digital transformation, industry 4.0 technologies, and sustainable supply chain performance. The book mainly focuses on presenting case studies and empirical studies demonstrating how the industry 4.0 technologies interact with the conventional manufacturing practices such as lean manufacturing, circular economy practices, total quality management, and maintenance management, while achieving enhanced sustainable supply chain performance. The book guides the practitioners to consider the status of conventional supply chains in their organisations while designing industry 4.0 systems. This book is a useful resource for researchers and academicians to understand the interplay between existing technologies, industry 4.0 technologies, and sustainable performance in the digital transformation journey. |
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| competitive edge appraisal comments: Your Attitude is Showing Sharon Lund O'Neil, Elwood N. Chapman, 2008 Over one million copies of Your Attitude is Showing have been used in th classroom and the workplace to help both new and experienced employees improve human relations skills. The modular approach of this text-workbook allows it to be used in a variety of ways : as a core text in a human relations course, as a supplemental text in other management and organizational behavior courses, or as a training manual in corporate training programs. |
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Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or companies compete with each other. 2. A competitive person is eager to be more successful than other people.
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COMPETITIVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COMPETITIVE is relating to, characterized by, or based on competition. How to use competitive in a sentence.
COMPETITIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
COMPETITIVE definition: 1. involving competition: 2. wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people: 3…. Learn more.
Competitive Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
COMPETITIVE meaning: 1 : of or relating to a situation in which people or groups are trying to win a contest or be more successful than others relating to or involving competition; 2 : having a …
Competitive - definition of competitive by The Free Dictionary
1. involving or determined by rivalry: competitive sports. 2. (Commerce) sufficiently low in price or high in quality to be successful against commercial rivals. 3. relating to or characterized by an …
What does competitive mean? - Definitions.net
Competitive refers to the scenario or tendency of individuals, organizations or nations attempting to achieve superiority, dominance, or success over others in a particular field, activity, or aspect.
competitive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jun 3, 2025 · competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive) Of or pertaining to competition. Antonyms: cooperative, anticompetitive
COMPETITIVE - Definition & Translations | Collins English Dictionary
Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or companies compete with each other. 2. A competitive person is eager to be more successful than other people.
competitive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and …
Definition of competitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. used to describe a situation in which people or organizations compete against each other. Graduates …
Competitive Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Competitive definition: Of, involving, or determined by competition.
COMPETITIVE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for COMPETITIVE: competing, diligent, hungry, aggressive, motivated, dynamic, driving, determined; Antonyms of COMPETITIVE: disinterested, indifferent, uninterested, …
