One key challenge of any company owner/executive is to motivate his or her employees to work effectively toward the goals of growth and profitability. The ideal scenario is that every employee is cost concious, understand the importance of costumersatisfaction , looks for marketing and sales opportunities, and creates ways of doing his or her job more efficiently. In other words, every employee…
In this clearly written study, O'Brien (The Fast Forward MBA in Business), a former communications consultant, puts a positive spin on the progress women have made in corporate America during the last three decades. According to the author, current research that focuses on "glass ceilings" or the small number of female CEOs obscures what women have actually achieved in the workplace. Drawing on…
Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers’ experiences within both Japanese companies and those of their competitors in diverse sectors and n…