How Can Resourcing and Development Add Value to the Modern Workplace

â€Å"How can Resourcing and Development add value to the modern workplace? † Table of content 1 Introduction†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 3 1. 1 Company background†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ 3 1. 2 Purpose, Value and Principle†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ 3 1. 3 Awards†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. †¦.. 4-5 1. 4 Proctor & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson’s industry status†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 5 2 Recruitment issues of P & G†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ 6 2. Campus Talk recruitment method & Added Value in workplace†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦6-7 2. 2 Job Fair Internship recruitment method & Added Value in workplace†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. †¦.. 7-8 3 Diversity issues of P & G†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. 9 3. 1 Gender & Added Value in workplace.. †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦9-11 3. 2 Culture & Added Value in workplace†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 12-13 4 Continuing Professional Development issues of P & G†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. 14 4. 1 Employee Development & Added Value in workplace†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ 14-15 4. 2 Talent Development & Added Value in workplace†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦15-17 5 Conclusion†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ 18 6 Appendixes†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 19 7 References†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚ ¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 20-21 1 Introduction 1. 1 Company Background Founded in 1837, Procter & Gamble (P & G) was established by William Procter, a candle maker, and his brother-in-law, James Gamble, a soap maker, when they merged their small businesses. Now, P & G is one of the largest consumer products companies in the world. These include beauty care, household care and Gillette products. P&G Greater China business includes Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which were established in 1988, 1987 and 1985 respectively. P&G has operations in more than 80 countries, with more than 300 brands on market in 160 countries employing approximately 135,000 people. Their worldwide headquarters is in Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. 1. 2 Purpose, Value and Principle Purpose unifies us in a common cause and growth strategy of improving more consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways each day. It inspires P&G people to make a positive contribution every day. They would provide branded products and professional services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumer now and for generations to come. As a result, consumers will reward them with leadership sales, profit and value creation, allowing P & G people, shareholders, and the communities in which they live and work to prosper. Values reflect the behaviors that shape the tone of how they work with each other and with their partners. P & G was focus on consumers, staffs, brands and what make P & G’s unique. Management brings the values to life as they focus on improving the lives of the world consumers. P&G is its people and the values by which their live. They attract and recruit the finest people in the world. They build an organization from within, promoting and rewarding people without regard to any difference unrelated to performance. They act on the conviction that the men and women of Procter & Gamble will always be their most important asset. And Principles articulate P&G’s unique approaches to conducting work every day and shows respect all individuals. As they agreed the interests of the Company and the individuals are inseparable. They are strategically focused in the work and promoted innovations as P & G success. 1. 3 Awards They were honored to have focus on innovation recognized at the 2010 Edison Awards. A. G. Lafley, former Chairman and CEO, was also recognized with the Edison Achievement Award—one of just a handful of business CEOs to ever receive the honor. The award recognizes distinguished business executives who have made a significant and lasting contribution to innovation. In his remarks, A. G. hared the award with P&G and external business partners, whose focus on consumer-centric, systematic innovation has helped P&G bring innovative, life-improving products to consumers. â€Å"Innovation is more important now than ever,† said Caldicott. â€Å"The finalists we announced today are the moving parts in the engine of economic growth. They inspire people to think outside the box and improve the lives of pe ople around the world. 1. 4 P & G and Johnson & Johnson’s industry status P&G is the largest consumer products company and building leading brands that is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. It registering strong business growth in the consumer product industry and P&G's China staff has grown rapidly. Besides, P ; G was the 22nd largest profitable company in amount profited of US$ 13,436 million launched by Fortune 500. On the other hand, their competitor – Johnson ; Johnson is the world’s sixth-largest consumer health company which operates in three segments through more than 250 operating companies located in some 60 countries and employing 114,000 employees. J ; J was the 32nd largest profitable company in amount profited of US$ 12,266 million. Recruitment issues of P ; G Recruitment means to estimate the available vacancies and to make suitable arrangements for their selection and appointment. Recruitment is understood as the process of searching for and obtaining applicants for the jobs, from among whom the right people can be selected. According to EDWIN FLIPPO, â€Å"Recruitment† is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimul ating them to apply for jobs in the organization. † 2. 1 Campus recruitment method ; Added Value in workplace Apart from advertising method of recruitment, it available to employers and is widely used involves recruiting people directly from education institutions. P;G was successfully launched 1st of Campus Recruitment named â€Å"Corporate Elite Program† in Hong Kong in 2008. It is a program that hired from University top talents who are inspired to start their career in P;G, to gather together to experience an exclusive, meaningful ; fruitful recruitment journey. P ; G offer interactive platform for Elite students to make friends with P;G managers as well as among themselves. At the end of the journey, they will have the chance to get full time offer from P;G. The program mainly to target Sales ; Marketing students, apply for P ; G Pharmaceutical’s industry. Apart from Hong Kong ; Taiwan, P;G U. K. recruited around fifteen new staff members from over three thousand graduate applicants per year in the U. K. Regarding Campus Recruitment can be added value in P ; G, the organization will build up the company’ image in Consumer field. The candidates who almost are fresh graduated, provide an energetic, intelligent and aggressive working style for the organization. Moreover, it benefit of innovative and imaginative thinking, strive for execution excellence, and breakthrough a typical work environment that recognizes and rewards high performing. Hence, P ; G were ranked first worldwide for the â€Å"Recruitment, Training ; Retention of the best staff† in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry by Fortune 500 Magazine. 2. 2 Job Fair and Internship recruitment method ; Added Value in workplace Job Fair and Internship recruitment also implement in P ; G Company. Job fairs are becoming a more common method of entry-level recruiting and initial screening. For P ; G recruiter, they offer an opportunity to reach potential candidates and collect their profile. P ; G offered much of opportunities in different kind of place and launched Job Fair for permanent and internship candidates, aimed target hiring for Customer Service staff in retail shop. The recruitment team short listed the candidates for the full time or internship program, the objective to organize of Career Fairs are to provide a platform where hiring talent staff work in Customer Service field in P ; G. Job Fair has the benefit of new skills, new talents and new experiences candidates who fulfill the job requirements in P ; G. An effective recruitment practice identify job applicants with the appropriate level of knowledges, skills, abilities, and other requirements needed for successful performance in a job or an organization. Internship recruitment was very popular and common for an employer implement, as it not only give a valuable chance to the candidates to learn in workplace and also can be benefit to the organization. Besides, they are offered various learning opportunities like training and on boarding programs throughout an internship to be able to easily adapt to business atmosphere and successfully complete the projects. During the program, internship would receive ongoing coaching and feedback. Internship for employers represent an opportunities to bring in bright ; energetic people, to pre-screen for the best and the brightest, and in cases of highly desirable graduates or programs, to attract good candidates before graduation. In addition, from an operational perspective, interns offer an opportunity to bring in short term staff to meet high demand periods, vacation backfilling, and for special projects. Acuff (1985) indicates that Recruitment at colleages and universities is seen as a major source of new employees in business, technical, professional, sales, administration, and other fields. Co-operation and internship programs sponsored by colleges and universities are seen by many organizations as being a particularly effective source of new employees. Some employers have also found a lower turnover rate among employees who have been recruited through such programs. 2 Diversity issues of P ; G Diversity means that the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of different types of people or different races of cultures in a group or organization. Diversity is not only diversity of ethnic background and gender, but also age, sexual orientation and work and life experience. Diversity is deeply rooted in P ; G’s Purpose, Values ; Principles. Through their commitment, P;G brings together individuals from different backgrounds, cultures, and thinking styles providing remarkably different talents, perspectives, life and career experiences. The mission of Diversity ; Inclusion at P;G is â€Å"Everyone Valued, Everyone Included, Everyone Performing at Their Peak†. 3. 1 Gender ; Added Value in workplace The Company employs over 100 thousand people of different nationalities spread between North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Diversity (of gender, race, religion, culture) is one of most important P;G assets in achieving their mission to understand and serve consumers round the world. Almost a decade ago, P ; G business decided to address gender diversity and get closer to its consumers. They understood that female team members would enable them to better understand consumers, since household purchasing decisions are mostly overseen by women. According to P ; G Management report stated that 40% of P ; G Managers are women. Since then, the team has hired full-time female employees and has deployed diversity trainings to dispel cultural myths and address work life balance issues. P ; G believes that work-life balance is just as important as employee’s performance, days-off to â€Å"Work from Home† programmes, and special considerations for working mothers and family commitments. The company understands the need for balance of the employee’s work life. After all, full of happiness employees are more productive and have self-motivation which translates to success for all. A Strategic Approach Dr. R. Roosevelr Thomas, Jr. tates that â€Å"Globalization is transforming the very nature of our business relationship, decision-making processes, and interactions, making world class diversity management, more needed now than ever before. P;G continues to focus on diversity as a global strategy and expects its work force to become increasingly diverse, enabling employees to serve more of the w orld’s consumers. Global data on enrollment by gender is shown in the following table: Sourced by P ; G Sustainability Report 2010 In 2010, P;G’s solid progress in diversity and inclusion was recognized in many global and U. S. surveys. It includes Diversity Inc. of Top Companies for Diversity No. 18 in 2010, Top Global Diversity Companies No. 6 in 2010 and Working mother ofâ€Å"Working Mother Hall of Fame, 2005† for Top 10 Companies for Executive Women (2010 NAFE). Many awards were recognized gender diversity added value in P ; G. 3. 2 Culture ; Added Value in workplace Culture usually ‘refers to shared attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that individuals learn from the family and society in which they live’ (Gold et al. , 2010:435) In P ; G, one of the most important factors is culture. The most talented people want to work in a culture that is open, collaborative, and embraces change. Creating and sustaining such a culture is difficult, and they know they need to change and evolve the culture. They become more externally focused and need to be more agile, more flexible and faster, more innovative and more productive. Since A. G. Lafley became Chief Executive Officer in 2000, the leaders of P;G have worked hard to make innovation part of the daily routine and to establish an innovation culture. In that year, P ; G spent US$2. 1 billion on innovation, and received $76. billion in revenues. Benefit in getting more value from every investment in innovation culture. According to Diversity Management by Pamela Arnold who is President of American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc stated that â€Å"This integration leads to a workplace environment that encourages creativity and innovation and motivates people to make a difference not only internally but also externall y communities. Together, P ; G represent around 140 nationalities. Their recruiting and development philosophy to â€Å"build from within† fosters a strong culture of trust and shared experiences. Their diversity, shared culture and unified purpose are the defining elements that enable P;G to touch lives and improve life every day. Usually P ; G want their international managers to be experienced and familiar with corporate culture as well as a solid understanding of the company’s core values. It is the responsibility of the manager to facilitate each employee to bring their own experiences to the table allowing for a collage of international ideas that help P;G products reach consumers on every continent. Another component of P;G’s business organization that fully utilizes each individual employee is the office orientation. P ; G represent that has actively and successfully taking on the challenge of globalization through international management. Many worked in P;G colleagues who gained lot opportunities to interact with colleagues from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and even all overseas P ; G companies. Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Oral Care team is one of the most culturally diverse teams in P;G. Such diversity allows them to view things from different perspectives, and thus help them make better decisions based objective discussions. It is founded in P ; G that harnessing these differences will create a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, where their talents are being fully utilised and which organisational goals are met. According to Ms. Carole Yeung (General Manager of Global Offices of Diversity ; Ombuds, Chevron) said that â€Å"this effort is designed to strengthen our organizational capability and develop a talented global workforce that gets results†. It strongly proved that global cultural diversity was added value in workplace and Organizations reach their potential when everyone, individually and collectively, shares the best chance to succeed. Also, the important achievements are contributing directly to specific organizational values. P ; G acts on the conviction that the men and women of the organization will always be their most important asset. P;G is a very diverse organization which according to Diversity Inc Top 50 List awarded the Best Companies for Multicultural Females for Top 5 in 2009 and Companies for Diversity of Top 40 in 2010. Continuing Professional Development issues of P ; G Continuing Professional Development refers to the imparting of specific skills, abilities and knowledge to an employee. It is any attempt to improve current or future employee performance by increasing an employee’s ability to perform through learning, usually by changing the employee’s attitude or increasing their skills a nd knowledge. The fundamental aim of training is to help the organization achieve its purpose by adding value to its key resource for their employees who hired. Training means investing in the people to enable them to perform better and to empower them to make the best use of their natural abilities. 4. 1 Employee Development ; Added Value in workplace P;G are building on the knowledge by providing a best in class training programme that is both challenging and enriching. Half of the training is done on-the-job, while the other half will be delivered in active and engaging ways. Most of the employees are gain invaluable and practical knowledge that empowers the way they work. In addition to on-the-job experience, P ; G provides a wealth of technical, functional and leadership skills training. Some programs are offered at career milestones, such as when an employee first takes on responsibility for managing others or leading an organization. Other programs take managers out of the classroom and into retail stores or even into consumers’ homes. This process not only helps P;G people develop business skills but also deepens their commitment to touching and improving consumers’ lives that P;G’s enduring Purpose. P;G treat their employee as the Company’s most important asset and source of competitive advantage. The success depends entirely on the strength of their talent pipeline, which to build from within and manage with a disciplined process led by the CEO and the senior leadership team. Besides, approach to developing leaders at P;G is elegantly simple. They take the same rigorous and disciplined approach to developing leaders at P;G around the world in every business, in every region and at every level. Regarding leadership rewarded added value in P ; G which is recognized Hay Group’s Twenty Best Companies for Leadership by Bloomberg Business Week. Moreover, information provided by Human Resource Management Journal – Vol 8 No. 4. It clearly supports and agreeing with the view that CPD is important because of the changing nature of work and that it has benefits to the employer as well as the individual through enhancement of employability and career prospects. It was anticipated that job satisfaction and organizational commitment would be positively related to the value accorded to CPD. Appendix of table 1 (Value of CPD) should be indicated the respondents were in general favorably disposed towards CPD in workplace. 4. 2 Talent Development ; Added Value in workplace Talent consists of those individuals who can make a difference to organizational performance, either through their immediate contribution or in the longer term by demonstrating the highest levels of potential. Additionally, Talent Development means the systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement, retention and deployment of those individuals with high potential who are of particular value to an organization. In P;G, Talent Development is a never-ending priority. They develop talent primarily from within the organization, and they are one of the few companies that are committed to that approach. P ; G creates opportunities for careers in workplace, not just a job. One way they do this is by managing P;G talent development globally. Starting at mid-levels of management and higher, to enable career development and growth across businesses and geographies. Eventually, identify talent early and groom people through a series of varied and enriching assignments that will prepare them for future roles. The CEO and Vice Chairs meet monthly to plan senior management assignments. Business presidents meet as a talent-development team once per quarter. And the Board of Directors reviews P;G’s talent pipeline once a year. P ; G was delighted to be awarded the Asian Human Capital Award 2010. This recognition is an endorsement of what P ; G has leading to best talent retention was developed to meet this critical organizational need in a climate of contemporary human resource challenges. Ulrich (2008) defines talent in a general sense as comprising â€Å"Competence, commitment and Contribution†, stressing the need to ensure all three. Talent strategy and the HR practices associated with it should attract, retain, motivate and develop the particular kind of talent an organization needs in ways that build commitment, ensure competence, and result in a contribution that the business finds valuable and that the individuals regards as personally meaningful. According to Boudreau and Ramstad (2005) and Dave Ulrich (2008) stated that Effectiveness which requires HR practices that will ensure that key talent is fully capable, motivated and is supported in having the opportunity to apply their talent appropriately and effectively in their work. Efficiency requires identifying the most cost-efficient methods of investing in â€Å"talent†, an important consideration to ensure a careful focus on delivery of talent management plans. 4 Conclusion The consumer product goods industry is a highly competitive industry, the conclusion is that while P ; G is an established home consume product goods competitor, the greatest competitive threat is Johnson ; Johnson because of its continued expansion into numerous product categories. P ; G’s intent is to offer professional sustainable development, recruitment and diversity activities in the workplace. Clearly, P ; G is not only the larger brand and the category leader but it is also the more efficient and productive company. In contrast, P ; G lack of direct marketing strategies for its product. Their threats showed competitor entry into the home consumer product goods market. It recommended P ; G has access to a greater number of markets and product co-branding opportunities because of its size and volume of sales. Besides, recommended to focus and develop talent marketing staff. It purposed bring P ; G open to expand through organic growth by establishing another brand category that is targeted specifically at the international market. (Word count: 3,343) 6 Appendixes Table 1 – Value of CPD Questions| Strongly disagree| Disagree| Neither agree nor disagree| Agree| Strongly agree| CPD can enhance employability and career prospects| 0| 5| 12| 56| 27| CPD has benefits to my employer / organization| 2| 1| 9| 56| 32| CPD is important because of the hanging nature of work| 0| 2| 7| 50| 41| CPD is not just another chore – it has significant benefits for me| 0| 5| 19| 60| 16| CPD will improve my job and career prospects| 2| 9| 22| 51| 16| CPD will improve my job performance| 0| 4| 13| 66| 17| Engaging in CPD activities has a motivating effect on me| 1| 8| 31| 46| 14| It’s worth making an effort on CPD because of the beneficial outcomes| 0| 5| 22| 58| 15| There are rewards for cont inuing my professional development| 2| 13| 25| 50| 10| 5 References Carole Yeung (2011) â€Å"Vision of the future diversity leaders†, Journal Debra Tone (2010) â€Å"Knowledge Advisors Wins CLO Award for Procter and Gamble Sales Training Measurement Strategy†, Press Release Eugene Sadler-Smith and Beryl Badger, University of Plymouth Business School â€Å"The HR Practitioner’s perspective on continuing professional development†, Human Resource Management Journal, Vol 8 No. 4 Harrison. R (2009) Learning and Development. CIPD Kathryn Komsa (2010) â€Å"Achieving Gender Balance in the Workplace Goes Beyond the Workplace†, Profiles in Diversity Journal of November / December 2010 Pamela Arnold (2010), â€Å"Diversity Management: Connecting the Diversity ABCs and the Generational X, Y and Zs in the Workplace†, Profiles in Diversity journal of November / December 2010 R. Bruce Dodge and Mary McKeough, â€Å"Internship and the Nova Scotia Government experience†, Journal Stephen Taylor (2008) People Resourcing. CIPD (p. 213-252) Victor M. Catano, Willi H. Wiesher, Rick D. Hackett, Caura L. Methor, â€Å"Recruitment and selection in Canada†, Nelson Series in Human Resources Management http://hk. pg. com/ http://www. pg. com/en_US/downloads/sustainability/reports/PG_2010_Sustainabilit

Aig Bailout & Stakeholder Analysis

AIG Bailout & Stakeholder Analysis In September 2008, the American International Group, AIG, the largest insurance company in the United States, suffered from the bad debts incurred insuring mortgage-backed securities. As a result, within a matter of three months, AIG reported a startling quarterly loss of $61. 7 billion, largest in the U. S corporate history. Instead of watching this global insurance giant fall on its keens, the U. S. government has decided to lend a helping hand by bailing out AIG. However, this generosity isn’t without a cost.Seven months and four bailout programs later, the American taxpayers are stuck with a bill for the amount of $182 billion, in return for 79. 9% equity stake of the failing company. Soon after the bailout fund was received, the board of directors at AIG announced that the company will continue to reward its senior management and traders with the contractual $165 million bonus, the same group of people that caused the AIG collapse and gl obal credit crisis in the first place. Personal, I am completely disgusted with this particular decision.How can any of the executives and traders be able to spend a penny from this bonus pool knowing what their action have caused. Just like Cousin Robin, millions had lost their life time savings due to someone else’s greed and irresponsibility. However, at the same time I have no choice but to agree with the government’s decision on bailing out AIG and indirectly looking out for its employees and shareholders. The following is my argument based on the impact from several stakeholders if the government had not done so. Investors:The first immediate impact of the AIG bankruptcy will be its investors. Although AIG is widely regarded as world’s No. 1 insurance corporation, many had not realized that AIG is also the world’s largest credit insurer for many major corporations as well as the largest issuers on credit related derivative products such as Credit De fault Swap or CDS. During the second and third quarter of 2008, the credit rating on many mortgage security firms were downgraded when mortgage default rating reached its all time peak and firms were failing to meet their debt obligations.Consequently, as a credit insurer, AIG were obligated to pay investors the contractual swap payment. However, since firms were defaulting at an astonish rate, it was almost impossible for AIG to come up with any of the payments. Without any payment, most of the investors weren’t able to meet their own legal obligation and this transcended down to a vicious cycle and eventually turned into a global crisis. Now, when AIG received the government bailout package, its immediate action was to pay its clients and alleviated the pressure of any firm that was involved before things got worse.Goldman Sachs for one was the biggest beneficiary from this bailout as the firm was facing many uncertainties of its own. Average Consumers/General Public: The a verage consumers may not realize this, but AIG cannot fail. Not only does it play a major role in the U. S. economy, it plays a crucial role in our daily lives. It impacts anyone who owns a home, car, insurance, or even a student loan. The AIG statistics are overwhelming. The company has 74 million customers around the globe. 0 million of those clients are American based. AIG operates in more than 130 countries. Prior to the current market conditions, the company backed more than $298 billion in assets globally. Just its quarterly loss along had sent the world market into an abyss, the Dow lost 300 points and Asian market toppled to a new low. The answer is fairly simple, the average consumers like myself have so much invested in AIG that we cannot see it fail.The implication on it defaulting will be far worse than losing 75% of our retirement fund. Employees & Shareholders: I will need to bring employees and shareholders into the same category here since most of the AIG employees a re its shareholders. These two groups are probably on the worse end of the deal than anyone else. The bailout package is a very good indication that the government is nationalizing AIG as it holds 80% of its shares, a move that wiped out most of the shareholder’s value.On the other hand, many had yet to realize that before the bailout, AIG was on the blink of â€Å"extinction†, which will result unemployment and an empty retirement portfolio. With the bailout, employees like Robin can safely say â€Å"I am still employed. † And to those who are optimistic can even say, if the bailout does workout in the years to come and AIG is successfully restructured under the economy reforming, their portfolio will be back to its fair market value, maybe even more. It is reasonable to assume that anyone who is on the same boat as Cousin Robin will be disgruntled.On the other hand, when we dissect the situation in further depth, one will realize that the AIG bailout will rest ore economic stability, prevent future collapse of large institutional investors, support the financial community, not to mention restore consumer confidence. Thus, as one of the millions U. S. taxpayers, I will have to disagree with Robin and certainly applaud the government’s decision on handing out the AIG bailout. ——————————————– [ 1 ]. http://www. onlineforextrading. com/blog/aig-bailout-again/ [ 2 ]. http://www. onlineforextrading. com/blog/aig-bailout-again/

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About My Childhood Essay My name is Rouda Mohammed Al-Suaidi. I started kindergarten at the age of 4 in one of the finest schools in Abu Dhabi, which is Al-Worood Private School. I felt so scared on my first day of school and I didn’t go to school alone. My mother used to stay with me in class which made some of my classmates laugh at me. I remember they used to call me â€Å"A baby† and â€Å"Mommy’s little girl†. I used to cry a lot when they call me this. I spent my whole childhood there from kindergarten until High School. Throughout my childhood, I faced several successes and challenges. One of my successes in my childhood is being a famous basketball player in school. It first started at home, where I used to have a small basketball hall to practice and play with my family and friends especially in the weekends. 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Inter-organizational Cooperation Essay The fundamental principle of a resonance inter-organizational cooperation is that an agency must give up something in order to get something else in return. The cooperation of local or international organizational is fostered to ensure that both organization benefit from each other. The inter-organizational attraction brought about by trust plays a big role in helping such collaborations to achieve their goals. Paying much attention on developing leadership styles that will promote effectual and collaborative value chains through building of a closer relationship which comprises of trust, commitment, cooperation, and coordination needed between organization members guarantees success of the alliance. Inter-organizational cooperation has continued focusing on leadership as the key for its success. A clear leadership of a focal organization accounts for a stable alliance by guaranteeing legitimacy and authority within the alliance. Effective leadership helps to deal with social, economic and environmental concerns within the inter-organization (Ebers, 1999). In addition, the inter-organization cooperation are increasingly focusing on leadership so as to ensure coordination by merging resources to achieve new things and address common issues through group decision making. Consequently, the leadership behavior of adapting to the competitive global environment through inter-organizational cooperation rather than competing in an adversarial manner ensures survival of the collaboration. This can be attained through impacting leaders with supply chain management skills so that they may be able to establish and maintain effective inter-organizational networks. Proper investment in leaders will ensure that the desired business results are met given that leaders will facilitate an open exchange of proposals which will foster collaboration. Examples include; Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), International Labor Organization (ILO) and Consortia and Enduring Construction firms in the U. S.

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As a result of that, it has brought up a question which remains debatable among the society; is the climate change mainly induced by human? Due to the greenhouse gas emissions by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation and growing world population, it is beyond doubt that climate change is mainly caused by human. This report will indicate the greenhouse gas emissions by human activities can induce the change in global climate. Furthermore, the research results are related to the United States of America, China and some European countries, because these countries are considered as worlds significant emitters of greenhouse gases. 2.0 BODY OF REPORT 2.1 Fossil fuels share a large proportion in greenhouse gas emissions Fossil fuels are materials of biological origin occurring within the Earths crust that can be used as a source of energy, such as coal, oil, natural gas etc (fossil fuel, 2010). The burning of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases directly to the atmosphere and are mostly used for the purpose of energy production, transportation, manufacturing and home or buildings heating. In addition, fossil fuels are the key source for human to generate energy; it provides 80% of the commercial energy supply. It is also a significant anthropogenic factor of greenhouse gases emissions. Most of global greenhouse gases are emitted by fossil fuel production and consumption. For instance, fossil fuels account for 70% of carbon dioxide (CO2), 29% of methane (CH4) and 20% of nitrous oxide (N2O). (Dawson Spannagle2009, p.184) At the same time, industrial Revolution is known as a starting point for the fossil fuel era, it induces a rapid rise in greenhouse gases in the air. Some believe that climate change is not necessarily caused by fossil fuels because more than half of the current changes occurred before the Industrial Revolution. There is no doubt that most of the changes existed before the Industrial Revolution. However, by looking at the rate of greenhouse gas emissions over the years after the Industrial Revolution, it indicates that fossil fuels have to be responsible for the change in global climate. This can be proved by Archer and Rahmstorf (2010); they claimed that due to an increase in the fossil fuel consumption by human, there is a rise in the rate of atmospheric CO2 by 20% higher than the rate before the Industrial Revolution, so do the other greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4). Hence, fossil fuels share a large proportion in greenhouse gases emissions. For example, Chinas economy has grown quickly since 2000, and China has become one of the most noticeable emitters of C02 due to a persistent increase in fossil fuel consumption for energy production. The energy consumption in China increased by 14% in 2004, 15% in 2005 and 11% in 2006, therefore, fossil fuel consumption also increased which leads the amount of atmospheric CO2 to rise. (Dawson Spannagle2009, p.21) Similarly, according to Environmental Protection Agency (2010), the main source of greenhouse gases emissions especially CO2 is from fossil fuels combustion. The process of electricity generation accounts 41% of the CO2 emission in the United States, whereby the transportation is the second largest source. In addition, the industrial process and product uses can also produce the greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N20) and other gases in the form of by- product. Some have argued that fossil fuels would not be blamed for the climate change because the consumption of fossil fuels has improved our living standard and the development of the economy. However, as the fossil fuels continue releasing a vast amount of greenhouse gases into the air, it will eventually affect human society and economy earlier than what it is expected to be. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that the fossil fuel consumption is expected to increase and the atmospheric CO2 concentrations will reach 550 ppm by 2035- 2040 which will result in serious climate change (Dawson Spannagle2009, p.186). In conclusion, fossil fuels are definitely a main cause of climate change by releasing a vast amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Clearly, humans are responsible for the climate change. Maglev trains: An analysis Maglev trains: An analysis MAGLEV trains are a form of transportation that includes science of magnets and implies the future of transportation technology. So what are MAGLEV trains? MAGLEV stands for magnetic levitation which means it uses magnetic forces to move and travel. Even though this technology might seem very futuristic, it has a history that goes back to 1900s! It didnt start at 1909 but an American rocket scientist by the name of Robert Goddard thought of transportation system vehicles that levitated for high speed transport. Also a French engineer, Bachelet, built a model train that levitated using similar designs today. Even though these early scientists thought of this idea, they couldnt find out a way to make this kind of transportation. It wasnt until at around 1960s MAGLEV transportation research resumed. This was when technology had been more modern. James Powell Gordon Danby developed designs for MAGLEV trains. By early 1970s, the States had began testing reduced scaled models of magnetic levitation. Finally, Stanford Research Institute had tested a half-ton vehicle for magnetic levitation, leading to construction of more advanced technology. This eventually lead to invention of a MAGLEV train that could aboard people safely. In 1984 the first commercialized Maglev train was officially open in England. In Japan, 2 trains were constructed and they held the fastest speeds yet, 581 km/h (2003). The maglev trains were and still are, built throughout the world and still they are being redesigned to make it faster and better. So, after reading about the long history of this fascinating technology one thing sticks in mind, 581 km/h?! Yes, this is not some false calculation or something of that sort. So if this train can go 581 km/h then what is it made out of? This technology can be simple or very complicated, remembering that scientists Robert Goddard and Bachelet couldnt find out the formula of this system. So how does it work? The title says it all, magnetic levitation, magnets that are repelling each other so that there can be levitation. It cant be any simpler than that, but this is what the title means. Lets see how the technology works throughout the process. If you ever played with magnet before, then you should know by now that opposites attract and alike repel. This is the basic principle of electromagnetic propulsion. This is what the train is using in basic terms. On the maglev track, there is a magnetized coil going along the track which repels the large magnets on the train. This allows the train to levitate from between 1 to 10cm above the coil or guideway. As the train is levitated, a unique system is created of magnetic fields that pull and push the train along the track as power is supplied to the guideway. The power or electric current that is supplied to the coils is constantly alternating to change the polarity, causing the magnetic field in front of the train to pull and the magnetic field begin to push. Maglev trains float on a thin layer of air which eliminates friction. This makes the trains speeds go more than 500 km/h. This brief explanation of how it works probably helped why it went so fast and also how the system works. This train might sound all very good and youre probably thinking why doesnt everybody get this? Well there are the negative sides to this too. The probably #1 for most problem is the cost. These trains can get very handy and also are very eco-friendly to the environment just that they are close to 4~5 billion dollars to build one train system in each section. So, that is probably why this train is not in every country. Also the maglev trains have other issues like no magnetic data storage- hard drives, credit cards, separation between train and guideway has to be monitored at all times because of instability of electromagnets, and etc. Even though the trains seem to be fine in the present right now, there are still more being built and more to come. There are many maglev systems being proposed in North America, Asia and Europe. Also there are at least 10 plans for separate U.S lines in the systems. The technology is slowly being developed everyday and so are maglev trains. There are many new theories and new developments being made and thought for the maglev systems still today.

Teenage Runaways :: Journalistic Essays

Teenage Runaways A news bulletin flashed across the television. Interrupting my favorite program, a news reporter announced, "Missing teenagers." The reporter went on to state that a group of young teenagers had been reported missing for the last twenty-four hours. It was later reported that the teenagers had run away, and they had left a note demanding more independence. The teenagers were from wealthier homes; therefore, the parents of the missing children could not understand the reason their children left home. The teenagers later stated, "We are almost grown; give us our space." Teenage runaways are becoming a problem in America. Each year, many teenagers run away from home because of troubles with discipline, communication, and attention. The first girl that the news reporter interviewed said, "The discipline in my house is out of control." The girl continued to give examples to back up her statement. She said that she couldn't be two minutes late for her curfew. She would be grounded a week for every minute she was late. There were to be no phone calls after 9:30 p.m. She couldn't talk to boys on the phone at all. If she was caught breaking the rules, she lost all of her telephone privileges. She had to have an adult with her at all times. Her last statement was, "I know my parents are doing all of this out of love, but give it a rest. Let me grow up!" The reporter asked another girl a few questions. The girl began the interview with the statement, "My parents do not understand me. I know they are trying, but give me a break. They want to talk to me all the time. Our communication is outrageous." The girl continued to tell the news reporter about the problem. She said that her mother wanted to know about everything going on in her life. Her mother wanted to talk about her sexual experiences; she wanted to know how it felt to be drunk, and her mom would ask her daughter to share her spiritual thoughts with her. "My mom wants to be my friend. I understand that, but some things are better left unsaid," the girl said in closing. The last teenager that the reporter talked to was a young boy.

Freedom Vs Destiny :: essays research papers

Freedom VS Predestination   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  People like to believe that they have the freedom to choose what they want to do, however it is quite the opposite. Freedom has its limitations to what people are allowed to do, but predestination has no limits of any kind. Freedom is in fact used to cover up predestination, to keep people content in following absurd rules. Without predestination, how do we know what the weather will be like, or if the sun rises, or if someone will stop at a red light. You just do, common things that we think are just â€Å"common sense,† are really not, people stop at those red lights in order to sustain their life, not by their choice of, I don’t want a ticket.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Predestination makes the most sense of the two. There is no other way to explain things such as, people who grew up poor, yet somehow managed to create their own company and become multimillionaires. They were destine to create that company, it was not freedom. Freedom wouldn’t have given them the opportunity to show their ideas, it only allows them to create them. Predestination explains almost ninety percent of what happens in the world, from birth to death, and even pure luck. Freedom can not cause you to have â€Å"good luck† in a day, it is predestination which brings you to this â€Å"good luck.†   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Freedom is a fallacy that takes over the human race like a parasite. It is used to cover up what people do not want to believe. Murderers had the â€Å"choice† to kill that person, or was it just their time to die according to their destiny. In this case, freedom is used to make it easier on the people of the dead person, rather than having them face the truth that it was just their loved one’s/friend’s/etc.. time to die. It is also said that freedom controls not just physical actions, but creativity in the mind. If that’s so, then why isn’t everyone born with the ability to draw or paint or make something with the same skill? A simple answer, they were not born for that purpose, that skill has no part in their destiny.