Defining a strategy to prepare for the anticipated changes in our workforce demographics is becoming a significant concern for organizations and their stakeholders. This study explores the methods private companies are employing to plan for the replacement of highly skilled in employees in...

The shift in The United States economy from a manufacturing powerhouse to a service driven economy has placed a great emphasis on planning within organizations in order to remain competitive in a new global economy. The link between business strategy and successful implementation has been well...

Leaders are the engines for envisioning and creating innovative products and services inorganizations (Reeves-Ellington, 1998). However, some leaders still lack the ability to plan,measure, and implement innovative products and services. Innovation leaders are Rogers (1995)innovators, early...

The purpose of this study was to investigate how companies in China develop their leaders, and to identify the key factors that contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of leadership development practices in China. In terms of theoretical domain, this study tied actual data to a conceptual...

Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) has become synonymous with describing the functional relationship between business strategy and human resource management. More specifically, Wright and McMahan (1992) described SHRM as the pattern of planned human resource deployments and activities...

This research investigated the perceptions of IBM Thailand managers and non-managers regarding the importance and implementation levels of the high-performance workplace practices as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (1994). Data was collected from managers and non-managers of IBM Thailand...

Purpose – Online education is becoming a major mode of learning, especially for working executives. An assessment of this learning mode is important to evaluate the quality of learning and may provide useful directions to effective management of online learning. This paper aims to focus on...

To achieve the United Nations MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in less developed Asian countries it is required to increase international cooperation to reach higher educational level of population and investment per head. In this article we analyze the evolution of economic development and...

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and challenges faced by engineers as they moved to the position of engineering manager. Little research-based information was available to understand the challenges faced in this transition. Information was collected via...

The paper presents a general view of the educational level of population and its relation to economic development in African countries. We present a comparative view of production by sector and by inhabitant, external trade, years of schooling and fertility rates, by country and by large areas,...