Paying attention to small and medium sized enterprises – given the special characteristics they have and the limitations they face in the vicinities of metropolitan cities – in the rural and particularly the agricultural tourism sectors can provide the basis for the improvement of advantages...

Despite so much of knowledge, the world is experiencing economic and psychological depression. More and more companies are becoming sick and bankrupt every day. The study provides some of the distinguishing features of the financial capital and the human capital and the need for focusing on...

High Performance Work Systems are generally considered to have a positive impact on workers’ well-being. But is this actually the case? This classroom-material will discuss this question from the point of view of “End of Fun”, a controversial and widely-discussed book by Judith Mair...

Encouraging individuals to learn and understand the need for change has been the underlying logic for many suggested theories and models in organizational change management. In reality however, not all individuals have the same basis for accepting change. This paper attempts to study the...

Public-private partnerships can have a particular impact on sectors where a public service needs to be sustained by the best available professional and technological knowledge in a condition of scarce resources. The growing trend of international-patient mobility suggests, the opportunity to...

Within the past fifteen years law firms have been buffeted by such dramatic changes that their very viability is in jeopardy; changes including heightened competitive risks, a tumultuous global economy, increased competition for top law school graduates, the changing expectations of junior...

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter can help employees enhance a company's marketing, recruiting, security, and safety. However, employees' use of social networking sites and employers' access of those sites can result in illegal and unethical behavior, such as discrimination...

This article explores the similarities and differences between coaching and other methods for developing professional and personal skills, like: consulting, mentoring and therapy. Issues covered include the definition of coaching, asserted by genus proximum et differentia specifica. Article...

We are no longer an industrial economy characterized by assembly lines; we are now in a knowledge economy where creativity is what matters and the old ways of running a firm simply do not work. This paper discusses a new paradigm for corporate ethics and leadership that includes factors that...

One stated purpose of electronic human resource management (e-HRM) is to make the entire HRM functions more optimize. Technology is such a cutting edge innovations which rapidly moved the business world. Big corporates have been tremendously changed their jacket through enacting much of...