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    Best Practices Guidelines- Behavioral Event Interviews

    o Clearer understanding of what differentiates superior from average

    performers

    o Higher degree of confidence of the validity of the competency profile

    o Provision of role specific role specific situation data which can offer real

    insight into challenges the jobholder faces

    Factors by Stakeholders- Line Managers

    o Understand the competency framework and the central role it plays in the

    plays in the people management process and skilled in talking about job

    requirements in competency terms

    o Able to utilize competencies as the link between individual skills/

    knowledge/behavior and business goals

    o Able to use competencies to define development needs and consequently

    appropriate development plans

    o

    Able to apply competencies for performance evaluation Types of Interview

    o Directive Interview

    asks for specific information. The interviewer here uses a form to

    record the answers to specific questions about the background of

    the applicant.

    o Non-directive Interview

    Non directive questions are broad, open-ended and require a

    narrative answer.

    o Group Interview

    The group interview is still another method used by somecompanies. This interview is conducted by a panel of committee of

    three or five interviews sitting as a panel.

    o Team Method

    In this method of interview, a team of three interviewers may

    interview an applicant separately and then compare note

    afterwards.

    Middle range planning involves the setting up of organizational goals and

    objectives within a 2 to 5 year period. These usually target in sales, volume of

    production and the like.

    The Five Steps to Human Resource Planning

    1. Determining the workload inputs based on the corporate goals and

    objectives

    2. Studying the jobs in the company and writing in the job description and

    job specifications.

    3. Forecasting of manpower needs, determination of the number and

    skills of people require for work.

    4. Inventory of manpower- an analysis of the present manpower

    compliment of the company to determine whether it has enough or less

    or more personnel5. Improvement plans- determination of the appropriate steps to

    implement the human resource plan in order to ensure that the

    company has the right number and right quality of people, properly

    assigned to jobs for which they are most useful.

    The five essential steps are discussed briefly below:

    1. Determining the workload - the first step in the process of human

    resource planning is to determine the business objectives of the

    company and analyze their impact on each departments operational

    responsibility.

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    2. Study of jobs in the company (job description and job specifications)

    3. Forecasting human resource needs- Forecasting manpower needs

    comes next after determining the work input, and is known as the

    panned and logical method of determining, both quantitatively and

    qualitatively.

    4. Inventory of manpower- the fourth step in the planning process is the

    inventory of available current manpower.

    5. Improvement Planthe fifth key element of human resource planning

    is to tailor, the implementation and improvement plans to meet the

    objectives of the corporation or department.

    Importance of a Well- Organized Selection Program

    o The main objective of good employee selection is to acquire people who

    possess the ability and competence to accomplish successfully the duties

    and responsibilities not only of the job to be filled but also of the patient to

    grow with the company.o The success of any enterprise, large or small, chiefly depends on the

    ability and efficiency of the persons in it rolls.

    o People are hired to do jobs to attain the objectives of the enterprise.

    o People with specialized knowledge and skills are needed to render

    services.

    Elements of a Good Recruitment and Selection Program

    o The objective of employee selection is to hire the best qualified candidate

    or employee available for the position to be filled.

    o Related to employee selection and appraisal is the companys policy of

    promoting employees from within. The ties in with the point mentionedabout the desirability of selecting employees who have the potential for

    growth and development.

    o In selecting employees, the company may not always be right. From time

    to timw, a person may be placed in a job not exactly suited to his

    qualifications or be given responsibilities that he is not prepared to handle.

    Factors that Make a Good employee

    o A job applicant may be motivated by the considerations other than income

    alone. Such factors, as opportunities for demonstrating ones stability,

    security on the job, the chances for advancement and professional growth,

    and desirable working conditions, may mean more to a man in deciding

    whether or not to take the job than the wages he may receive.

    Reasons for Proper selection of Employees

    o The company objectives are better achieved by workers who have been

    properly selected

    o An incompetent worker is a liability to the company

    o Personnel requirement vary from job to job

    o People have varying degree of intelligence, aptitudes and abilities.

    o Labor laws protect employees, making it difficult to fire incompetent and

    problem employeeso Individuals have different interests, goals and achievements in life.

    o Careless hiring is costly and can cause problems to the company,

    especially to the supervisors and managers who have to deal with the

    workers.

    The rights of labor as provided in the Philippine Constitutions as well as in the

    Labor Code may be summarized as follows:

    o Right to protection by the States

    o Right to full employment

    o Right to equal work opportunities, regardless of sex, race or creed

    o Right to self-organization and peaceful concerned activities

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    o Right to collective bargaining and negotiations

    o Right to security of tenure

    o Right to just and humane conditions of work

    o Right to a living wage

    o Right to participate in policy and decision- making processes affecting

    their rights and welfare

    o Right to compusalry arbitration as may be provided by law

    Installing a Program for Recruitment, Selection and Hiring

    1. Recognition of the Need by Management

    a. In developing a program for recruitment, selection and hiring of

    employees, the first consideration is the recognition by

    management of the needs for sound policies and procedures on

    recruitment, selection and hiring of desirable employees for the

    organization.

    2. Selling the Programa. The program must be sold to all executives and supervisors to

    obtain their wholehearted cooperation to make it work.

    3. Communication the Program

    a. Management should define its overall objective and establish

    the necessary policies and procedures of the program.

    4. Responsibility for Recruitment, selection and Hiring

    a. It must be emphasized that employee selection is a joint

    responsibility of the personnel manager and the line managers

    and therefore they must cooperate with one anothers.

    5. Forms and Recordsa. The various forms needed for the effective implementation of

    the program must be designed that the records and appropriate

    record system set ups.

    6. Labor Code of the Philippines

    a. The policies and procedures of the company on employment

    should also take into consideration the Government Rules and

    Regulations on this matter more particularly those provided in

    the Labor code and its implementing Rules and Regulations

    7. Selection of Employees from Within or Outside the Company

    a. This also involves the company policy on transfers and

    promotions of employees to fill in vacancies.

    8. Job analysis; Job Description and Specifications

    9. Employment Test and Interview

    a. This would cover tests for applicants for certain types of jobs

    and should indicate who would conduct the tests, how the tests

    would be given and who would interview the applicant

    10. Checking of References, Police Records and Clerances

    11. Prior Registration with the Social Security System for SSS Number,

    Medicare12. Physical Examinations

    13. Introduction, including and orienting the new employee to his job and

    the company

    14. Probationary period of new employee

    a. This refers to the company policy on the length of probationary

    period and related conditions. The labor code provides for a

    maximum of six months probationary period.

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    Procedures in Recruitment, Selection and Hiring

    o Step 1: Studying the different jobs in the company and writing the Job

    description and Specification

    The first requirement of the selection process is knowing what kind

    of a man the job needs. This requires the knowledge of a. the exact

    nature of the job to be filled; b. its duties and responsibilities c. the

    steps taken to perform those duties and responsibilities. D. the

    tools and equipment used e. the working conditions under which

    the specific job if performed f. the amount of authority delegated to

    the job as education, skills and physical demands.

    Jobs description: tells what is done on the job, how it is done, why it

    is done, the skills involved and the tools and equipment used in

    doing it.

    Job specification: is likewise necessary to know the specific

    qualifications required of the man who is to do it.o Step 2: Requisition for New Employee:

    To inform the employment office about the existence of a vacancy

    to be filled, the line supervisor of the department head concerned

    should be accomplish, a formal requisition form indicating the facts

    and information about the vacancy to be filled, such as date when

    the new employee will be needed, his rate of pay, the required

    qualifications of the employee and etc.

    o Step 3: Recruiting Qualified Applicants:

    Recruitment is process by which prospective applicants are

    induced to apply to the company in order that their qualifications forpresent and anticipated vacancies can be evaluated through sound

    screening and selection procedures.

    o Step 4: Reception of Appraisal:

    Not all applicants are allowed to go through the entire process of

    selection. Some of them are eliminated by means of the preliminary

    screening or sight screening.

    o Step 5: application Form:

    Screening is the process by which the applicants are classified

    under two categories: those to be given examinations and further

    interviews and those who should not be considered at all.

    o Step 6: Testing:

    The employment officer gives over the application form. On the

    basis of the information contains and from the impression the

    officer gathered at the preliminary interview.

    Tests are needed to discover mental ability, aptitude, proficiencies,

    potential ability, skills, and knowledge of an applicant. They can

    predict failure better than success because the job depends not

    only on the applicants specific attitudes, skills and abilities but also

    on such other factors as motivation and incentives, personalproblems, working conditions, and the like which may not be

    measured through tests and interviews.

    Psychological tests should not be used as the only basis for

    employee selection because they have their own limitations.

    o Step 7: Checking the applicants work experiences, school records and

    personal reference:

    The application forms of those who pass the examination are

    separated and the information in them checked for veracity.

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    o Step 8: Interview:

    The purpose of interview are a. to find out how well qualified the

    applicant is for vacancy b: to give the information he needs in order

    to decide whether or not he will take the job if offered to him

    o Step 9: Matching the applicant with the job

    This step involves the matching of the qualifications of all the

    applicants against the requirements of the job as in the job

    description and job specifications.

    o Step 10: Final selection by immediate supervisor or Department Head

    This job is a joint responsibility of the personnel manager and the

    line manager. The line manager, being responsible for the success

    of his department should be given a free hand in the selection of

    the man assigned in the department.

    o Step 11: Physical and Medical Examination:

    The selected applicants are required to pass a physical and

    medical examination. In small companies the applicant may be

    reffered to a company physician or a medical consultant for the

    medical and physical check-up.

    o Step 12: Hiring:

    The condition employing a person whether probationary,

    temporary, contractual etc.

    Final evaluation of the applicant:

    After completing the interview, tests and other fact-finding

    procedures, the employment officer makes his final evaluation of

    the applicant, the total man who will work for the company. Categories of employees:

    o Regular employees:

    a regular employee or worker is a person having passed through a

    probationary period of employment, is placed on the regular rolls of

    the company or one who is assigned to perform work directly to his

    job description.

    o Probationary Employee:

    A probationary employee or worker is person hired to occupy a

    permanent or regular position in the company for a specified trial

    period to improve if he is acceptable for the job.

    o Temporary employee:

    A temporary employee is a person hired to perform work in a

    specific project job, or period upon completion of which the workers

    employment is terminated.

    o Contractual employee:

    A contractual employee is one hired on an individual employment

    contract or basis to perform a work on specific project.

    o Casual employee:

    By connotation, a casual worker is one who is hired for only a fewdays or few months at a time to perform a unit of work to fill the gap

    in the absence of another.

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    Psychological Tests and Management Assessment

    Definitions:

    o

    Test is a systematic procedure for gathering data for the purpose ofmaking intra or inter- individual comparison. It is a sample of behavior.

    o Test is a group of questions or tasks to which a student is to respond.

    o Is a technique for measuring objectively an individuals personal

    characteristics, potentialities, or accomplishments especially by

    comparing his behavior with others on whom the particular technique is

    said to have been standardized.

    Purposes:

    o Prediction: tests are given to obtain a measure of ability, achievement,

    and or other characteristics that will offer a solid basis on which

    individuals can make decisions.o Selection: tests are used by institutions and industry to accept one

    individuals and reject others.

    o Classification: is an arrangement according to some systematic

    division into classes or groups.

    o Evaluation: tests are used to assess and evaluate program, methods,

    treatments and the like.

    o guidance: to help analyze personality profile. Help analyze an

    individual.

    Advantages of tets:

    o The most reliable and accurate means of selecting candidates

    o Most objective way of assessing an individual.

    Disadvantages of tests:

    o May accurately predict an applicants ability to perform the job, but they

    are less successful in indicating the extent to which the individual will

    want to perform.

    o A potential problem of applicants honesty.

    o Problem of anxiety

    Authorized Causes for Termination

    o

    Installation of Labor Saving Devices Management is authorized by law to introduce labor saving

    devices in order to mechanize or modernize his business with a

    view to effect efficiency and economy in the methods of

    production.

    o Redundancy: exist where the service of an employee are in excess of

    what is demanded by the actual requirements of the establishment/

    enterprise, which may be due to some factors.

    o Retirement: to avoid or minimize losses is recognized by law.

    Serious Misconduct:

    o It is the improper or wrong conduct; transgression of some establishedand definite rule of action, a forbidden act, a dereliction of duty, willful

    in character, and implies wrongful intent and not mere error in

    judgement.

    o The misconduct to be serious must be of such a grave and aggrevated

    character and not merely trivial or unimportant.

    Willful Disobedience:

    o Willfulness characterized by a wrong and perverse mental attitude

    rendering the employees act inconsistent with proper insubordination.

    Neglect of Duties:

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    o The neglect of duty must not only be gross but also habitual- not single

    or isolated, acts of negligence.

    o Gross negligence has been defined as the want of any slight care or

    the utter disregard of consequesnces.

    Dishonesty, loss of confidence:

    o Fraud has been defined as any act, omission or concealment which

    involves a breach of legal duty, trust or confidence justly reposed and

    is injurious to another.

    Analogous Cases:

    o The determination of whether the cause for terminating employment is

    analogous to any of those enumerated in Art. 282 of the Code will

    depend on the circumstances of each case.

    o To be considered as analogous to the just causes enumerated, a

    cause must be due to the voluntary and/ or willful act or omission of the

    employee.

    Retirement:

    -To give up active participation in a business or other occupation especially

    because of advance age.

    Requisites to a Rewarding Retirement

    Stage I: Pre-retirement

    o Pre-retirement covers life from about ages 40-60 a time to take stack of

    yourself and what you can prepare for a long life. This applies to uswhether or not we will retire from paid employment.

    Stage II: Decision Time

    o Rehearse for retirement: Plan what youd like to do with free time and try it

    out on weekends and vacations. Gradually reduce your work hours of

    responsibilities.

    Stage III: Retirement:

    o Sometimes circumstances take retirement out of control. Even the best

    planned retirement can have emotional bumps. Dr. Richardson found out

    that feelings of loss, the blues, restlessness, anxiety, mild depression or

    preoccupation with the past are normal for many people during the first sixmonths.

    Professional Success Through Motivation

    One of the goal of management is to motivate staff to work for the hospital goals

    and objectives. But in order to understand motivation, administrators must

    consider the needs of staff members, what they want and expect from their job.

    Researchers have proven that the best way to motivate a person, is to show him

    that you are conscious of his needs, ambitions and fears, and recognize him as

    an individual.

    Health care professionals have an important role in rendering care to patients. It

    is believed that if the health care provider is to remain in the hospital as an

    efficient and effective health worker, he/she must experience some kind of

    satisfaction in his/her work. The nature of their work in the hospital requires equal

    amount of dedication and commitment, and this can be expended by someone

    who is equally motivated and self directed.

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    Labor Relation

    Major Components and Definitions:

    Labor relations: relations between the workers and management

    Unionization: organizations of workers

    Collective bargaining: organization of workers to bargain for working conditions

    Unionization:

    1. Organizing Phase:

    a. Establish internal contacts.

    b. Knowledgeable about related law

    c. Identify frustration level/ extent of employment problem

    d. Assess interest in unionizatione. Commitment

    f. Informational meetings

    g. Coordination efforts, development of unity

    h. Education about collective bargaining

    i. Participation

    2. Recognition Phase:

    a. Organizers must get at least 20% to be represented to sign individual

    authorization cards before the labor organization can act on behalf of the

    group.

    b. Recognition by employer (good faith doubt)

    c. Petition for election 50% of potential members

    d. Preliminary hearing before election is scheduled.

    e. Election: during working hours on the employers premises about a month

    after hearing.

    Labor Law:

    1. 1935 NLRA- National Labor Relations Act. Or Wagner Act:

    a. Prevented some employers from cutting wages

    b. Employers could not legally fire employees who sought unionization.NLRA created NLR Board:

    c. To investigate and initiate administrative proceedings against

    employers who violated a law that listed employer violations only.

    2. Taft- Hartley Act or Labor Management Relation Act:

    a. Listed union restrictions to restore equality between employers and

    employees

    b. Non profit health care institutions: exempted

    c. Union developed public reltions problems when some of them went on

    strike during war/ union blamed for postwar inflation.

    3. Landrum- Greffin Act or Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

    1959

    a. Safeguard against corrupt financial and election procedures used by

    some unions:

    i. Post NLRB election notices starting the time, date and place of

    election

    ii. No electioneering around the polling place.

    4. Public Law 93-360 in 1974, the Non profit Health Care Amendments to Taft-

    Hartley Act.

    a. Collective bargaining rights to private sector employees

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    b. Notification procedures that must precede a strike/ ensured employees

    of the right to join, or refrain from joining a union.

    Decertification:

    When employee no longer want to be represented by their present uniono 90 days period before expiration of contract

    o Pre-election hearing

    o Better off without a union

    Nurse Managers Role in Collective Bargaining

    o Management Skills

    o Motivational Techniques

    o Listen carefully to staff concerns and represent staff associates wishes to

    stop management

    o Nurse administrators need to know about labor relations.

    Key Terms Used in Collective Bargaining

    Agency shop:

    a business where nonmembers are required to join to union as a

    condition of employment

    Arbitration:

    procedures for using the services of a third party to settle labor disputes

    Arbitrator:

    the person chosen by agreement of both parties to decide the dispute

    between them Authorization cards:

    cards the employees sign to authorize representation by a specific union.

    Bargaining agent:

    a person or group accepted by an employer and chosen by members of

    the bargaining unit to represent them in collective bargaining.

    Bargaining unit:

    an employee group that the state or National labor Relations Board

    recognizes as an appropriate division for collective bargaining.

    Certification:

    the official recognition by a labor organization as the exclusive bargainingagent for employees of a specific bargaining unit.

    Contract violation:

    acts that break the terms of contract.

    Collective Bargaining

    o A legal process used by organized employees to negotiate with an

    employer about wages and related concerns resulting in an employment

    contract.

    Deadlock:

    o A stall in negotiations when neither party is willing to compromise about an

    issue.

    Decertification:

    o The withdrawal of official recognition of a union as the exclusive

    bargaining unit.

    Grievance:

    o Any complaint by an employer or union concerning an aspect of

    employment.

    Grievance procedures:

    o Steps both sides have agreed to follow to settle disputes.

    Meditation:

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    o A process for settling labor disputes where a mediator helps the parties to

    reach their own agreements.

    Open shop:

    o A business where employees are not required to belong to the bargaining

    unit.

    Job Design

    The act of specifying the content and methods of jobs

    The goal is to create a work system that is productive and efficient, taking into

    consideration the costs and benefits of alternatives for the organization and the

    workers.

    Job designers are concerned with who will do a job and how the job be done and

    where the job will be done. Successful designs must be:

    o Carried out by experienced personnel who have the necessary training

    and background

    o Consistent with the goals of the organization

    o In written form

    o Understood and agreed by both management and employees.

    Changing nature of jobs and job design

    o Scientific Management:

    Principles of scientific management was developed by F.W. Taylor

    in 1880s and 1890s by breaking down jobs into elementalactivities and simplifying job design to the extent that a very limited

    skills were required to learn a job, thus minimizing the time required

    for learning.

    o The assembly line

    The adoption of assembly line production meshed with the

    principles of scientific management between 1909 and 1929.

    o Limitations and Failures of Traditional job Design Approaches

    Task specialization have advantages like high output, low cost and

    minimal training but it also resulted a lot of disadvantages,

    boredom, lack of motivation, and mental fatigue.

    o Behavioral Influence/Approaches to Job Design

    Due to workers dissatisfaction, the behavioral approaches began in

    1960s and early 1970.

    Contemporary Trends in Job Design

    The major trends in work and job design come from the Japanese. It

    emphasize the Japanese approach to job design because that is were.

    1. Job and task Flexibility:

    a. Japanese train workers to do a variety of jobs and tasks because

    Japanese management had greater flexibility in labor deployment thanUS counterparts.

    2. Quality Improvement Responsibility

    a. In the traditional US approach, quality management responsibility,

    whereas Japanese approach says quality is the responsibility of the

    worker.

    3. Increased Skill and Ability Levels:

    a. Extensive job training and job rotation are the characteristics of

    Japanese system once worker joins a Japanese comp.

    4. Employee Involvement:

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    a. It is a key feature of Japanese production systems, involvement is

    realized through groups or teams.

    5. Evaluation and Reward:

    a. Job security is a key factor in Japanese reward system.

    6. Worker compensation:

    a. The 2 basic forms of worker payment are both tied in time are:

    i. Hourly wage; the longer someone works, the more they will be

    paid

    ii. Individual incentive or piece rate wage workers are paid

    according to the number of units or output they produce.

    7. Technology and Automation

    a. The worker-machine interface is the most crucial aspect of the job

    design because technology has broadened the scope of job design

    and heightened the need for workers with better skills and abilities and

    more job training due to the rapid development of new technologied8. Job satisfaction:

    a. Workers take greater pride in their jobs and have a contribution to the

    success of the organization.

    9. U.S. adaptation of trends in job design

    a. U.S companies adopted the Japanese management principles.

    Job Analysis

    Is a study of what is required to do a job satisfactorily, and the work methods how

    the job is done. It determines what major work-connected behavior and traits,

    responsibilities, capabilities, experiences and the like are needed to perform a

    job.

    It helps to find out what the job entails and what kind of people could do the job.

    Tools of Method Analysis on how the Job or Work processes are Done:

    1. Process Flowchart:

    a. Is a graph of the steps of a job. This is used to review and critically

    examine the overall sequence of an operation by focusing on the

    movements of the operator or the flow of materials.

    2. Worker-machine Chart:a. Determines if worker and machine time are used efficiently.

    Work Measurement

    Is concerned with determining the length of time is should take to do a job.

    The unit of measure in work measurement is the estimation of time required to do

    a job.

    The standard time is the time required by an average worker to perform a job.

    Work measurement and time study was introduced by Taylor in order to develop

    an equitable piece-rate wage system based on fair standard job times.

    Forecasting

    A prediction of what will occur in the future

    In management these forecast methods are sometimes used:

    o Qualitative forecasting method: based on their judgment, opinions, past

    experience, expert opinion, or make guesses to make forecast.

    o Quantitative forecasting method: used in aiding management in making

    planning decisions.

    Forecasting and Quality Management

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    o Forecast or product demand are a vital necessity for almost all aspects of

    operational planning while total quality management (TQM) is more

    imprint in providing good-quality product and quality customer service.

    Components of Forecasting Demand

    1. Time Frame:

    a. Indicates how far into the future one is forecasing

    Classifications:

    Short range forecast:

    o Is one encompassing the immediate future.

    o Concerned with the daily operations of a company, dictated by daily

    or weekly demand.`

    Medium Range-range forecast:

    o Covered from 1-2 months up to 2yrs. Forecast of length is used to

    developed an annual production plan or annual budget ordevelopment of a project or program

    Long range forecast:

    o Encompasses a period of time longer than 2 yrs. Used by

    management for strategic planning for new products for changing

    markets entry into new markets etc. in general, the future

    management seeks to predict, the more difficult forecasting

    becomes.

    2. Demand behavior:

    a. The demand sometimes performs in random, irregular fashion, with no

    apparent patterns.

    3. Forecasting method

    a. Time series method:

    i. Are statistical techniques that use historical demand data to

    predict future demand. Often used for short and medium range

    forecast.

    b. Causal forecasting Method

    i. Attempt to develop a mathematical relationship between

    demand and to other factors that cause demand behavior

    c. Qualitative methodsi. Based on managerial judgment, expertise, and opinions to

    make forecast. Frequently used for medium and long range

    forecasting.

    Steps of Forecasting Process:

    1. Identify the purpose of forecast

    2. Collect historical data

    3. Plot data and identify problems

    4. Select a forecast model that seems appropriate for data

    5. Develop/ compute forecast for period of historical data

    6. Check forecast accuracy with one or more measures7. Is accuracy of forecast acceptable

    8. If yes, forecast over planning horizon. If no, select new forecast

    model or adjust parameters of existing model

    9. Adjust forecast based on additional qualitative info. And insight

    10. Monitor results and measure forecast accuracy.

    Qualitative Methods

    1. In house Forecasting

    a. The management, marketing and purchasing and engineering are

    sources for internal qualitative forecast because they are generally

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    most familiar with their own capablilities and resources and the market

    for their products.

    2. Consumer Reserch

    a. Consumer or market or research is an organized approach using

    surveys to determine what products and services customers want and

    will be done through mailings, contacts, or interviews.

    3. The Delphi Method

    a. Is a procedure for acquiring informed judgments/ opinions from

    knowledgeable individuals using a series of quationnaires in order to

    develop a consensus forecast about what will occur in the future.

    4. Forecasting Industry

    a. Another new consulting firms that specialize in forecasting demands

    assist companies in determining what new products and should be

    introduced to the market and the demand that will result.

    Managing People as People

    The critical role of people in corporations

    o People indeed can make a business enterprise to prosper or flounder].

    Sophisticated techniques processes or systems cannot by themselves

    produce a high quality products of services.

    o People are indispensible both in conceptualizing such works of wizardry

    and in implementing them.

    Refocusing on people as a Pivotal resource:

    o The tragic part of it all is that during the past one hundred years or so,

    people have been over managed but underled, as Warren Bennis, the

    American leadership guru, would put it.

    o Focusing on people as a strategic pivotal resource owes its early

    beginnings to the combined research project of Harvard Elton Mayo and

    Fritz Roethlisberger in the much celebrated Hawthrone Experiments.

    Modules in Treating People

    Module 1: Treat People with Dignity and Respect

    o Rating/categorization Exercises

    Reflect even for a moment how to rate or categorize people aroundyou in the most fundamental way in terms of their individual worth

    or value and the corresponding dignity and respect a person with

    such worth value deserves.

    Module II: Expect Excellent Performance from People

    o Self-Fullfiling Prophecy or Pygmalion Effect

    The selffulfilling prophecy as a concept must have originated from

    Greek Mythology.

    In the history of interpersonal relations, the self-fulfilling prophecy or

    Pygmalion effect is one of the most powerful form its ever

    formulated. It was first prescribed as scientific idea by Robert K.

    Module III: Decision Making Points

    o Before you actually begin to rank your candidates, you should determine

    the decision making options you will be using.these are:

    A. Unanimous decision

    Best used for a critical or high profile position. If many

    people will have to work with a new employee should try for

    a unanimous decision

    B. majority decision

    Best used for most jobs

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    C. input- only decision

    Best used if manager or main interviewer understands the

    position well, or if position involves contact with others.]

    o Module IV: Be sensitive to your peoples feelings, moods and emotions

    Employee morale: a factor in corporate success

    High morale: high job satisfaction

    Laying the groundwork for motivation

    Developing a morale sensitivity

    Understanding and adapting to change

    Supporting notes and/or research data

    o Module V: be open to your peoples thoughts, ideas and suggestions

    The motivation appeal of open mindedness:

    Paying attention and giving consideration to thoughts and

    ideas of people you manage seem to be a little off

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