An Introduction to Workforce Diversity Management

Today, at the beginning of the 21st century, the world is submerged in a wide range of demographic trends which have the potential to radically change the demographic, cultural and ethical mixture of the population in many countries within just a few decades. Top managers often say that their company’s people are its most important asset. In a tight job market and a global economy a company that puts people first – regardless of their race, religion, gender, age, sexual preference, or physical disability – wins.

Companies, especially big multinational players which have to deal with these changes, are growingly forced to react.… Read the rest

Entrepreneurial Motivation Factors

Entrepreneurship is the process of adding something new [creativity] and something different [innovation] for the purpose of creating wealth for the individual and adding value to society. An entrepreneur has to be creative and innovative in order to have a sustainable growing business. In fact, entrepreneurs are considered as one of the main contributors to country economy growth. Entrepreneurial activity benefit community and society as it creates job opportunity, income, products and services with his creativity and innovation to us.

Important Factors of Entrepreneurial Motivation

Motivation is one of the elements in influencing the process of entrepreneurship. The general entrepreneurial motivation factors, including need for achievement, locus of control, vision, desire for independence, passion, and drive.… Read the rest

Family Businesses: Growth Stages and Challenges Faced

Family business can be describe when business own by one or more families members directly or indirectly and have significant ownership and commitment toward the business well being. Family business can be consist of numerous combination of family members such as husband and wife, parents and child, extended family and also multiple generations such as grandfather, father and son. These family members also play roles as stakeholder, board members, working partners, adviser and employees for the company.

Generally there are three different stages of family business had gone through in order for the business to growth from inception to maturity. Different skills are required in each stage and family issues might happen when the business moving from one stage to another stage.… Read the rest

Role of Human Resources in Business Environment Improvement

In order to improve the overall business environment, the organisation structure should be resolving its business trends with its various competitors. The Human resource management which is one of the best and which provides the solutions to the consumers and deals with the various issues which are mostly due to the members in the organisation which are efficiently approached with the various activities involved. The most important and key issues which relates by making use of the human resources which constitute which are planning of the human resource, recruitment of the various staff required for the organisation, performance management, giving training and development, relation between the members of the organisation.… Read the rest

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

Self-efficacy can be defined as an individual’s belief concerning their ability to meet desired outcomes in life and was first introduced by Albert Bandura. Bandura sets an establishment of relationship between a person’s own perceived self-efficacy and their attempt he/she is willing to expend to face challenges and goals throughout their life, specifically cognitive, affective, and motivational. The Cognitive Social Theory was framed by Bandura and his perceived self-efficacy which then became widespread as Mathias Jerusalem and Ralf Schwarzer established the one-dimensional, universal construct of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE).

The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) was later created by Jerusalem and Schwarzer which was developed in German in 1979.… Read the rest

Importance of Leadership for Organizational Excellence

A leader is someone who exercise influence over subordinate and other people without using threats or power for the only sake of the benefit or welfare of the community or groups so chosen or elected him/her as their leader. It would not be meaningless to say that a leader is someone who influences others through motivation and people likes to obey him or her willfully not in compulsion. A leader is person who represents the urges and requirements of his community or group and his all actions are only for the welfare and benefits of his groups. Generally leaders are of two kinds’ formal leaders and informal leaders.… Read the rest