This thesis was an attempt to better understand what it would take for faculty development decision makers to promote faculty vitality more effectively in British Columbia community colleges. First, it was necessary to examine governmental expectations and objectives for the entire system. Next, a review of the complex terminology used to describe multiple aspects of faculty development was presented. This was followed by an extensive review of the literature on the subject, going back to its early development through to the year 1992. This review revealed the existence of considerable diversity throughout the field. In an effort to somewhat rationalize what faculty development pursuits had come to, a comprehensive model was developed and put to the test with a sampling of decision makers employed at two-year institutions. The model served as a base for the development of an integrated questionnaire which featured an elaborated checklist of potential faculty development activities. Respondents were asked to provide strategic as well as operational information as it related to the developmental needs of regular full-time faculty members. The study's inductive findings supported the model well, enabling an analysis of its implications regarding theory, research, and practice.

Though turnover researchers have called for a deeper understanding of the temporal and contextualized process of individual voluntary turnover, little empirical progress in this direction has been made. Adopting Price's (1977) dynamic conceptualization of turnover as moving from one social system to another, and drawing upon knowledge across organizational, social psychological and psychological domains, this exploratory thesis uses in-depth topical life histories to examine individual experiences with stay/leave decision processes in their construed context. / Findings challenge longstanding assumptions of linearity and continuity in turnover decision processes, as well as the conventional wisdom that utility-maximizing logic underlies these decisions. The data suggest that the pursuit of context-self congruence is a driving force in stay/leave decision processes, and that self-concept, emotions and psychological states may be under-studied influencers of these decisions. Results further uncover decision process characteristics previously rendered inaccessible to researchers, due to the predominant use of correlational studies in turnover research. These characteristics include: a) pivotal points of transition; b) the story lines that underlie influencing factors; c) the nature and role of context; and d) the consequences of engaging in these decision processes, for participants and for their workplaces, regardless of the outcome. / This idiographic study, using a purposive sample from a single population of Quebec physicians, is intended to provide turnover researchers with a starting point for cross-group retrospective and longitudinal comparisons. It also aims to stimulate hypothesis generation that accounts for time and the contextual conditions under which particular factors are likely to affect the turnover decision. From a practical viewpoint, this thesis begins to answer the call from Canadian and Quebec Health Care Human Resource specialists for a deeper understanding of the psychosocial aspects of Canadian healthcare worker turnover and retention (British Columbia Office of the Auditor General, 2004; Dubois & Dussault, 2002).

Whistler Blackcomb Resort experiences the highest skier visits of any resort in North America and consequently demand at the ski school is high. Due to various factors, the daily number of lesson participants is highly variable and the best number of instructors to staff each day is correspondingly difficult to estimate. The consequences of scheduling incorrectly could lead to either overstaffing or understaffing. Overstaffing results in unnecessary costs; understaffing results in lost sales and customer dissatisfaction. A scheduling tool that can assist the Ski School in staffing decisions, therefore, is developed to minimize excess costs. Daily demand predictions are made using a forecasting model and a staffing policy is applied to it to obtain a recommended staffing level. The demand forecasting model is a regression model that takes into account pre-bookings, day of the week, holidays, and yesterday's demand. The staffing rules are determined through a Newsvendor-type model derived from a marginal cost analysis of the trade-off between overstaffing and understaffing applied to the daily demand forecasts. The project is intended to formalize a systematic approach to staffing for certain lesson types (pods) one day in advance. It will assist the Whistler Blackcomb Ski and Snowboard School, as a decision support tool, in the development of daily instructor schedules that rninimize any unnecessary costs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the kinds of terminology used in writing job descriptions for library assistants who provide information services affected the job evaluation rating for the jobs described. The study provided background information on the importance of the problem, pay equity and job evaluation systems, the nature and purpose of contacts in information and reference services, the changing roles of information providers and the problem of terminology in writing job descriptions. To examine whether the terminology in job descriptions made a difference in evaluation, three experienced job evaluators were asked to rate nine job descriptions representing three levels of jobs and three different terminologies: library, computer and generic. The respondents' ratings, five sets of nine ratings each, were analyzed by comparing the individual job evaluation plans, the respondents' numerical ratings and rationales. The findings revealed the similarities and differences in definitions used in each of the plans, the differences in ratings within and among plans and the extent to which the terminology used in the job descriptions could be attributed to differences in ratings. Some inconsistencies in ratings occurred. In most cases, the job description using library terminology was rated higher than its computer or generic counterparts but in two cases it was not. Of the three versions of terminology, the generic version led to the least favourable ratings. Considering the complexity of the responsibility o f contacts present to some degree in all three levels of jobs, some of the jobs may have been undervalued. Recommendations were made for action and for further study.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjamos personalo valdymo problemos Lietuvos pramonės įmonėse: tarpusavio santykiai, profesionalumo ir kvalifikacijos kėlimas, motyvacija, etiketas bei nuobaudos ir pagyrimai. Darbe pateikiama susisteminta mokslinės literatūros apžvalga. Atlikta septynių, skirtingų įmonių pagal specializaciją personalo valdymo analizė bei anketinė personalo apklausa. Pateikiami apklausos rezultatai ir įmonių situacijos įvertinimai, kurie leidžia suformuluoti pagrindines Lietuvos pramonės įmonių personalo valdymo problemas. Pagrindinė personalo valdymo problema – tai konfliktas tarp pavaldinio ir vadovo; vadovo autoriteto netekimas bei nemokumas spręsti problemas. Jai spręsti siūloma naudoti personalo valdymo problemų sprendimo modelį, kuris iš esmės leis atnaujinti personalo valdymo srities darbą, užtikrins personalo valdymo problemų efektyvų sprendimą ir suteiks galimybių gauti pavaldinių palaikymą. Darbo apimtis: 110 psl. teksto be priedų; 34 iliustracijos; 1 lentelė. Atskirai pridedami darbo priedai. / In the final master‘s work personnel problems of Lithuanian industrial companies are analyzed. The main topics are inner relationships, improvement of staff qualification and professional skills, motivation, etiquette, punishments and compliments. Systemized review of analyzed literature is given. The analyses of personnel management in seven different specialization companies as well as employees interviews have been carried. Both results of the interviews and companies’ evaluations form the clear view of the problems of personnel management in Lithuanian industrial companies. The main problem of personnel management is a conflict between an employee and his boss, the loss of authority power as well as inability to solve problems. As a solution the renewed and improved model of personnel management is offered, it would warrant not only quick response to the problems, but also effective solutions that will ensure employees’ support. Volume: 110 pages of text; 34 pictures; 1 chart. Additions are given separately.

Darbo tikslas – išanalizavus teorinius personalo valdymo sistemų kūrimo aspektus ir ištyrus jų kūrimo konsultavimo poreikį, parengti personalo valdymo sistemos kūrimo konsultavimo modelį. Tyrimo objektas – personalo valdymo sistemos. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti mokslinius požiūrius į personalo valdymą ir pagrįsti sisteminio požiūrio į personalo valdymą būtinumą; 2. Išanalizuoti personalo valdymo sistemas ir jų kūrimo procesą; 3. Ištirti personalo valdymo sistemų kūrimo konsultavimo poreikį; 4. Pateikti personalo valdymo sistemos kūrimo konsultavimo modelį. Šis mokslinis tiriamasis darbas parašytas vadovaujantis moksline, mokymo metodine, publicistine literatūra lietuvių, anglų, rusų kalbomis, teisės aktais ir informacija, gauta interviu, anketos pagalba, dokumentų analizės metodais bei kitais šaltiniais. Naudota mokslinės literatūros analizė ir sintezė, sisteminė ir loginė analizė, loginis modeliavimas. Pagrindiniam tikslui pasiekti ir minėtiems uždaviniams įgyvendinti, buvo atlikti du tyrimai. Pirmasis – kiekybinis tyrimas – apklausa, antrasis – kokybinis, atliktas interviu metodu. Tyrimo metu buvo siekiama nustatyti Plungės rajono kaimiškose vietovėse veikiančių įmonių, organizacijų personalo valdymo sistemų kūrimo konsultavimo poreikį. Išanalizavus teorinę ir sociologinės apklausos metu sukauptą informaciją, pateikiamas personalo valdymo sistemos kūrimo konsultavimo modelis. Šiam darbui atlikti panaudotas modeliavimo metodas. / The purpose of the study - a theoretical analysis of the personnel management aspects of systems development and testing of the development of counseling needs, develop a personnel management system development-consulting model. Object of study - the personnel management system. Objectives of the study: 1. Analyze the scientific approaches to the management and staff based on a systemic approach to staff management is the need to. 2. To analyze the personnel management systems and their development processes. 3. Investigate the need of personnel management systems. 4. Provide the personnel management system development consulting model. This research were written in accordance with scientific, teaching methodology, publicist literature in Lithuanian, English and Russian languages, laws and information obtained in interviews, questionnaires aid, methods of analysis of documents and other sources. For the purpose of the study scientific literature were used, analysis and synthesis, systematic and logical analysis, logic simulation. Two researches were carrying out to reach the main objective and to implement studies aims. First – quantitative research – survey, second – qualitative research, conducted the interview method. The study was design to determine the Plunge district, in rural areas of the companies, organizations, personnel management systems, creating the need for counseling. After analysis of the theoretical and sociological survey accumulated information, the... [to full text]

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama svarbi personalo valdymo profesinio rengimo įstaigose tema. Konkrečiai nagrinėjamos viešojo sektoriaus tiek civilinės, tiek karinės organizacijos. Tinkamai vykdomas personalo valdymas daro didelę įtaką organizacijai. Šiuo atveju personalo valdymas dar svarbesnis, kadangi kalbame apie organizacijas, kurios ruošia ir moko kitus asmenis. Blogo personalo valdymo pasekmėje, tokio pobūdžio organizacijose, gali atsiliepti ne tik šių organizacijų veiklai, bet ir daugeliui kitų. Prastas specialistų parengimas gali įtakoti net ir visos Lietuvos ekonomiką. Taikant efektyvų personalo valdymą, organizacijoje tvyros geras darbinis klimatas, personalas stengsis rezultatyviau ir našiau atlikti savo užduotis ir organizacija pradės daug efektyviau veikti. Tačiau praktika rodo, kad personalo valdymas labai sudėtinga ir daugialypė procedūra. Šiame darbe analizuojama mažai tirta profesinio rengimo sistema viešojo sektoriaus organizacijose, teisinė bazė, o taip pat LR krašto apsaugos sistemos organizacija – Generolo Adolfo Ramanausko Kovinio rengimo centras. Darbe siekiama nustatyti galimus trūkumus, problemas, perspektyvas bei tobulinimo galimybes. Atlikta personalo apklausa Generolo Adolfo Ramanausko Kovinio rengimo centre atskleidė darbuotojų nuomonę. Remiantis ja buvo galima susidaryti nuomonę apie esamą situaciją, atskleisti problemas, trūkumus, parengti pasiūlymus ir išvadas, kaip visa tai patobulinti. / Personnel management, professional arrangement, public range organizations, motivation, work effectiveness, success of organization, empirical survey. The biggest wealth of organization - people. Personnel management is very important in organization. Trying to reach the very best results organizations optimize their personnel management. They optimize working conditions, they trying to do the best not only for organization, but for personnel too. The master’s thesis analyzes the personnel management in professional arrangement system. The purpose is to show personnel management aspects in professional arrangement system. Also to show possibilities how to optimize this system. You can find the theoretic analysis of personnel management in first part of master’s thesis. What it is personnel management, theories, aspects of personnel management are explained according literature. Second part „Professional arrangement“ is about profession arrangement in public civilian and military ranges. Legal base, purposes, programs and statistic data are mention in this part. Third part „Personnel management analyze of Gen. A. Ramanauskas Warfare training centre“ is about personnel management in this organization. Documents, politics, aspects, personnel planning system and etc. are mention in this part. Fourth part „ of Gen. A. Ramanauskas Warfare training centre perfections aspects“ shows results of practical analyze which was held in this organization, shows Personnel management... [to full text]

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjamas lygių galimybių principų įgyvendinimas viešųjų institucijų personalo valdyme. Šis bakalauro baigiamasis darbas susideda iš trijų pagrindinių dalių. Pirmoje dalyje nagrinėjama lygių galimybių samprata, jų problematika mokslo požiūriu, taip pat lygios galimybės darbo rinkoje teoriniu požiūriu. Antra darbo dalis skirta ištirti lygių galimybių principų vietą viešųjų institucijų personalo valdyme, analizuojant personalo valdymo funkcijas, jų atlikimo uždavinius, apžvelgiant šiandieninę lygių galimybių situaciją Lietuvoje ir pasaulyje. Trečia dalis yra empirinė, joje tiriamas lygių galimybių principų taikymas Lietuvos viešųjų institucijų personalo valdyme. Tyrimas pradedamas bendra lygių galimybių darbo rinkoje teisinio užtikrinimo apžvalga. Norint ištirti kaip lygių galimybių principai yra reglamentuojami viešųjų institucijų personalo valdyme, atlikta dokumentų turinio (content) ir statistinių duomenų analizė. Tyrimas patvirtino hipotezę, kad skiriamas didelis dėmesys lygių galimybių principams teisiniame personalo valdymo reglamentavime dar negarantuoja lygių galimybių principų įgyvendinimo ir diskriminacijos reiškiniai viešajame sektoriuje dar vis egzistuoja. / The main aim of bachelor conclusive work "Implementation of the principles of equal opportunities in public institutions personnel management" was to review the equal opportunities principles to the management staff of public institutions. This work consists of three main parts. The first part deals with the concept of equal opportunities, their problems in terms of education, as well as equal opportunities in the labor market in terms of theoretical. The second part of the work is to explore the principles of equal opportunities in personnel management. The third empirical part studied the application of equal opportunities for Lithuanian public institutions personnel management. In research made the analysis of document contents and statistical data analysis confirmed the hypothesis of this bachelor conclusive work. Analysis of the equal opportunities in the public sector's labour market shows that despite advanced laws assuring equal opportunities and positive changes in society, the problems of discrimination still exist.

Darbe tiriama esama situacija Krašto apsaugos sistemos karininkų karjeros planavimo ir valdymo srityje. Siekiant nustatyti ar Krašto apsaugos sistemoje karininkams yra sudaromos sąlygos atskleisti ir efektyviai panaudoti bei plėtoti savo potencialą, tyrimas atliktas dviem etapais. Pirmame etape panaudojant dokumentų turinio analizės metodą, atliktas Krašto apsaugos ministerijos ir Lietuvos kariuomenės teisės aktų, reglamentuojančių krašto apsaugos sistemos personalo veiklą dokumentų turinio tyrimas. Tyrimo metu gauti duomenys dalinai patvirtino iškeltą hipotezę. Siekiant patvirtinti preliminarias išvadas bei gauti išsamesnės informacijos, antrame tyrimo etape panaudotas apklausos tyrimo metodas. Anketinė apklausa atlikta viename didžiausių Lietuvos kariuomenės padalinių – Lietuvos kariuomenės Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio Gedimino štabo batalione. Gauti duomenys dalinai patvirtino iškeltą hipotezę bei pirmo etapo išvadas. Tyrimo metu nustatytos karininkų karjeros planavimo ir valdymo problemos bei pateikti siūlymai, kaip būtų galima jas išspręsti, norint padidinti karininkų karjeros planavimo ir valdymo efektyvumą. / The present paper investigates current situation of officer career planning and management in the National Defence System. A two-step study has been performed to investigate if military officers in the National Defence System are able to reveal and effectively employ and develop their potential. The first step of the study included the analysis of documentation of the National Defence Ministry and Armed Forces of Lithuania which regulate personnel management in the National Defence System. The data collected from the study partially corroborated the hypothesis. To validate the preliminary conclusions and obtain more detailed information a method of survey was used in the second step of the study. The survey was carried out in one of the largest units of Lithuanian Armed Forces, i. e. Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion. The data collected have partially validated the hypothesis and first-step conclusions. The study has revealed the problems of officer career planning and management and gives suggestions how to solve them in order to increase the efficiency of the officer career planning and management.

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