Employee engagement has taken over the corporate world. Whether it is the media, consulting firms, business leaders or human resources, everyone is talking about it. Despite the buzz in the corporate world and millions of dollars pumped into the industry, employee engagement has remained relatively unchanged and our comprehension of it is hazy. Examining the concept of employee engagement from conceptualization to present day helps provide a solid understanding of its foundation and where major evolutionary failings occurred. Prompted by Gallup’s takeover of the concept – from packaging, selling, measuring and intervening – the essence of employee engagement has been lost in overdrive and is now focused on statistics rather than people. The purpose of this paper is to identify the major flaws in the current state of employee engagement using its past as a basis of restoring viability to the concept.

Syftet med detta arbete är att studera finansialiseringens spridning och kopplingen mellan processer och strukturer inom finansialiserings-teori och Human Resource Management (HRM). Detta genom att studera en organisation och dess HR-praktik i jämförelse med ovan nämnda teorier. De två teoretiska perspektiven används för att illustrera vilka konsekvenser som kan tydliggöras för arbetstagare och organisation. I studien undersöks en HR-verksamhet på den svenska arbetsmarknaden där det empiriska materialet består av kvalitativa intervjuer med representanter från organisationens HR-funktioner. Studien har ett abduktivt förhållningssätt där underlaget bygger på en teoretisk förförståelse samtidigt som en lägre grad av standardisering i intervjuerna används för att låta det studerade fältet styra den empiriska bilden. I resultatet presenteras en organisation som genomfört förändringar med ekonomisk inriktning och som i större utsträckning än tidigare premierar resultatdriven personalhantering. Detta kan tyda på en spridning av processer definierade av finansialiserings-teori utanför traditionellt sett finansialiserade marknader. De likheterna med HRM-teori uppmärksammas i den studerade praktiken anses vara mer ideologiskt än praktiskt grundade men visar också på en tydligare ekonomisk styrning. Vidare lyfts strävan efter att legitimera HR gentemot företagsledning som en möjlig bidragande faktor i finansialiseringen av arbetsmarknaden.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources." Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-151).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Personnel management." Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-42).

Σκοπός της παρούσας έρευνας είναι να εξετάσει την ανάπτυξη του ανθρώπινου δυναμικού στις φαρμακευτικές εταιρείες. Πιο συγκεκριμένα θα γίνει εμπειρική διερεύνηση στην φαρμακευτική εταιρεία Takeda για να διαπιστώσουμε, αν η εταιρεία χρησιμοποιήσει και εφαρμόσει κάποιο συγκεκριμένο μοντέλο εκπαίδευσης και ανάπτυξης προσωπικού, αν θα βελτιώσει την εσωτερική της οργάνωση αλλά και αν θα λειτουργήσει πιο ανταγωνιστικά στην αγορά. Η έρευνα θα γίνει με την χρήση πρωτογενών εργαλείων έρευνας. Από την στιγμή που θα γίνει έρευνα σε μεγάλο δείγμα η καλύτερη μέθοδος είναι αυτή της έρευνας με ερωτηματολόγια. Βέβαια, αυτό το είδος της έρευνας δεν είναι κάτι απλό. Το πρώτο βήμα θα είναι ο σχεδιασμός ενός ερωτηματολογίου που θα έχει σχέση με τις σχετικές θεωρίες και το προτεινόμενο μοντέλο, το οποίο θα είναι των Bolton R. Και Gold J. Έτσι ο ερευνητής σχεδίασε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο που μοιράστηκε σε 100 άτομα της εταιρείας Takeda και συμπληρώθηκε από τα 84 και το οποίο βασίστηκε πάνω σε στοιχεία που έχουν δοθεί στην θεωρητική διερεύνηση. Στην συνέχεια θα γίνει ανάλυση των δεδομένων σε SPSS και θα παρουσιαστούν τα τελικά πορίσματα όταν παραδοθεί η τελική μορφή της πτυχιακής εργασίας. Τέλος τα ερευνητικά συμπεράσματα υποδεικνύουν ότι το επάγγελμα του πωλητή βασίζεται κατά πολύ στο ηθικό και τα συναισθήματα, οπότε αν θέλει η εταιρεία να επιτύχει την ανάπτυξη των στελεχών της θα πρέπει να τους στηρίξει πρώτα ηθικά και μετά να προσπαθήσει να τους μεταδώσει γνώσεις σε σχέση με την αγορά και τους πελάτες. / The purpose of this research is to examine the development of human resources for pharmaceutical companies. More specifically it will be empirical in pharmaceutical company Takeda to see if the company use and apply a particular model of education and staff development, although it will improve its internal organization, but they will operate more competitively in the market. The research will be done using primary research tools. From the moment you become a large research sample the best method is that of research questionnaires. Of course, this kind of research is not something simple. The first step will be to design a questionnaire that will be related to the relevant theories and the proposed model, which will be of Bolton R. And Gold J. So the researchers designed a questionnaire was distributed to 100 people company Takeda and supplemented by 84, which was based on figures given in the theoretical investigation. We will then analyze the data in SPSS and presented the final results when delivered the final version of the dissertation. Finally, the research findings suggest that the profession of the seller relies heavily on the morale and feelings, so if the company wants to achieve development executives should support them morally and after the first attempt to impart their knowledge in relation to the market and customers.

abstract: Human resources have always been the most critical factor in the construction industry, and now, with a historic generation entering the age of retirement, the construction industry needs to place greater effort in preparing for the succession of their most important of human resource, their leaders. A significant body of research has shown that succession planning minimizes the negative effects that come with leadership transition; however, little research has focused specifically on the construction industry. The majority of construction companies are family owned or have small pools of potential successors, which make them more susceptible to the negative impacts that occur with poor planning for succession. The objective of this research focuses on developing a methodology that will assist construction companies plan and prepare for a leadership transition. Data is gathered from case studies of twelve construction companies that have recently experienced leadership succession. The data is analyzed for practices and characteristics that correlate to successful leadership transitions. Through the findings in the literature review and data analysis of the case studies, the research successfully achieves the objective of developing a potential methodology for increasing the effectiveness of succession planning in a construction company. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Construction 2012

The principal aim of this study was to obtain an understanding of the relative importance of emotion management for the Swiss private higher education sector, and for the lecturing profession in general. Extant literature has focused on the emotion management of teachers and lecturers working in the public sector but has somewhat overlooked the private higher education sector. A single case study design was selected for this research, which consisted of a well-established and highly regarded Swiss private higher education institute. Focus groups were conducted with three groups of faculty staff at the case institute. This was followed up by eleven individual interviews. Thematic analysis was then used to analyse the data, resulting in the identification of several core themes. The findings show that emotion management is an essential element of the lecturing profession within the Swiss private higher education sector. There was evidence of emotional labour in action, with participants enacting the various emotion regulation strategies as espoused throughout the literature. This study identified that ‘naturally felt emotions’ and ‘deep acting’ were the preferred emotion regulation strategies. The prescriptive and philanthropic categories of the typology of workplace emotion were found to be the primary motivators behind the faculty performance. This thesis has made strides in expanding the field by providing new insights into the relevance of emotion management for professional occupations, specifically those of faculty staff. Overall, participants reported more positive than negative outcomes associated with emotion management, suggesting less of a dichotomy of outcomes in comparison to previous studies. The findings show that a number of contextual factors also have an influence on the emotion management of individual lecturers. Backstage areas and humour were found to be the most common coping strategies which participants used to detach from the job. Unexpectedly, cultural diversity was considered as having implications for the emotion management of lecturers. The research findings represent a further step towards developing an understanding of emotions and their management in a private higher education setting.

O presente estudo tem como objetivo compreender como ocorre o processo de aprendizagem de profissionais de Recursos Humanos a partir da participação dos mesmos em um grupo de discussão da área. O grupo é composto por 45 executivos, nos cargos de gerência ou de consultoria, que trabalham em empresas de médio e grande porte de diferentes segmentos, localizadas na cidade de Porto Alegre e região. A pesquisa, cujo caráter é qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo, utilizou-se de observações de sua autora nas reuniões mensais do grupo durante oito meses e de entrevistas com dez executivos escolhidos intencionalmente como fontes de coletas de dados. A partir das transcrições das entrevistas e dos relatórios das observações foi possível, por meio do método de análise de conteúdos, categorizar os resultados obtidos em seis categorias, que são: o grupo RH Executivos - RS, formas de participação e interação, compartilhamento e trocas, estrutura do grupo, ambientes externos e aprendizagem em Recursos Humanos. Os principais resultados apontam que há momentos do grupo, em que os indivíduos buscam a aprendizagem, esta guiada por crenças e valores, especialmente nas ocasiões mais informais do grupo. Entretanto, o que os mantêm interagindo é o objetivo de network e não necessariamente, o de aprenderem juntos. / This study aims to understand whether and how is the learning process of professional human resources from their participation in a discussion group in the area. The group is composed of 45 executives in positions of management or consultancy, working in firms of medium and large companies from different segments, located in Porto Alegre and region. The survey, whose character is qualitative, exploratory and descriptive, it was used for observations of its author in the monthly meetings of the group for eight months and interviews with ten executives intentionally chosen as sources for data collection. From the transcripts of the interviews and the reports of the observations was possible, using the method of analysis of content, categorizing the results into six categories, which are the Group Executive HR - RS, forms of participation and interaction, sharing and exchange , the group structure, outdoors and learning in Human Resources. The main results show that there are moments of the group, where individuals seek to learn, that guided by beliefs and values, especially in more informal occasions the group. However, what keeps them interacting is the purpose of performing network and not necessarily to learn together.