BACKGROUND Our laboratory implemented a major automation system in November 1998. A related report describes a 4-year process of evaluation and planning leading to system installation. This report describes the implementation and performance results over 3 years since the system was placed into use. METHODS Project management software was used to track the project. Turnaround times of our top...

Changing organizational cultural values involves a revelation of desired organizational cultural values and internalization of these values by employees. A value structure engendered by existing relations among values serves as kernel of a suggested structural approach to changing organizational cultural values. The value structure allows to introduce a concept of structural complexity internal...

In today’s competitive business and industrial environment, it is becoming more crucial than ever to assess precisely process losses due to noncompliance to customer specifications. To assess these losses, industry is extensively using Process Capability Indices for performance evaluation of their processes. Determination of the performance capability of a stable process using the standard proc...

Organizations are continually confronting challenges to remain competitive and successful, which compels organizations to regularly re-evaluate their strategies, structures, policies, operations, processes and culture. Managing change effectively is however a main challenge in the change management domain because of massive human involvement. Thus, managers and change agents are eager to know h...

OBJECTIVES Efforts to improve performance in the workplace with respect to positive mental health have increased, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has recently attracted attention as an intervention measure to this end. Here, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief training program on CBT for improving work performance of employees. METHODS Th...

Nowadays the organizations or industry are running in extremely competitive environment. Employees are very important part of the organizations. The success or failure of any organization or industry depends on employee’s performance. In order to improve the working efficiency in the organization it is very important to measure the employee’s performance. The employees are demanding benefits ac...

BACKGROUND Back- and fall-related injuries occur frequently in construction and are costly in terms of workers' compensation claims and lost productivity. Interventions are needed that address the susceptibility to these injuries. AIMS The purpose of this study was to develop and test a safety training intervention for small construction companies (</=10 employees) in Kentucky, USA. This pape...

The customer relationship management (CRM) system has been touted as a primary tool for supporting frontline employees’ personalized services tasks. Although a number of studies have highlighted the critical role of CRM systems in organizational performance, the link between CRM systems and individual work performance is still under investigation. In order to fill this research gap, the current...

ISSN 2277-5056 | © 2013 Bonfring Abstract--This study aims at exploring the impact of high performance HR practices on employees’ job performance. The study sought to establish the effect of job design, training and development, motivation, supervisory support, working environment and compensation on employees’ job performance in Leather goods manufacturing companies at Vellore district. The re...