Definition: The Expansion Strategy is adopted by an organization when it attempts to achieve a high growth as compared to its past achievements. In other words, when a firm aims to grow considerably by broadening the scope of one of its business operations in the perspective of customer groups, customer functions and technology alternatives, either individually or jointly, then … [Read more...] about Expansion Strategy
Stability Strategy
Definition: The Stability Strategy is adopted when the organization attempts to maintain its current position and focuses only on the incremental improvement by merely changing one or more of its business operations in the perspective of customer groups, customer functions and technology alternatives, either individually or collectively. Generally, the stability strategy is … [Read more...] about Stability Strategy
Grand Strategies
Definition: The Grand Strategies are the corporate level strategies designed to identify the firm’s choice with respect to the direction it follows to accomplish its set objectives. Simply, it involves the decision of choosing the long term plans from the set of available alternatives. The Grand Strategies are also called as Master Strategies or Corporate Strategies. There … [Read more...] about Grand Strategies
Strategic Human Resource Management Process
Definition: The Strategic Human Resource Management is concerned with the development of HR strategies intended to direct the employees’ efforts towards the business goals. Strategic Human Resource Management Process Scanning the Environment: The process begins with the scanning of the environment, i.e. both the external and internal factors of the organization. The … [Read more...] about Strategic Human Resource Management Process
Strategic Human Resource Management
Definition: The concept of Strategic Human Resource Management or SHRM can be well understood in the contrast with the conventional HRM, that shows, in the conventional HRM the responsibility to manage the people-oriented activities rest on the staff specialist in the organization. Whereas in the case of strategic human resource management, any person who is responsible to … [Read more...] about Strategic Human Resource Management
Training Process
Definition: The Training Process comprises of a series of steps that needs to be followed systematically to have an efficient training programme. The Training is a systematic activity performed to modify the skills, attitudes and the behavior of an employee to perform a particular job. Training Process Needs assessment: The first step in the training process is to … [Read more...] about Training Process
Job Evaluation Methods
Definition: The Job Evaluation is the process of assessing the relative worth of the jobs in an organization. The jobs are evaluated on the basis of its content and the complexity involved in its operations and thus, positioned according to its importance. The purpose of the job evaluation is to have a satisfactory wage differential. Job Evaluation Methods There are … [Read more...] about Job Evaluation Methods
Process of Job Analysis
Definition: The Job Analysis is a systematic process of gathering complete information about the job duties and responsibilities required to perform a specific job. The job analysis is concerned only with the job and not with the job holders, but however, the information about the job is gathered from the incumbents. Process of Job Analysis Defining the objectives: The … [Read more...] about Process of Job Analysis
Profitability Index
Definition: The Profitability Index measures the present value of returns derived from per rupee invested. It shows the relationship between the benefits and cost of the project and therefore, it is also called as, Benefit-Cost Ratio. The profitability Index helps in giving ranks to the projects on the basis of its value, the higher the value the top rank the project gets. … [Read more...] about Profitability Index
Modified Internal Rate of Return
Definition: The Modified Internal Rate of Return or MIRR is a distinct improvement over the internal rate of return that assumes the cash flows generated from the project are reinvested at the firm’s cost of capital rather that at the company’s internal rate of return. The formula to calculate the Modified Internal Rate of Return is: Where, n= no. of periods Terminal … [Read more...] about Modified Internal Rate of Return