Employee turnover is one of the major challenges for many software development companies. This work presents a study whose objective is to identify the main causes and effects of employee turnover in Brazilian software development companies. Strategies applied to minimize employee turnover were also investigated. A survey methodology was used to collect data from software development profession...

background and objectives: balanced scorecard is an increasingly popular tool for performance evaluation. healthcare organizations have broadly adopted this method for implementing their strategic plans. there is, however, increasing concerns on barriers to balanced scorecard implementation. built on the fundamental impacts of organizational culture on hospital performance, this study explored ...

km[1], as a new approach and modern means and as a systematic and deliberate effort to expand, cultivate, and apply knowledge in ways that add value to the entity, has positive results in accomplishing objectives and fulfilling arganizortion’s purpose.    the present study tries to review critical factors in which affect implementation of km in agri caltural organization according to the concep...

In today’s business environment, establishing a positive climate is becoming increasingly important for organizational growth and performance. A positive employee relations climate creates a social atmosphere, which encourages high employee involvement and an employee-centered culture. In response, employees feel comfortable and contribute positively to organizational performance. Given the int...

Systematic analyses of the political effectiveness of involving employee and employer associations in public policy making via social pacts in terms of one central alleged function, i.e. raising political legitimacy, are lacking. The aim of this article is to assess the impact of involving employee and employer associations in public policy and their political effects. As regards the assessment...

The maintenance and enhancement of organizational performance is a challenge for firms as they always try to sustain competitive advantage. This challenge may be convened through the principles of total quality management (TQM). The organizations ought to understand what dimensions of quality management system are more important for performance enhancement. This paper focuses on four TQM dimens...

In today’s management approaches, quality improvement focused on a company’s business processes plays an ever more important role. Methodologies like Six Sigma are used to improve quality, cut costs and save time by improving processes. Support and commitment of a company’s employees are crucial success factors, so that training and motivation is essential. Role plays are a training method suit...