Core Human Resource Management Concepts and Practices
Rapid Environmental Change in HRM
Rapid change is a significant environmental challenge affecting a company’s Human Resource Management (HRM), representing external forces beyond managerial control. Firms today operate in a volatile environment and must constantly adapt to changes, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. HR plays a central role by implementing effective response systems. HR policies can either help or hinder a firm’s ability to cope with external change. Examples include:
- Stress Management:
Key English Grammar and Vocabulary Topics
Work Vocabulary
Verb Collocations
- Work: from 8 to 4 (De 8 a 4); flexitime (horario flexible); full-time (tiempo completo); part-time (tiempo parcial)
- Have: a discussion (una discusión); a holiday (un día de fiesta); a meeting (una reunión); lunch (almuerzo)
- Do: some work (un poco de trabajo); some research (algunas investigaciones); a job (un puesto de trabajo); a good job (un buen trabajo)
- Make: a decision (una decisión); an appointment (una cita); a business trip (un viaje de negocios); a phone
Probability Questions and Solved Examples
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Probability Questions and Answers
Question 1
Statement: Tossing a coin and getting a head, and then rolling a 6-sided die and getting a 5. Are these events dependent?
Answer: False
Explanation: The events are independent because the outcome of the coin toss does not affect the die roll.
Question 2
Which pairs of events are disjoint?
Read MoreEmployment Contract Types and Regulations in Spain
Trial Period Rules
During the trial period, either party may terminate the employment relationship without alleging cause and without notice, unless otherwise agreed.
Temporary disability, maternity, adoption, or other circumstances affecting the employee during the trial period interrupt its calculation. This interruption always occurs by agreement between both parties.
No trial period can be established when the employee has previously exercised the same functions within the company, under any form
Read MoreDecoding Oral Speech: Content, Process & Strategies
Content Involved in Listening Comprehension
We can distinguish three types of content involved in this ability:
Procedures
- Recognize
- Select
- Interpret
- Infer
- Anticipate
- Retain
Concepts
- Text: adequacy, consistency, cohesion, grammar, style, and presentation.
Attitudes
- Oral Culture
- Receptor Role
- Dialogue and Conversation
- Parliaments (Turn-taking/Discourse Structures)
The procedures are the different communication strategies used to decode spoken messages. The concepts are the same as those of other skills, i.e., the
Read MoreNietzschean Philosophical Concepts
Tragic Artist
For Nietzsche, reality is vital; life becomes the object of his faith, and the question arises: the origin of all concrete and changing things. Reality is real, if pure becoming. The concept cannot grasp it, but metaphor can, since it does not provide an objective meaning but accepts subjectivity and asserts multiplicity (Nietzsche’s perspective). For Nietzsche, one must grasp something through metaphor, not concept.
Tragedy is the highest form of art, art that affirms reality and man
Read MoreFranco Regime: Consolidation, Economy, and Society (1950s-1970s)
Franco Regime: Consolidation, Economy, and Society
Political Consolidation of the Regime
The confrontation between different political families became untenable as Falange sought to secure its role in the proposed system and gain the Leader’s approval for laws solidifying its ideas. The Church hierarchy and the monarchists showed their opposition, and in February 1957, Franco again served as a referee in the divided government, replacing most of his ministers. In the new government, the technocratic
Read MoreBirth of Opera and Early Musical Forms
Origins of Opera in Florence
At the end of the 16th century, in Florence, a circle of scholars sponsored by Count Giovanni Bardi created a society called Camerata Fiorentina, aimed at the study and critical discussion of the arts, especially drama and music. On discovering that ancient Greek theatre was sung, they had the idea of setting dramatic texts to music of a profane character, which germinated into opera (opera in musica was the name given to it by the Camerata).
One of the members of the
Read MoreKant’s Critique: Why Metaphysics Fails as Science
Kant on Metaphysics as Science
Immanuel Kant asks whether metaphysics can be a science. His answer is negative because the aim of metaphysics is to go beyond experience. Furthermore, it cannot provide synthetic judgments a priori grounded in experience, relegating its concepts primarily to the realm of morality.
Enlightenment Context and Hume’s Influence
Kant’s thesis is situated in the Age of Enlightenment, a movement opposing tradition, authority, and superstition, which also defended independence,
Read MoreBiofuels, Polymers, and Sustainable Materials
Understanding Biofuels
Biofuel is any liquid fuel produced from vegetable raw materials whose chemical characteristics can replace gasoline and diesel.
Types of Biofuels
Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a liquid synthetic biofuel obtained from natural lipids such as vegetable oils or animal fats.
Biodiesel Applications
- Vehicles (e.g., rental cars, food transport trucks, farm machinery, commercial freight vessels like ferries, yachts, sailboats)
- Home heating oil
- Electricity generators (often a superior alternative