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Career development: the importance of acquiring a range of skills throughout your career it is important a person to have a range of skills in the course of his career development. when he has a range of skills, he is obviously more competitive than those who don’t and therefore has more chances of promotion. and it will be easier for him to find a job outside his company if he is not satisfied with his present job. in addition, a person with a range of skills is more likely to work his way up to the top of the corporate ladder.
4、Human resources: how to provide effective support for new members of staff
Training: the importance of a continuous programme of staff training within a company staff management: how to achieve and maintain high motivation among a workforce
Motivating employees: employees tend to be more satisfied with their jobs if they are provided (1) compensation that is aligned with their performance, (2) job security, (3) a flexible work schedule, and (4) employee involvement programs. firms should offer job security, compensation that is tied to employee performance, more flexible work schedules, and more employee involvement programs. to the extent that job satisfaction can motivate employees to improve their performance, firms may be able to a higher production level by providing greater job satisfaction.
5、Marketing research
Managers cannot always wait for information to arrive in bits and pieces from the marketing intelligence system. they often require formal studies of specific situations. for example, toshiba wants to know how many and what kinds of people or companies will buy its new superfast laptop computer. or barat college in lake forest, illinois, needs to know what percentage of its target market has heard of barat, how they heard, what they know, and how they feel about barat. in such situations, the marketing intelligence system will not provide the detailed information needed. managers will need marketing research.
We define marketing research as the systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data and findings relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization. every marketer needs research. marketing researchers engage in a wide variety of activities, ranging from market potential and market share studies, to assessments of customer satisfaction and purchase behavior, to studies of pricing, distribution, and promotion activities.
A company can conduct marketing research in its own research department or have some or all of it done outside. although most large companies have their own marketing research departments, they often use outside firms to do special research tasks or studies. a company with no research department has to buy the services of research firms.
