Performance management systems IRS's systems for frontline employees and managers align with strategic goals but improvements can be made.

Performance management systems IRS's systems for frontline employees and managers align with strategic goals but improvements can be made.

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1428945490

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Performance management systems can be powerful tools in helping an agency achieve its mission and ensuring employees at every level of the organization are working toward common ends. Performance management systems should help employees understand their responsibilities and how their day-to-day work contributes toward meeting their agency's strategic goals as well as providing a mechanism for giving employees candid, specific feedback on how well they are meeting their rater's expectations. For agencies like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that are undergoing a cultural change, performance management systems help reinforce behaviors and actions that support the agency's obsession. In February 2000, IRS implemented a new performance management system for its executives and managers and in October 2001 implemented a new performance% management system for frontline employees. These systems were built upon IRS's three strategic organizational goals-"top- quality service to each taxpayer in every interaction," "top-quality service to all taxpayers through the fair and uniformly application of the law," and "productivity through a quality work environment" and the corresponding balanced performance satisfaction, business results (quality and quantity), and employee satisfaction that are applied to all organizational units, from IRS-wide down to the group level.


The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

Author: Bob Barnetson

Publisher: Athabasca University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1926836006

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Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standard legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries.


Encyclopedia of Business and Finance: A-I

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance: A-I

Author: Burton S. Kaliski

Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Contains over 315 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about the major functional areas of business, covering accounting, economics, finance, information systems, law, management, and marketing, as well as organizations in business and government, and federal legislation.


Evaluating Information Systems

Evaluating Information Systems

Author: Zahir Irani

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-05-12

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1136404864

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The adoption of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) represents significant financial investments, with alternative perspectives to the evaluation domain coming from both the public and private sectors. As a result of increasing IT/IS budgets and their growing significance within the development of an organizational infrastructure, the evaluation and performance measurement of new technology remains a perennial issue for management. This book offers a refreshing and updated insight into the social fabric and technical dimensions of IT/IS evaluation together with insights into approaches used to measure the impact of information systems on its stakeholders. In doing so, it describes the portfolio of appraisal techniques that support the justification of IT/IS investments. Evaluating Information Systems explores the concept of evaluation as an evolutionary and dynamic process that takes into account the ability of enterprise technologies to integrate information systems within and between organisations. In particular, when set against a backdrop of organisational learning. It examines the changing portfolio of benefits, costs and risks associated with the adoption and diffusion of technology in today's global marketplace. Finally approaches to impact assessment through performance management and benchmarking is discussed.


Social Work Research

Social Work Research

Author: Ian F Shaw

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781446295793

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Social work research has gathered a greater transparency and clarity of identity in North American and parts of Europe. Furthermore, the rapid emergence of social work research in other European countries, China, India, Japan and elsewhere in Asia and Pacific Rim countries, and gradually in South America, has created a need for a collection that can contribute to both shaping and making accessible key and sometimes hard-to-access sources. This four-volume collection answers this need, bringing together key literature in a single resource and structuring it into thematic volumes to enable clear understanding of the different aspects involved in the research. Volume One: Historical Trajectories, Purposes and Key Concepts Volume Two: Key Decisions about Research Strategy Volume Three: The Practice of Social Work Research Volume Four: The Contexts of Social Work Research


Sociology in America

Sociology in America

Author: Craig Calhoun

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-09-15

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 0226090965

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Though the word “sociology” was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading sociologists to produce Sociology in America. Rather than a story of great sociologists or departments, Sociology in America is a true history of an often disparate field—and a deeply considered look at the ways sociology developed intellectually and institutionally. It explores the growth of American sociology as it addressed changes and challenges throughout the twentieth century, covering topics ranging from the discipline’s intellectual roots to understandings (and misunderstandings) of race and gender to the impact of the Depression and the 1960s. Sociology in America will stand as the definitive treatment of the contribution of twentieth-century American sociology and will be required reading for all sociologists. Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Daniel Breslau, Craig Calhoun, Charles Camic, Miguel A. Centeno, Patricia Hill Collins, Marjorie L. DeVault, Myra Marx Ferree, Neil Gross, Lorine A. Hughes, Michael D. Kennedy, Shamus Khan, Barbara Laslett, Patricia Lengermann, Doug McAdam, Shauna A. Morimoto, Aldon Morris, Gillian Niebrugge, Alton Phillips, James F. Short Jr., Alan Sica, James T. Sparrow, George Steinmetz, Stephen Turner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Immanuel Wallerstein, Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Howard Winant


Jubilee

Jubilee

Author: HANNAH J. SWITHINBANK; EMMANUEL MURANGIRA; CAITLIN.

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781913363291

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What is Jubilee? How could it transform our understanding of the world today -- and of how God calls us to live in it? At the heart of Old Testament law is a revolutionary concept that, if applied today, could transform our economy and world. Jesus himself claimed that his ministry would bring its fulfilment, transforming the world. Uniting social justice, creation care, equality and worship, jubilee remains a radical challenge, thousands of years later. This exciting collection engages with this challenge and offers ideas and inspiration for disciples today. It brings together rigorous theological thought and practical experience from voices from around the world. Its chapters reflect on issues of poverty in its different dimensions and discuss some of the challenges that face churches, Christian organisations and individual Christians in responding to them. The authors each bring their unique context and perspectives which challenge us to go beyond viewing the jubilee ordinances as simple rules and help us to begin to understand the redemptive and restorative power of the jubilee principles for us today.


Object-relational DBMSs

Object-relational DBMSs

Author: Michael Stonebraker

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13:

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Discover why object-relational technology is ideal for supporting a broad spectrum of data types and application areas, from financial services to multimedia data. In this completely revised and updated edition, database experts Michael Stonebraker and Paul Brown explore the object-relational paradigm and examine the most recent developments in the field. Specifically written for database application programmers, database analysts, and IT managers, this book includes detailed information on how to classify DBMS applications, where object-relational DBMSs fit in the database world, and what mechanisms are required to support such an engine. * Offers completely updated and expanded information" new and revised material discusses both the latest technology and the latest products. * Presents a simple matrix for classifying and evaluating DBMSs so that you can make informed judgments about object-relational systems. * Includes examples, tables, and tests to help you judge the quality and optimization of systems now on the market.