Competency Implications of Changing Human Resource Roles

[Excerpt] The present study examines which competencies will be necessary to perform key human resource roles over the next decade at Eastman Kodak Company. This project was a critical component of an ongoing quality process to improve organizational capability. The results establish a platform that will enable Kodak to better assess, plan, develop, and measure the capability of human resource staff

Transforming Human Resource Organizations: A Field Study of Future Competency Requirements

As human resource organizations transform, staff competency requirements after significantly. The question is: to what? The present study attempts to answer this question using data gathered from knowledgeable observers within a single firm and employing a unique future-oriented, role focused methodology. The results suggest a competency model with three parts: a relatively small number of core competencies applicable across the full range of human resource roles studied, an even smaller number of leverage competencies applicable to half or more (but not all) of the roles, and a much larger number of competencies that are role specific. Leverage and roles specific competencies are combined into competency profiles for the various roles which, in turn, suggests a number of implications for the selection, development, and career progression of tomorrow\u27s human resource managers and professionals. While this particular competency model and its implications may be situation specific, the methodology developed during the study can be readily replicated in an abbreviated form in virtually any organization

REVENUE AND TAXATION Ad Valorem Taxation of Property: Provide for a Technical Correction and Clarify Certain Provisions with Respect to an Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Certain Farm Equipment Owned and Used By Family Owned Qualified Farm Products Producers

The Act provides a technical correction to the Code. The Act changes the wording of the ad valorem taxation exemption provision pertaining to farm equipment. The Act clarifies that qualified farm product producers may exempt each owned piece of equipment which fits into a category of equipment mentioned in the Code. The Act also places a restriction on parties that may take advantage of the exemption; the Act specifies that only qualified farm products producers can take advantage of the exemption

REVENUE AND TAXATION Ad Valorem Taxation of Property: Provide for a Technical Correction and Clarify Certain Provisions with Respect to an Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Certain Farm Equipment Owned and Used By Family Owned Qualified Farm Products Producers

The Act provides a technical correction to the Code. The Act changes the wording of the ad valorem taxation exemption provision pertaining to farm equipment. The Act clarifies that qualified farm product producers may exempt each owned piece of equipment which fits into a category of equipment mentioned in the Code. The Act also places a restriction on parties that may take advantage of the exemption; the Act specifies that only qualified farm products producers can take advantage of the exemption

A Simulation Study of the Relative Efficiency of the Minimized Integrated Square Error Estimator (L2E) For Phase I Control Charting

Parameter estimates used in control charting, the sample mean and variance, are based on maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). Unfortunately, MLEs are not robust to contaminated data and can lead to improper conclusions regarding parameter values. This article proposes a more robust estimation technique; the minimized integrated square error estimator (L2E)

Effects of aging on bond between FRP and concrete

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites are continuing to gain prominence for structural and non-structural applications all across the world. FRP composites are being used as complete structural systems or in conjunction with conventional materials leading to hybrid structures. The study of using FRP rebars and wraps to reinforce our nation\u27s existing bridge decks, beams and columns is proving that they are economical as well as future material of choice.;This research deals with the bond behavior of FRP composite wraps adhered/bonded to concrete surface. Focus of the study is on the bond degradation when the hybrid structure is exposed to different adverse environmental conditions including sustained stress. The study involves using an epoxy based system to bond glass and carbon fabrics to concrete. Specimens were aged by means of soaking them in alkaline, water, or acid solutions at either constant temperature or varying temperature for different time durations. The duration of aging ranged from 1 to 9 months. Some of the specimens were conditioned under an applied sustained load. Upon removing the specimens from their conditioning environment, tension tests were performed in the Baldwin machine using specially manufactured concrete cube holder and grip assembly. The specimens were tested before and after aging to determine if any bond degradation occurred under hygrothermal and other chemical conditions. The strain distribution along the bond line was examined. The techniques used in this study for bonding FRP composites to concrete and different test methods including field application of FRP fabrics are also discussed

Association patterns and foraging behaviour in natural and artificial guppy shoals

Animal groups are often nonrandom assemblages of individuals that tend to be assorted by factors such as sex, body size, relatedness and familiarity. Laboratory studies using fish have shown that familiarity among shoal members confers a number of benefits to individuals, such as increased foraging success. However, it is unclear whether fish in natural shoals obtain these benefits through association with familiars. We investigated whether naturally occurring shoals of guppies, Poecilia reticulata, are more adept at learning a novel foraging task than artificial (in which we selected shoal members randomly) shoals. We used social network analysis to compare the structures of natural and artificial shoals and examined whether shoal organization predicts patterns of foraging behaviour. Fish in natural shoals benefited from increased success in the novel foraging task compared with fish in artificial shoals. Individuals in natural shoals showed a reduced latency to approach the novel feeder, followed more and formed smaller subgroups compared to artificial shoals. Our findings show that fish in natural shoals do gain foraging benefits and that this may be facilitated by a reduced perception of risk among familiarized individuals and/or enhanced social learning mediated by following other individuals and small group sizes. Although the structure of shoals was stable over time, we found no direct relationship between shoal social structure and patterns of foraging behaviour