Improving the Final Liveweight and Growing Ability of TETRA-H a Dual Purpose Chicken Type by Using a New Experimental Sire Line

Our study was carried out with the pure, crossed and reciprocal crossed off spring of TETRA-H hybrid, a coloured slow-growing broiler genotype which was developed in the 1980’s by Babolna TETRA Ltd. In this project the potential of a new, improved sire line was also investigated. Experiments were carried out in the Poultry Test Station of the Kaposvar University in 2008 - 2010. In the first stage, growing ability of TETRA-H and a commercial genotype (standard control=Shaver Redbro) had been compared. In stages two and three the LL line, which was previously used as sire line, the newly selected sire Line EE, and the off spring came from the combination of those lines have been centrally tested. A total number of 6453 birds were used. The following traits were investigated: live weight, body composition evaluated by CT, carcass yield, meat quality, etc. The positive impact of the newly developed sire line (EE) in their off spring was confirmed. Lower slaughter weight of the F1 off spring has improved by 10.1-10.8%, making the newly developed hybrid highly competitive on the market. Furthermore, the crossing method was incompetent (LL♂xEE♀ or EE♂xLL♀) in the birds live weight and growing ability

Examination of Performance Management Targets in Case of an International Corporation’s Eastern Hungarian Operating Unit

Nowadays, due to the social and economic changes, the human is already the main resource which determines the successfulness of corporations. The expertise in managing the human resources is a key factor of competitiveness therefore it has become a strategic question. Primary aim of the treatise is to outline the most important principles, targets and peculiarities of performance management system, which is a central element of human resource management, as well as its interconnectedness with the individual performance evaluation and human resource development through the mirror of one of today’s biggest Hungarian economic corporations. We aimed to explore, by means of document analysis as well as methods of case study and interview, how the targets of performance management are used for increasing the economic productivity, preserving the competitiveness, retaining and enhancing the satisfaction of workers. It can be stated that the PM system was continuously improved in case of the organization examined because the corporate goals and the expected performances were adjusted to the changing market demands over time but, at the same time the goal of differentiation has remained unchanged. Each worker evaluates his/her performance individually, the base of which is the extent of contribution to the corporate results. Based on the results, it can overall be stated that such a well-functioning performance management system is applied in the operating unit of the corporation examined which is strongly supported by the organizational culture and which contributes to the joint fulfilment of personal as well as organizational goals