Individual Needs

Question 1

“Today’s employees are more career conscious than ever. They are demanding more in terms of personal growth and development. Organisations that fail to allow employees to meet their individual needs will be losing valued employees”. Robert C. Merchant, Jr.
With reference to the above quotation, examine the role and importance of Career Development Programs in developing and retaining employees and the impact this has on both the organisation and on the employee.

Question 2

Suppose a local, private hospital established a goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 25 percent in three years. As a healthcare administrator at the facility, you are asked to help create a new Cut Carbon committee. Draft a statement of the purpose for the committee, describe how membership to the committee would be determined, who would be accountable for the progress of the committee, and to whom the committee would report. (Adapted from p. 122 of Management of Healthcare Organizations.)

Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing any sources referenced.

Question 3

The United Kingdom Registered Designs Act 1949 provides that a design can be registered if it is new and has individual character. Critically compare the requirements under the Malaysian Industrial Designs Act 1996 to those in the UK Act.