COMPARING HUMAN CAPITAL EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN OFFICE WORKERS AND FACTORY WORKERS: A COMPETENCY GAP ANALYSIS

Author(s):  
Sophie de Sausmarez ◽  
Visarut Rakmanusa ◽  
Bhaqthada Jarupornpanich ◽  
Nanat Phuvathanarak ◽  
Panuwat Tosaksit ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna Tverdostup ◽  
Tiiu Paas

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the role of cognitive skills and extent of skill use at work in explaining the immigrant–native wage gap in Europe. The study targets immigrant–native disparities in literacy and numeracy cognitive skills, as important, yet not exhaustive factor behind immigrants’ wage penalty. Design/methodology/approach The research relies on the Program of International Assessment of Adult Competencies data for 15 European countries. The empirical analysis employs multivariate regression analysis and incorporates the full set of plausible values for each skill domain, to correctly measure cognitive skills. To estimate standard errors, the authors employ Jackknife replication methodology with 80 replication weights and final population weight. Findings The authors document that, on average, immigrants achieve substantially worse scores in literacy and numeracy test domains. Only highly educated immigrants tend to improve their skills over time in host countries. The results of wage gap analysis indicate that having cognitive skills, demographic profile and occupation category comparable to natives does not yield comparable wage rate. The remaining wage gap results from the systematic differences in skills application at work, as immigrants use their skills to lower extent, relative to natives. Originality/value The research employs a novel measure of productive human capital, which accounts for cognitive skills in literacy and numeracy domains, and frequencies of skill use at work. It allows to more precisely evaluate the immigrant–native disparity in human capital application and its reflection on the wage rate.


2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Murao ◽  
C. Kirdmanee ◽  
K. Sera ◽  
S. Goto ◽  
C. Takahashi

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is working for the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (GAELP) of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), under the cooperation of Iwate Medical University Cyclotron Center and Nishina Memorial Cyclotron Center of Japan Radioisotope Association. In order to demonstrate how the PIXE is useful to monitor lead in human body, hair samples were collected from local communities and analyzed by the PIXE at the University together with the control of office workers. The analysis showed a clear anomaly of lead for factory workers. It is recommended that the PIXE be added as one of the instruments to assist UNEP's lead and other heavy metal studies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 438-443
Author(s):  
Emily Breza ◽  
Martin Kanz ◽  
Leora Klapper

We provide evidence of strategic behavior in financial decisions that occur in the workplace and are observable to one's employer. We offer factory workers the opportunity to sign up for a commitment savings account that credibly signals the intention to remain employed with the firm. Workers are more likely to sign up when the account is endorsed by their employer and their decision is observed by the firm. An experiment with the firm's managers shows that the firm is more likely to invest in the human capital of workers with accounts, suggesting that financial commitment is rewarded by the employer.


2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Bessen

In 1842 Lowell textile firms increased weaving productivity by assigning three looms per worker instead of two. This marked a turning point. Before, weavers at Lowell were temporary and mostly literate Yankee farm girls; afterwards, firms increasingly hired local residents, including illiterate and Irish workers. An important factor was on-the-job learning. Literate workers learned new technology faster, but local workers stayed longer. These changes were unprofitable before 1842, and the advantages of literacy declined over time. Firm policy and social institutions slowly changed to permit deeper human-capital investment and more productive implementation of technology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Eko Wahyu Tyas Darmaningrat ◽  
Hanim Maria Astuti ◽  
Andhika Iman Rizqy

<p class="Abstrak">Revolusi industri 4.0 dan persaingan bisnis yang semakin ketat menjadikan TI sebagai pendukung dalam pencapaian tujuan bisnis utama sebuah perusahaan. Salah satu bentuk dukungan TI dalam organisasi adalah penggunaan perangkat lunak <em>Enterprise Resource Planning</em> (ERP) dalam pengelolaan sumber daya perusahaan. Akan tetapi, dalam banyak kasus implementasi SAP tidak selalu membawa dampak sesuai dengan ekspektasi perusahaan. Hal ini disebabkan SAP menggunakan <em>best practice</em> yang belum tentu memiliki tingkat kesesuaian dengan proses bisnis perusahaan. Sehingga terdapat kesenjangan (<em>gap</em>) antara proses bisnis perusahaan yang digunakan sebagai acuan <em>best practice</em> oleh SAP dan perusahaan yang akan mengimplementasikan sistem ERP. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyusun dokumen pemodelan proses bisnis <em>as-is</em> dan <em>to-be </em>serta mengidentifikasi kesenjangan antara proses bisnis yang sedang berjalan saat ini dengan proses bisnis pada <em>best practice</em> SAP khususnya pada modul <em>Human Capital Management, </em>salah satu modul utama SAP yang memainkan peran penting dalam membangun manajemen sumber daya yang baik di perusahaan. Hasil analisis kesenjangan memperlihatkan perubahan apa saja yang terjadi pada komponen proses bisnis, baik dari sisi aktivitas, sumber daya yang terlibat, kebutuhan kebijakan, dan struktur organisasi. Perubahan yang terjadi karena penerapan SAP sebagai sistem informasi SDM tentunya membawa dampak. Dampak yang diperoleh dari penerapan teknologi biasa disebut dengan nilai (<em>value</em>). Nilai tersebut berupa manfaat yang mengacu kepada peningkatan efisiensi proses kerja yang diterapkan dalam organisasi.</p><p class="Abstrak"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p class="Abstrak">Industrial revolution 4.0 and increasingly fierce business competition make IT as main supporter in achieving the main business objectives of an enterprise. One form of IT support within organizations is the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in enterprise resource management. However, the result of many SAP implementation cases do not always in line with the company expectations. This is because SAP used best practices that do not have the same level of compatibility with the company's business processes. Hence, there is a gap between the company's business processes used as the best practice reference by SAP and the company that will implement the ERP system. This study aims to establish as-is and to-be business process modeling documents and identify the gaps between current business processes of the organization and business processes in SAP best practices especially in the Human Capital Management module, one of SAP's main modules that plays an important role in building good resource management in the company. The gap analysis results show what changes occur in the business processes components in terms of activity, the resources involved, policy requirements, and organizational structure. These changes certainly would have some impacts. The impacts is usually called as value. This value is in the form of benefits that refer to an increase in the efficiency of work processes applied in the organization</p>


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Rajaram
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Roger P. Bartlett
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Author(s):  
Howard Thomas ◽  
Richard R. Smith ◽  
Fermin Diez

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