Exploring Ambient Discriminatory HRM Practices: An Insight From Kingdom Telecom Company

The current paper was intended to determine the ambient discriminatory practices pertaining to human resource management (HRM) in two different telecom company situated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Hundred and twenty employees working in the company were contacted for this investigation randomly to get the ideas about discriminatory human resource management (HRM) practices. Questionnaire related to discriminatory human resource management (HRM) practices including biographical information blank sheets were administered to the subjects to determine the discriminatory practices related to human resource management (HRM). Mean and graphical symbol were used to examine the data and the results of the investigation discovered that discriminatory HRM practices existed in terms of training & development, job analysis, recruitment & selection, intention to stay in the company, compensation & benefits, co-workers relation, performance appraisal, working condition, communication and security & health but in a marginal form. The researcher has recommended further study to eliminate ambient discriminatory HRM practices to make the employees more enthusiastic and vigorous to perform well and play important role in the developmental process of organization.

A Graphical Symbol for Machining Process Information Description Using Model-Based Definition Technology

To realize the process information sharing and three-dimensional annotation, a standardization description model for machining process information was proposed, which including three layers, natural language description layer, object oriented language description layer and symbolic language description layer. By extension the graphical symbol of surface texture, integrated with machining allowance, surface lay and direction, surface roughness, machining method and technical parameters, equipment, fixture, cutting tools, test information, and sequence number, a graphical symbol for three-dimensional machining process information was proposed. Then formulated the annotation specification of the graphical symbol, including annotation plane, position and orientation, associativity, indication of two or more machining step, restricted area and color using. Finally, a three-dimensional machining process planning system was developed, and a part machining process annotation was taken to illustrate the validity of the graphical symbol.