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Keys to Employee Satisfaction What You Can Do to Increase Employee Satisfaction BY  SUSAN M. HEATHFIELD Americans of all ages and income brackets continue to grow increasingly unhappy at work -- a long-term trend that should seriously concern employers, according to a report by The Conference Board. The report, based on a survey of 5,000 U.S. households conducted for  The Conference Board  by  TNS , finds only 45 percent of those surveyed say that they are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61.1 percent in 1987, the first year in which the survey was conducted. The Bad News About Employee Satisfaction While overall employee satisfaction has declined to 45 percent, the percentage of employees satisfied with their jobs is lowest in the under 25 age group with only 35.7 percent satisfied. Among employees in the age group 25-34, 47.2 percent are satisfied; employees in the age group 35-44 scored 43.4 percent in job satisfaction. ...

Retail Pricing - Different Types of Pricing Models The sale of goods from fixed points (malls, department stores, supermarkets and so on) to the consumer in small quantities for his own consumption is called as retail. According to the concept of retailing, a retailer doesn’t sell products in bulk; instead sells the merchandise in small units to the end-users. Retail Pricing Cost Plus Pricing Mechanism Every organization runs to earn profits and so is the retail industry. Cost plus pricing works on the following principle: Cost Price of the product + Profit (Decided by the retailer) = Final price of the merchandise. According to cost plus pricing strategy the retailer adds some extra amount to the actual cost price of the product to earn his share of profits. The final price of the merchandise includes the profit as decided by the retailer. Cost Plus Pricing Cost plus pricing strategy takes into account the profit of the retailer. Cost plus pricing is an ...

New era Marketing by being Purple cow The Purple cow Here are 3 lessons from the book: We live in the third era of advertising, where marketing is mainly done through word-of-mouth. Not taking risks is riskier than taking risks. If you want your product to succeed, focus on early adopters as your first customers. Lesson 1: Today marketing is mainly done through word-of-mouth recommendations. Seth walks us through the history of advertising and says there were three distinct periods. Before advertising  was way back in ancient times, when people could only spread the word about great deals with their mouths. For example in ancient Rome, when one of the vendors on the market sold particularly good fish, everyone who bought one would of course tell all their friends and family. Likely, the next time they’d go to the market, they’d visit that same vendor. During advertising  was the time during the 18- ...

S W A M I V I V E K A N A N D A's  Winning Formulas to become Successful Managers  -  A.R.K Sharma About the Author: Mr. A.R.K Sharma , a gold medalist in science. He is a UPSC recruited class 1 officer. At present he is the vice president of Tata Docomo Services. He has been always influenced by Swami Vivekanadha and his writings. He has authored up to 14 books which are best sellers Swami Vivekanadha: Born as  Narendra Dutta , he was a disciple of Ramakrishna. He died at the early age of 39. He is well-known for his speech at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, 1893 which he began with the most famous words as "Sisters and Brothers of America" Why this Book? To Analyse and increase our commitment for our success. Characteristic of people : 1) People with Low commitment and Low competency -  like COLORLESS and ODORLESS FLOWERS a) Always require monitoring, guidance, cause of correction...