WE were astonished, surely with reason, to read in the July issue of Management Services that they were seeking help from a “large number of organisations” for a survey to offset…
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WE were astonished, surely with reason, to read in the July issue of Management Services that they were seeking help from a “large number of organisations” for a survey to offset what it describes as “the lack of current information” to provide a salary survey in the management services field.
In the light of experience, traditional ways of using the techniqueof brainstorming are examined. Flaws in the technique include dominance,fixation, inhibition, lack of structure…
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In the light of experience, traditional ways of using the technique of brainstorming are examined. Flaws in the technique include dominance, fixation, inhibition, lack of structure and noise. Describes a method that has been devised which involves randomization, small group working and managed convergence towards better ideas, solutions, designs or products. The technique is not time‐constrained and is carried out in a relaxed atmosphere, conducive to producing a higher quality result.
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Considers the problems faced by personnel departments in theirrecruitment strategies for light assembly workers. Reviews the currentlyavailable methods of testing prospective…
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Considers the problems faced by personnel departments in their recruitment strategies for light assembly workers. Reviews the currently available methods of testing prospective operators for dexterity. Recommends that selection procedures are chosen after considering presently available aptitude testing procedures, as well as being aware of the limitations of the tests and deciding which suits particular needs the best.
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EVERY so often a new “in” word comes into fashion and everybody seems to use it whether it fits or not. Words like “situation”, “productivity” and “management”. Words like…
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EVERY so often a new “in” word comes into fashion and everybody seems to use it whether it fits or not. Words like “situation”, “productivity” and “management”. Words like “y'know” or “Oh yeah?”. Usually they are started by comedians or pop singers. For a while they drive us mad. Then, gratefully, they fall into disuetude. They are quickly forgotten.
MAKE no mistake about it, when a government enacts legislation it does so firmly believing that the new law is in the best interests at least to the majority of the population it…
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MAKE no mistake about it, when a government enacts legislation it does so firmly believing that the new law is in the best interests at least to the majority of the population it is supposed to serve. (This may not be wholly true in some dictatorial regimes, but it holds for democracies.) So it is a pity when, as happens far too frequently, the effect differs from or sometimes is completely opposed to the aims in the minds of the legislators.
YEARS ago the only people who feared the law were the “baddies”. They took the risks of their nefarious profession and when they were copped, took their sentences with resignation…
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YEARS ago the only people who feared the law were the “baddies”. They took the risks of their nefarious profession and when they were copped, took their sentences with resignation as the price they had to pay for whatever it was that they had illegally gained.
Jeffrey P. Kaleta, Jong Seok Lee and Sungjin Yoo
The purpose of this paper is to focus on a potential tradeoff between security and usability in people’s use of online passwords – in general, complex passwords are secure and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on a potential tradeoff between security and usability in people’s use of online passwords – in general, complex passwords are secure and desirable but difficult to use (i.e. difficult to memorize) whereas simple passwords are easy to use, but are insecure and undesirable. Construal level theory (CLT) explains how high vs low construal level causes people to focus on “desirability” vs “feasibility” of an action, which in the research context can translate into the “security” vs “usability” of using passwords.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a series of three laboratory experiments manipulating people’s construal level and investigating its impact on password use.
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The authors found that people who were induced to think at a high construal level created or showed intention to choose stronger passwords relative to people who were induced to think at a low construal level. Furthermore, this effect was also significantly different from the control group who did not receive any experimental treatment. In addition, the authors found that perspective taking targeted at the desirability of creating a strong password further strengthened the effect of a high construal level on intended password choice.
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This research makes several contributions to existing literature on password security. First, this research offers CLT as a theoretical lens to explain an individual’s thinking and behavior concerning online password use. Second, this research offers empirical evidence that a high construal level improves users’ password use, a desirable feature for improved security. Third, this research contributes to the literature on how to apply nudging to influence human behavior toward more desirable, stronger, password use. Finally, our research identifies PT as a factor enhancing the positive effect of a high construal level on online users’ password use.
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Editorial This special issue of Industrial Management & Data Systems is a huge departure from our usual journal/ monograph style. This is an additional issue to the year's volume…
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Editorial This special issue of Industrial Management & Data Systems is a huge departure from our usual journal/ monograph style. This is an additional issue to the year's volume — a bonus in fact.
This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of Personnel Review is split into 7 sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Career/Manpower Planning and Recruitment; Health…
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This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of Personnel Review is split into 7 sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Career/Manpower Planning and Recruitment; Health and Safety; Industrial Relations and Participation; Pay, Incentives and Pensions; Performance, Productivity and Motivation; Redundancy and Dismissal; and Work Patterns.
TODAY, Britain, like the whole of the rest of the world, is providing education up to graduate standard to be available to anybody that shows the slightest sign of being able to…
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TODAY, Britain, like the whole of the rest of the world, is providing education up to graduate standard to be available to anybody that shows the slightest sign of being able to benefit from it. The position here is rapidly becoming like it was in Germany some 30 years ago when people there insisted on calling everyone “Doctor.” He was an engineer, so of course he must be a D.Ing. or its English equivalent.