Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resource Management, Job Analysis, Layoff

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

Document Summary

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