Lebanese industries are growing so fast and expanding their businesses. They should know how to manage their time, inventory, labor, quality and all the other production factors in order to increase productivity and output while reducing different types of wastes. For that, lean manufacturing was adopted by many companies across the globe in order to try to reduce the wastes as much as possible. Lean is a manufacturing strategy aiming to reduce the inventory and to gain more profits while getting a better quality of the goods delivered to the customers. “Algorithm Pharmaceutical Manufacturers” ...

In 2011, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) Lebanon and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) within the context of the EU Twining project have published “Statistics in Focus (SIF)”, a series of social statistics, entitled “The labor market in Lebanon”. One main finding triggered the development of the research question: in Lebanon, when someone is given a job opportunity, he/she will accept it even if it does not match his/her own qualification level. Competence is the combination of knowledge, experience, skills, attitude and abilities that enable the employee ...

Business organizations nowadays may have the money and the resources to succeed but their people may not be ready to work professionally. It doesn't matter how many office buildings and production facilities the organization has, without proper Human Resource management, the business will fail. This is most relevant in the hospitality sector which is a labor intensive industry, highly reliant on well-trained employees. Different trainings, seminars and workshops are very popular in all businesses fields. Business organizations, such as hotels, are investing money in their personnel. It needs ...

Purpose: Exploring the perception of the Lebanese experts concerning the need and importance of the renewable energy in Lebanon, with a focus on the Lebanese electricity sector. It aims at assessing the extent to which renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydro power is needed in Lebanon and its impact on alleviating the existing electricity crisis in the country. Design/methodology/approach: This study is an exploratory research. The secondary research was performed and the results are presented in two sections under the literature review chapter, describing several opinions and arguments ...

Purpose -- The world nowadays is changing in a fast pace. Companies are fighting for an important resource that is human capital and strive to find ways to retain it. The purpose of this research paper is to study the effect of implementing advanced onboarding programs on employees’ retention ratio. Design/methodology/approach -- This research is a study that uses a questionnaire based on Linkert scale as quantitative data collection tool and we studied the results using BMI SPSS 20 software program statistical tool such as correlation and regression. The philosophical approach is post-positivism ...

This study presents a brief and a quick overview of the Islamic banking system which is finding its way as a new competitive system. Islamic banking is mainly directed towards fulfilling and respecting Islamic fundamental laws of monetary relations among Muslims. this study concisely summarizes services offered by Islamic banking, then determines potential problems that could be encountered by this new system in the Lebanese economy.

This study aims to answer the following question: what is the economic impact of smoking ban in public places on restaurants and bars in Lebanon? This question is answered through analyzing the primary data collected from a survey conducted with a simple random sample of 194 Lebanese citizens above 18 years old. SPSS statistical package was used to conduct a descriptive statistical analysis including cross tabulation. As a conclusion, the main results showed that smoking ban will have a positive economic effect on restaurants and bars (i.e. an increase in their revenues due to the increase in ...

Purpose: This study has two main purposes. The first is to identify what is the prevalent leadership style at Sima Baghdad and the most effective leadership style in a high-risk environment. The second is to recognize if there is a relationship between the effect of each risk factor on time, budget, and performance. Design/methodology/approach: Participants of this study are employees at Sima Baghdad holding managerial positions (except administrative positions) and/or have a leadership role on site. The study used a quantitative descriptive approach as well as Spearman's Row to accept ...

Internal and external change is happening so rapidly that the operations of organizations are affected significantly. Different organizations use different methods to manage change. It is suggested in this thesis that the human resources department should play a major role in managing change. However, the current structure of the human resources department is not designed to mange change. For this reason, it is hypothesized that the human resources department will have new roles in addition to its traditional roles. These new roles will be known as the Riachi Variables. The Riachi Variables ...

Purpose- This research aims at investigating the effect of agile project management on cost, time, and productivity. Deductive in nature, this study scrutinizes the effect of adopting agile processes in the Lebanese IT sector. Design/methodology/approach - The study follows a deductive analytical approach to test three hypotheses formulated in accordance to the existing body of knowledge. The proposed relationships focus on the potential causal effect of a short-cycled work breakdown structure, the adaptability to change, receiving feedback from customers and employees, and collaboration ...