Accident reduction is more difficult for newer EU members who ... very rapid growth in traffic and are having difficulty in building new roads and in introducing safety measures at a fast enough rate.
In contrast to an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist is a professional money manager who makes risk
investments from a ....... of capital to obtain a high rate of return.
In the 18th century, the person with capital was ....... from the one who needed capital; in other words, the
entrepreneur was distinguished from the capital provider.
Since the contract price was fixed, any resulting profits or losses ....... the efforts of the entrepreneur — the
better he performed, the more profit he made.
The entrepreneur's connection with risk evolved in the 17th century, when an entrepreneur was someone who
entered into a contract with the government to perform a service or to supply ....... products.
New hires, as well as our current workers, are demanding an increasing array of benefits and work life .......
options like job sharing and sabbaticals.
Because most companies have eliminated many management positions, there are fewer opportunities for
promotion to stimulate workers, so they need to develop ....... transfer and job rotation plans to ensure the
continued development of skills.
One of the primary reasons employees leave their jobs is due to a lack of challenge, but HR can dramatically
increase ....... rates if it gets managers to develop individual "Challenge Plans" for each worker.
A ....... strength or back-fill plan differs from succession planning in that it only covers replacing key jobs within
a single department; individual managers are held responsible for developing at least one individual to fill
every key job.
Developing HR systems and metrics known as "......." that indicate potential problems gives us sufficient time
to develop plans and strategies to either avoid the problem or minimize its impact.
In this changing world, it is not uncommon for new markets to open (and close) rapidly, so companies need to
have a strategy to move people and resources rapidly from areas of low to areas of a higher ........
