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Safety and Health

also places emphasis on the role of ongoing training and self improvement. Even if we look at commercial models for the way an org...

Motivation and Workforce Diversity Management

If there is no fit among activities, there is no distinctive strategy and little sustainability. Management reverts to the simple...

Workplace Performance and Motivational Factors

work-related behavior, as well as its form, intensity and duration (Ambrose et al, 1999). This definition takes into account envir...

Individual, Organizational and Technological Influences on the Adoption Rate of Technology in the Workplace

type and a personal cost benefit assessment. In all the categories many of the influences may be complex, often there are ...

The Ethics of Drug Testing

about the validity of such tests, and some go further to claim that constitutional rights are denied. But employers and parents of...

WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND JOB SATISFACTION

comes to mind is "affirmative action." Along with affirmative action comes visions of quotas and dubious hiring practices to meet ...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

Women in the Workforce Pregnancy and Wage Discrimination

a consequence, one court case after another was being tried. The outcome of these cases resulted in a continuing evolution in the...

Office Settings: Groups vs. Teams

by placing individuals with similar interests or traits together (David, 2009). For example, a room full of accountants is simply ...

Employers Right of Surveillance over Employees

has been found to incorporate communication that may not yet have been opened or received, or those that have been deleted. The ...

Conflict and Resolution

is based on performance measures. This is leading to arguments, with the day shift manager accusing the night shift manager of und...

Progressive Discipline

it is something every manager will face. There are many infractions that would lead to some sort of disciplinary action, even an o...

SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WORKPLACE

government of Ontario banned its employees from access to Facebook (Minken, 2007). Why? Two reasons: Derogatory comments about the...

MANAGING ABSENCES

hear when they pick up the phone or pull messages off their voice mail are the words "boss, Im not able to come in today because ....

Bullying in the Workplace

Vadim Ponorovsky. He is the owner of Paradous, a French bistro located in Manhattan (Zeldner, 2010). Ponorovsky sent an email to h...

Implementing High Involvement Work Practices

Using two example case studies the writer looks at the way in which high involvement workplace practices may be implemented in ord...

GROUPS, TEAMS AND DIVERSITY

Discusses the difference between groups and teams, and points out the impact on workplace diversity on team dynamics. There are 4 ...

Diversity And The Workplace

nothing more than his appearance or her beliefs, and to condemn that same person because he or she abides by a wholly opposing app...

IMPROVING THE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT

of the corporate world awhile to realize the connection between a workplace environment, job production and ultimately, the bottom...

WORKPLACE BULLYING AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

the boss was just teasing. But Ken believed the comments, as innocuous as they were, had malicious intent. Ken is probably...

Workplace Stereotyping and Discrimination

care needs for individuals in need of public welfare services. In the area where this office is located, a number of Hispanic peo...

'Manufactured Consent' and Michael Burawoy

effectiveness of Burawoys work. Definition of Manufacturing Consent Michael Burawoy, in his book entitled Manufacturing Co...

Workplace Conflict And Personality

vulnerable to myriad personality conflicts when such an eclectic collection of people work so differently toward the same objectiv...

Psychology And The Workplace

the shop as the tailor himself whose entire life has been vested into it; while the kids know their food, clothing and home are th...

Employee Absenteeism as a Form of Negative Behavior

For example, if we look at the UK as an example. If we look at the figures produced by the CBI we see there is an upward trend in ...

Islam in America's Workplace

(Lampman, 2001). Fourth is the Ramadan month-long period of fasting, which recreates the first communications between God and Muh...

Considering a Job in Software Test Analysis?

This report looks at different aspects of a career in software test analysis. The writer starts by defining the job and the tasks ...

Mediation of Conflicts in the Workplace

is extremely important in order to promote a happy and healthy work environment. Conflicts do crop up from time to time and it is ...

Summary of a Legal Scenario Involving Sexual Harassment

Name an appellate court case where an employer was found liable for either quid pro quo or hostile environment sexual harassment. ...