Workplace Environment Research Papers Samples For Students

(NRS 441V: Professional Capstone)
- Abstract
A sizeable research shows that the currently witnessed nursing retention problems have significantly hampered the provision of healthcare across the United States. Nursing shortage is directly tethered to the low retention rates and not unless drastic steps are taken to avert this problem, the entire healthcare system is set to experience a hard time ahead. Therefore, this paper intends to explore what are the probable causes of this problem and subsequently give recommendations on the best evidence-based approaches to resolve the issue. Overwhelming evidence shows high levels of work stress and dissatisfaction ...

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study is to identify the ethical issues in the workplace. In order to do so, the study has taken all the factors associated with ethics within an organization into consideration. This signifies that the study tends to inform its readers regarding the importance and benefits of the workplace ethics along with the consequences of inappropriate workplace ethical standards. Personnel being the greatest strength in corporate world are in constant need of safe and well-protected working environment. As the organizations’ reliance on personnel is increasing day by day, the study has taken the concentration of workplace/personnel ...

Tillot et al. (2013) identifies that nursing shortage is a result of an aging workforce, aging population, job dissatisfaction, shortage within the nursing faculty and the lack of an engaging and collaborative environment is care settings. Tillot et al. (2013) utilized a systematic review of past literature aimed at assessing the factors that deny the workers an opportunity to engage their colleagues constructively in practice. The study notes that the management should focus on developing an environment where communication and staff collaboration and engagement is considered a primary element of the organizational culture. The study is highly applicable in nursing practice since ...

Executive Summary.3

Training in human resource4
Dynamic workplace environment..4
Collective responsibility in employee training..4
Skill development..5

Role of Supervisors and employers in employee training.6

Career development in employee training.7
Hurdles in employee training.8
Value of employee training9
Fairmont Resort Training program10
Shangri-La Hotel training program11
Recommendation13
Conclusion.13

References 15

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Employer training is a usual process that takes place nearly in all workplace settings. In particular job, training has its roots in the early observational learning. In practice, the experienced employees are given the roles of training the newly oriented employees on their specific responsibilities and briefs. The training takes place in the same job environment, and therefore, becomes on-job ...

Introduction

Diversity refers to differences that may arise or that are eminent between individuals and groups of people who are interacting in a particular context. In a workplace environment for instance diversity is concerned with the differences that may present themselves on colleagues at the workplace. Such differences encompass many avenues such as race, gender, religions, sexual orientation and so on. Diversity training in this regard is a course of instruction that is meant to ensure that those who undertake the course improve their awareness of the differences that exist between them and other persons in the workplace environment. What is more diversity ...

Organizational Behavior at Cigna Healthcare

This paper tries to analyze the prevailing organizational behavior at Cigna Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the world, by understanding the key patterns or trends that constitute its overall organizational personality.
Cigna Corporation is a globally renowned U.S. based health services company, “formed in 1982, as a result of the merger of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and the Insurance Company of North America (Cigna.com, 2010)”. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, Cigna caters to the health, wellness, safety and security needs of approximately “66 million clients worldwide including employees and organizations, brokers and consultants & individuals and families through a strong ...

Application of Leadership Practice Concepts

Application of Leadership Practice Concepts

Introduction

Today’s global business social scientists and business experts alike examine organizational culture influencing institutional, factional, and personal behavior aligned to leadership practices. The growing body of literature available on this timely subject shows one conclusion that Hartnell, Ou, Yi, and Kinicki (2011), and Schein (2004) describe a company culture as a shared set of implicitly accepted assumptions binding each member in thought, perception, and reaction to various work related environments and how this effects production, company goals and development.
The focus of this scholarly investigation as an application of leadership practice concepts through a course ...

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Abstract

The present review is aimed at providing an understanding on how the workplace contributes to the development of skin cancer. Five reviews (3 epidemiological data reviews, 1 meta-analysis, and 1 article) obtained from PubMed, involving a total of at least 3479 mortality and morbidity in skin cancer. These studies agreed on the initiating role of the workplace in the development of skin cancers, both malignant mesothelioma (MM) and non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC), due to chronic exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos (Rushton, 2012; Boffetta, 2004; Romeo, 2004; ), mineral oils (Rushton, 2012), solar radiation (Rushton, 2012; Hannaford-Turner, Elder, Sim, Abramson, ...

Abstract

Research finds that non-unionized employees discern stronger ethical cultures within their organizations and companies than their fellow unionized counterparts. Other reports also depict that young workers are more probable to recognize weak ethical cultures within their organizations than older ones. On the other hand, managers also tend to esteem stronger ethical cultures within their organizations than employees that are not in management positions. The onus is on the manager to manage and incorporate a strong ethical culture in their business. However, it is not solely their responsibility since the employees are in a position of helping out in the assessment of ethical ...

Human Resources

Abstract.3
Introduction..4

Sexual Harassment in the Computer Age.4

Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Work Place5
Role of the Human Resource Department5
Supreme Court Decisions on Sexual Harassment.6
Sexual harassment as a form of bullying..7

Sexual harassment as intentional tort9

Liability of the employer for the injury or harm caused by the employee9
Conclusion10-12
References13
Abstract
This paper aims to present the consequences of sexual harassment incidents that occur in multinational companies, firms and organizations in the U.S. At the same time, the independent
and dependent variables of sexual harassment will be analyzed. For the independent variable, it shall include absenteeism of the ...

Transfer of Learning in Training and Development

Transfer of Learning

Transfer of learning in training and development is one of the primary and key aspects in training and development. It entails the continued and effective process whereby trainees apply the knowledge and skills that have been gained during the training process, both off and on the job. Transfer of knowledge entails the maintenance of behavior and the generalization and application of the learned behavior to new processes. Simply put, transfer of training refers to the extent or degree with which trainees are capable of applying the learned knowledge, attitudes, and skills obtained from the training program ...