Essays on Absenteeism

The researchers have selected their organization Gap Inc. based in Ottawa to conduct research on the prevalent HR issues pertaining to employee compensation system and performance management. It should be highlighted that the major HR problem across GAP is their flawed remuneration system that result in poor rewards for employees despite their dedication and inclination for job. It should be emphasized that poor reward system adversely impacts employee financial targets and job fulfillment, which in turn leads to lack of job motivation, low confidence and trust relationship with employers, reduced desire for growth in existing organization, greater absenteeism and ...

Nurseries for Emirate women workers

Introduction The increasing need for nurseries for Emirati women underscores the centrality of childcare centres among these women. Workplace nurseries enable women to go to work and have their children care for. A study conducted by early childhood consultancy reported that many Emirati women have embraced the idea of taking their children to nurseries. Most of these women do not have an option because failure to utilize workplace nurseries implies that the must leave their children with people whose background they do not know (Nerein, 2011). The United Arab Emirate have 311 nurseries. Out of this number, only 26 ...

Introduction

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

Executive Summary

An interview with Debbie Curtis, Officer Manager for Central Pump Company in Center, Colorado revealed several flaws into the HR issues of the company which has about 20 employees. Though she handles almost all the issues such as training and development, succession of employees, the retention of quality employees, managing employee performance, resolving conflictions, correcting performances and disciplining performances, there are no formalities and policy documents to support the same. The strategic contribution of the current HR deliverables is basic and it cannot support the attainment of sustainable growth and development. At a personal level Debbie is contributing towards ...

Introduction

Anywork is a medium sized firm based in South West of England. It was formed in 2003 and specializes in providing services in plumbing and maintenance. Over the years, the business has built a strong customer base in the areas of its operations. Every fourth house in Devon returns to Any work for their repair service needs. The company has successfully evolved over the years due to its best practices in customer services making it easier for the customers to register complaints and get the solutions 24 hours a day. The company has efficient and well-drawn HR policies for ...

Obesity in Australia

Abstract This paper deals with the problem of obesity in Australia, which has been increasing through years and has a lot of negative impacts, notably not only on health, but also on economy and social sphere. The purpose of this study is to analyse opinions of the employers and employees about where the responsibility for addressing obesity lies and what obesity-related programs are expected to offer and are really offered in companies. The paper contains the statement of the obesity problem, reviewing of some previous researches, the evaluation of necessary special anti-obese measures in firms, significance of its importance, ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Management

The article “Role of ‘‘haraam’’ practices on behavior and performance of employees: a case study of business organization” reveals the story of Maryam who was employed as a customer support specialist at People’s Services Inc. The female employee was suspected for using ‘haraam’ products such as drugs and alcohol, which are not allowed for Muslims who are followers of Islam. Resultantly, the researchers reveal that use of ‘haraam’ products affected Maryam’s personal life and job performance as it could attitudinal, behavioral, emotional and psychological changes. Although, it was unclear that Maryam had either become addicted to drugs and alcohol ...

The success of a company is dependent on several factors and one important factor is its people. Considering that the employees constitute the core of a company’s business, they should be treated with high regard, protected and respected. Management should take into consideration the basic needs of its employees and should learn to adapt to the dynamics of a changing work environment. Managers should be mindful of an employee’s rights including the right to be heard, to be productive and to contribute to the goals of the company according to the best of their abilities. When an employee feels that ...

As the case begins, we find that, Cameron Mechanical & Automation, Inc. (CMA) is a company that has been operating into the Information and Technology sector since 1998. It is providing various products to the computer manufacturers all around the world. The company structure was divided into different product divisions. Each of the divisions was focusing upon various components. However, the adverse impact of the Economy in 2008 affected the company in many ways. The CEO of the organization Jared Smith was facing several issues within the organization, such as related to the work design, structure, conflict, motivation and company ...

A Comparison between UK and India

Abstract

Stress has been part of human life ever since the beginning of mankind. Initially, people stressed themselves out hunting for food, finding places to rest, and inexplicability of natural phenomena. With the globalisation of industries and the presence of multinational companies all over the world, organizations may need to consider adopting certain policies to match up to other similar organizations. Stress in organisations has become a major issue in the UK and most organisations now have policies and procedures to help employees avoid this and interventions are often in place to support them. It is not known whether ...

Employee drug use is an expensive problem that American companies face. To compound the situation there are public opinions that support and dispute the ethical dilemma of employer drug testing. Employee drug use costs employers tens of millions of dollars every year. The Department of Labor(2004) states "70% of illegal drug users are employed." Drug use causes businesses to suffer losses due to theft, health care costs, work-related accidents, and absenteeism. Around half of American employers require employee drug testing. Employee drug use costs American businesses $75 - $100 billion dollars every year (2004).

The most common ...

Q 1 The coaching of an employee through progressive discipline is advantageous since preparation is prelude to the course of enacting and implementing discipline at work. This approach offers room for free and comfortable interaction with managers and their employees. One reason for coaching is to discover any underlying issues an employee might be experiencing for which they might have genuine reason, for example, personal issues, medical issues, or concerns with other workers being the root cause. This gives room for not making hasty conclusions until one gathers the facts. The major elements that support positive discipline are ...

An office worker had a record of frequent absence. He used all his vacation and sick leave days and frequently requested additional leave without pay. His supervisor and co-workers expressed great frustration because his absenteeism caused bottlenecks in paperwork, created low morale in the office, and required others to do his work in addition to their own. On the other hand, he felt he was entitled to take his earned time and additional time off without pay. Was he right?

The office worker is wrong is manifesting a behavior of frequent absenteeism. As an employee he is expected to be governed ...

Abstract

Operant conditioning is a form of learning where behaviors for individuals are modified by their consequences. Different occupations are associated with different behaviors. It is extremely fundamental to understand the difference between various situations and how they may be resolved. Following the uniqueness of various occupations there are solutions that are outlined to solve issues as they arise in different situations. Depending on the problem either Positive or Negative Reinforcement, Positive and Negative Punishment, Shaping, Extinction, Generalization, or Discrimination may be undertaken as a solution.

In most cases, related behaviors will attract similar solutions. Since different problems may be intertwined, they ...

Background

The article is a study conducted by Leona R. Zboril-Benson focusing on identifying the cause of absentee among nurses in Canada. It is apparent from the study that the country is experiencing the lack of nurses and the large number of employed nurses was shown to have higher probability of leaving their job, which manifests in the frequency of absenteeism based on the responses from the correspondences. The problem was attributed to the health-care restructuring in the public and private health-care sector in Canada. The problem in focus is the increasing number of nurses calling in sick, which in return ...

Final Essay Questions

At-risk children and youths are those children and youths that require interventions in order to perform better or succeed academically. Sometimes, the term at-risk youths may be used to refer to adolescents who are unable to transition well into adulthood to become economically self-sufficient. Most of the at-risk children and youth exhibit behavioral characteristics such as short spans of attention or general lack of attention. They will also exhibit truancy, chronic absenteeism and tardiness which could eventually lead to dropping out forever. As one grows older, active disengagement inform of delinquency, misbehavior and criminal tendencies would follow. This could ...

Indirect Health care cost of obesity

Total Cost of obesity

In this research presentation the author will discuss how obesity in United States of America impact health care costs. This topic will be approached from the perspective of direct and indirect costs. Direct cost is related to treating obesity as a health disorder in itself without accompanying complications. Indirect costs emerge from associating medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and arthritis among other serious diseases medical science is now discovering. These add up to what can be considered the total health care costs of obesity in United States of America.

Research Paper: Impact of Obesity on Health Care Costs

Introduction

Obesity in United ...

Drug and substance abuse is a significant problem in the workplace. It is estimated that approximately 70% of illegal drug users are employed and of all working adults, 7% are heavy drinkers (Wickizier et al., 2004; Slavit & Reagin, 2009). In this paper, the issues relating to on-job drug use, employer responsibility in assisting drug-addicted employees and the type of workplace programs effective in curbing this vice will be explored.

Body

On workplace issues related to substance use, empirical evidence suggests that substance abuse is strongly correlated with the risk for occupational accidents and injury, absenteeism, turnover, reduced productivity and disciplinary ...

In this presentation, a thorough discussion of compliance to the ADA Act of 1990 in public Hospitals shall be analyzed. Human resources principles and policies pegged on the ADA Act will take priority in the explanation and development of the presentation. ADA act as described in 1990 enactment, defines disability as impairment both physically and mentally that prevents a person from carrying out normal activities. Normal activities in this case include carrying out manual tasks, using the five normal senses, communicating, taking care of oneself, thinking, walking, and many more. The ADA Act stipulates that major life activities include impairment to ...

Cyrena R Douglas

Letter of Transmittal

Reference: Electronic report on ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF STRESS IN THE WORK PLACE

This is a letter of notification of transmittal of an original copy of a report on the ECONOMIC IMPACT OF STRESS IN THE WORK PLACE being submitted to the University of Maryland University College on date April 12, 2015. This letter further confirms that exert certified copies of the electronic report were submitted to the institution representative on April 12, 2015. The report has looked at some of the effects that can be realized in the work place due to stress. It further covers some of recommendations that should be put in place. The file is has ...

Business

Business The design capacity of the computer repair entity is 80 repairs within one day. Effective production is 64 repairs while the actual production is 62 repairs within a day. Evidently, the actual productions in terms of repairs is less than what can be efficiently produced by the firm. The differences caused by the deficiency of the two units may be caused by absenteeism among the employees. If all the employees turned up for work according to the schedule, the firm would be able to its anticipated efficiency levels of 64 repairs in a day. The gap between the design ...

Psychology's Role in the Workplace: Promoting Well-Being and Raising Awareness

Any psychologically healthy business should foster its employees into the well-being while boosting organizational performance and productivity. Psychologically healthy and balanced workplace practices may be grouped into several categories: employee engagement, work-life balance, staff growth and improvement, health and basic safety, and employee recognition. You should note that there is no basic approach to creating an emotionally healthy workplace. Accomplishment of this goal is based, in part, in addressing the problems unique to the organization and drawing awareness to programs and insurance policies to meet their employee’s needs. One problem in the workplace is stress. This may ...

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Introduction

Downsizing is a characteristic of modern life of organizations that involves the reduction of the organization’s financial, human, physical and information assets (Cooper, Pandey and Quick, 51). In most cases, organizations employ downsizing as a strategy for transformation that is intended to introduce changes in the organizational designs, work process and corporate cultures and values. The process of downsizing is often referred to as organizational restructuring. Among the stakeholders that are affected by downsizing are the employees, especially when the organization resorts to employee downsizing that results in the reduction of the number of ...

Introduction

One major problem many organizations face is the occurrence of accidents involving trips, falls, and slips of employees. A rise in the injury rates is due to the lack of relevant and essential safety measures to ensure safety in the workplace. The study seeks to determine the presence and effectiveness of safety measures in reducing accidents at the nursing home workplace. It focuses on the occurrence of accidents among employees at one nursing home. The study examines the causes of slips, trips and falls (STF) accidents, the effectiveness of existing safety measures, and improvements that can occur.

Literary Review

Many medical ...

In the hospitality industry, communication and participation of management and employees to consult with relevant stakeholders are crucial to sustaining the organization’s effective performance as instrumental to financial success. As explicitly defined, employee participation is disclosed as the “process of employee involvement designed to provide employees with the opportunity to influence and where appropriate, take part in decision making on matters that affect them” . Likewise, communication is the process by which management and employees send important messages regarding the products and services offered by organizations. The methods of communication are noted to entail downward and upward flows. ...

Organizational psychology is the study of human behavior in the workplaces. The purpose of organizational psychology is to improve the health, performance, satisfaction, safety, and well-being of the employees in an organization. Through organizational psychology, research on the behavior and attitudes of employees is conducted, with the aim of improving the welfare of employees and employers. Some of the duties performed through organizational psychology include evaluation of companies and conducting leadership training among employers. The goal of organizational psychology is to study, and understand the human behavior, especially of the workers in their workplaces. Attitudes refer to the feelings ...

Conflicts are a natural part of the collective human experience. Wherever there is the involvement of choices, conflicts are bound to happen. In the current competitive world, opinion and views are highly divided and hence conflicts are inevitable (Deutsch & Coleman, 2000). In our efforts to work cooperatively and collaboratively with one another, we often have differing opinions about how best to accomplish our common goals. Conflicts in the workplace are common and they occur as result of varying personalities and perspectives. Employer and employee conflicts are the most common types of conflicts in the workplace. Conflicts most of the times ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of stress among workers. A sample of 100 workers was used in the research and this included both sexes. Stress is generally a psychological problem that interferes with the stability of the mind of an individual. Interviews were carried out among the 100 workers where they were asked of how stress affected their performance at work. Not all workers were reached out to be interviewed. Therefore, use of questionnaires was employed in the exercise. According to the results it was found out that stress had negative effects on the performance ...

Executive Summary

Studies have indicated that health care facilities that develop well-informed, health-conscious personnel will reduce costs, lower absenteeism, and fit nurses who will attend patients effectively. The responsibility of the advanced practice nurse abbreviated as APN is to offer preventative care, treatment as well as management of chronic as well as chronic illnesses utilizing advanced diagnostic reasoning, clinical skills, and advanced therapeutic interventions. Moreover, APNs exhibit a high level of autonomy as well as clinical proficiency in the management of rheumatic illnesses (Buppert, 2008). APNs integrate education, leadership, management, research, and consultation into their clinical responsibilities. Therefore, this means that ...

Question 1

One of the causes of lack of effective management is that my age is an issue to some of the members of the management team. Additionally, they feel that I do not have the experience that is required for such a position. Additionally, they feel that they have already developed a comfortable working and communication relationship with their line managers, which makes them handle their duties well since they feel that their issues are directly heard at the headquarters. They seem to think that reporting through me may be inefficient and that their issues that they raise may be neglected. Furthermore, ...

Obesity is a condition in which the body fats accumulates to the levels where it may have adverse effects on someone’s health, hence leading to increased health problems and reduced life expectancy (Haslam, 2009). An individual is categorized as obese when the body mass index exceeds 30kg/m2. Obesity escalates the chances of one attracting various diseases, predominantly heart disease, certain types of cancers, sleep disorders, osteoarthritis and type two diabetes as noted by Haslam. Statistics reveal that today, two-thirds of the adults in the United States of America and almost one out of three children have obesity or are ...

Business Issue

According to the management records, it has been observed in the past few months that there has been a substantial increase in the sickness absenteeism. The management also perceives that the sickness leaves are higher in Bradley Hotel and Conference Centre as compared to other organizations in the same industry. The arising issue is not apparently very logical to link with job dissatisfaction, as our organization divides and distributes tasks according to the working capacity of the individuals. However, there is a dire need to adopt different measures to reduce and monitor the sickness absenteeism. It is proposed that significant ...

Does An Employer Have The Right To Test Its Employees For Drug Use?

OUTLINE

Introduction

An employer should have the rights to test its employees for drug use. This is informed by the fact that the market is a free enterprise which entails a willing employee-willing employee concept, otherwise, called the laissez faire.

Body

It is instructive to appreciate the two ethical theories that inform the argument in this paper. These are the Deontological and the Virtue Ethics theories. According to the theories, employers have the right to demand certain conditions of their employees. Conclusion A conducive environment for working remains a prerequisite for competitive performance. Drug use remains a hindrance to ...

Introduction

Diversity refers to the practice of understanding, acknowledging, accepting, celebrating and valuing differences among people with regard to class, ethnicity, age, physical and mental prowess, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and public assistance status (Green, López, Wysocki and Kepner, 2013). In the current global scenario when the driving forces of globalization like communication, transportation, advent of technologies, transnational companies and internet have diminished boundaries, the work place environment has become extremely diverse with people of various cultures, beliefs and backgrounds interacting with each other on a daily basis on account of work and business. The demography in USA has ...

OUTLINE

Introduction

An employer should have the rights to test its employees for drug use. This is informed by the fact that the market is a free enterprise which entails a willing employee-willing employee concept, otherwise, called the laissez faire.

Body

It is instructive to appreciate the two ethical theories that inform the argument in this paper. These are the Deontological and the Virtue Ethics theories. According to the theories, employers have the right to demand certain conditions of their employees. Conclusion A conducive environment for working remains a prerequisite for competitive performance. Drug use remains a hindrance to ...

Introduction

Defining biologically, the reaction of a person in response to his/her environmental condition or towards a stimulus is termed as stress. At work, a person faces stress when there is a mismatch between the resources or capabilities and the demand of the job. However, certain stress at workplaces is normal, but when it exceeds the limit, stress affects a person’s professional life as well as personal life (Jones & Bright, 2001). It reduces the productivity of the employee and often affects the health condition (Jones & Bright, 2001). The paper reflects on the reasons behind stress at the workplace. Then it moves on to evaluate ...

Impact on employees and employer’s contribution

Correspondence regarding this paper may be sent to Abstract Bullying is prevalent in schools, colleges and even in work places. The problem is all-pervading and affects productivity at work places. This paper tries to understand the debilitating effects work place bullying, specifically managerial level harassment. It is a known fact that employees suffer mentally and physically due to stress of working under bullying bosses. Various levels of research indicate that the managerial bulling goes undocumented, as employers do not consider it as a serious threat to the organization. In addition, there are no laws to protect the employees from ...

Dropping out can be described as leaving school with no high school diploma. Equivalent credentials to a high school diploma could be a certificate of General Educational Development, as stated by the National Centre for Education statistics. Young people who do not finish school by earning the required certificates encounter a lot of problems in life compared those who graduate. They are more likely to live in poverty, face unemployment problems and join bad groups if they drop out of school and become idle. The government has made an effort and demanded that families, communities and schools take firm steps to retain ...

- Is recruiting nurses from abroad a good idea for U.S hospitals facing worker shortages? While recruiting from other nations might help fulfil the dearth of nurses faced by U.S hospitals currently, such recruitment can have unintended effects of local unemployment in the country itself unless they are matched by funding and training of domestic nurses to match requirements in the future. This increases domestic discontent, fall in the image of the organisation and have effects on visa regulation as has been seen after 9/11. However till domestic workforce can meet the demand, the U.S hospitals will have ...

Executive Summary

This essay aims to discuss certain aspects about various aspects of Career Management theory and its application with regards to an organization. Career Management is crucial and vital for any organization. It involves management of the entire organizational specific operations and Human Resource of the organization in an efficient manner that can best result in terms of productivity and growth. It will also highlight certain recommendations that are important to empower the employees of the organization. Physical, Capital and Human Resource are amongst the key assets of any organization that can play a very critical and important role in ...

Stress is the state of tension that occurs in a human or animal under the influence of strong pressures. In Chinese, the term "stress" is composed of two characters - danger and opportunity. Uncomfortable condition for a human and a negative impact on the emotional and psychological state makes it a premonition of danger (Rothmann, Steyn and Mostert, 2005). When we talk about stress at work, such an expectation is primarily related to the fear of dismissal, failure to plan, demonstrate one’s competence, conflict with management or team. Still, stress brings certain advantages to employees apart from the drawbacks it has. The causes, ...

Company Assessment

[Institution’s Name] Company Assessment

Executive Summary:

The importance of human capital cannot be under estimated from the perspective of organizational development. Human capital refers to the resource of human based knowledge and skills affiliated with organization to achieve its goals. The motivation, job satisfaction, employee engagement are the evident features that supplement the satisfaction and stress level of employee. Together these features construct the organization environment for constructive organizational development. In this lieu, strategies are essential to be adhered to boost the illustrated traits in organizational culture for constructive development. Presented is the organization assessment of the illustrated factors, ...

Management

Introduction The need for introspection arises when problems occur in the organization. Often these problems stem out from internal and/or external changes. The changes could be either needs-based or demand-based, and whatever the problem is, it arises from necessity to change existing policies and work patterns. When such a situation arises, it is time to negotiate, and negotiations are pursued to ensure a compromise is obtained between the varying factions. The graph below shows how conflicts can be resolved. Graph courtesy bollettinoadapt.unimore.it Organizational conflicts can be because of a number of varying reasons. Some of the most common reasons are ...

1. Immense amount of resources of a company goes into planning the structure of the company. The costs and benefits of every form of structure are weighed. For example, it is often difficult to choose between centralization and decentralization or between a tall hierarchy and a short one. All of these factors are given so much consideration because they ultimately determine the amount of productivity of employees. A firm’s success depends on the willingness of its employees to steer it on a prosperous path. Therefore, it is absolutely indispensable to take care that the employees do not go through a burnout. Employee ...

Non judicial punishment, popularly known as NPJ is a tool that is available for military leadership personnel for the purposes of maintaining law and order. NPJ is permitted under article 15 of the UMCJ and is governed by both part 5 of the manual for courts-martial and service regulations (staff, 2014). NJP is most common among the military services and as such there is a procedure for imposing it on an officer. Prior to imposing an NPJ, the offender must be notified of his crime, the supporting evidence behind the accusation and must be notifies that the commanding officer is intent ...

The Intangible Cost of Conflict

The Intangible Cost of Conflict

Abstract

Conflict is an inevitable circumstance in today’s society. People vary in many perspectives such that the possibility of failing to reach an agreement is high. Organizations are not exceptional from the other institutional frameworks within the society. Business corporations, non-profit organizations, profit organizations, and even governments all succumb to conflict because of the varied nature of the people who run them. Conflicts exist at all levels within the organizations, and it has cost implications. The cost of conflict is often intangible such that it is not easy to determine the implications in terms ...

Negative Effect of Obesity on the Economy in the United States

Introduction Obesity has become a crisis in the American society with statistics showing that two-thirds of the adults in the population are obese. Children too have not been spared. Over the past estimated two or three years, there has been a substantial and unreasonable increase in the number of obese children in different states across the country. Obesity has been accrued to many things, but diet forms the top concern. The cost effectiveness of unhealthy food makes it the first choice for people. Such foods include the fast foods that form part of the rationale behind the culture of the ...

Introduction

The organizations and entrepreneurs worldwide experience investment provisions in training and development for the maximization of gains. There are variables including adequate investment in employee training, investment criteria, and monetary wellbeing of businesses show their greater significance in businesses globally due to rapid transitions in industrial era to knowledge-based . Training and development has a radical impact on the generation of intellectual property. The intellectual property entrenches development of wealth in substantial means for companies that strived for growth in their business settings. There are a lot of business gains associated with commitment and control strategies that are part of training and ...

Organization structure

Introduction All organizations consist of positions that have to be staffed. Job analysis then is the procedure or the model through which management or an entrepreneur determines the duties and specifications of these positions thus understanding the requirements of the people to be employed. Job analysis produces information that used for writing job descriptions - a list of what the job entails, and job specifications. This begs the question: What are these job analysis methods? Job analysis information can be gathered in many ways. One consideration is who is to conduct this analysis. Frequently, a member of the HR staff ...

Political factors

Political factors are federal government regulations and policies. Tesco is a renowned company operating worldwide, which means that global political factor greatly affects the company (Mutunga, 2014, p. 3). These factors include acts of legislation, tax rates band stability of the country the company operates. a company’s performance company is commonly affected by legislative and political conditions of the countries it operates. It means that employment policies in different countries affect the manner in which Tesco recruits its work force, an aspect that affects the overall performance of the company. Nevertheless, the employment policies in UK is extremely flexible, and ...

The process of making hotplates involves a number of departments in which they are different workers to complete the job. The initial arrangement was in such a manner that each hotplate would pass through different workers with each having to complete the manufacturing process partially. This involved teamwork and collaboration within the workers as the work of one affected the other. This method did not however work as each worker preferred making own plate from the beginning to the end instead sharing the manufacturing duties. Absenteeism in the workplace was caused by the low morale of the workers regarding the ...

1.) Workers are the most valuable asset of any organization that helps to achieve the strategic plans of any organization into realities. Labor relations are epicenters in the relationships of the workers and their employers because this determines the compensations, working environments and other work relate issues. Companies should come up with strategic plans and products that address the employee’s remuneration welfare, such as the remunerations, promotions, commissions and social benefits to address the workers welfare. The payment and promotion systems should be formalized and according to the standard levels and in line with similar levels in other ...

New HR Manager Strategy

Introduction Business environment constitutes one of the most complex profiles of interpersonal relationships and communication. The reality shows that employees of the modern organizations value not only the work, job function and compensation that is involved in their position, but also are motivated by a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, individual for each of them. It is evident that working environment and social relationships, which employees build in the companies, constitute important part of their internal motivation. With that in mind, the “outsiders” opinion, management and leadership styles will always be seen as different from the corporate culture ...

Introduction

In spite of the literal connotation that seems to occurrences that take place at home or domestically, domestic violence does not always remain at home. Alternatively, domestic violence follows its subjects to work, and this often results in disastrous consequences. Homicide is ranked second among the leading causes of death of women at the workplace and that around 15% of these deaths are attributable to current and former lovers (Dougan and Wells, 2007). Every day, many employees are reporting incidences of workplace violence and most of these incidences are related to domestic violence. Dometic violence not only poses a threat ...

Team Members:

Under the supervision of - DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - INTRODUCTION Training and development is involved with activities carried by an organization that are focused on improving the performance of employees. Training and development falls under the human resource department of any organization. These training and development activities include educational programs such as mentorship programs, training, coaching and workshops. They help to motivate and inspire employees and to bring the best out of them. Training and development have for long been understood to be only focused on looking developing new ways of production and ...

- Introduction Training and development is involved with activities carried by an organization that are focused on improving the performance of employees. Training and development falls under the human resource department of any organization. These training and development activities include educational programs such as mentorship programs, training, coaching and workshops. They help to motivate and inspire employees and to bring the best out of them. Training and development have for long been understood to be only focused on looking developing new ways of production and improving service provision but not thought of as means to improving employees attachment ...

25201 Chagrin Boulevard

Cleveland, Ohio 44122 USA

Attn.: Ms. Rhonda C. Hall, Partner and Head of Auditing

Re: Telecommuting

Dear Ms. Hall: Would you want Ciuni & Panichi to increase profits through decreasing absenteeism and tardiness? I have a viable proposal to make. As a junior accountant, I believe that part of my responsibility is to accomplish assigned tasks within scheduled time frames. With the increasing congestion on the road due to increased number of vehicles plying similar routes towards commercial districts in Cleveland, some personnel find it challenging, and time consuming to travel daily to the work setting. As such, I propose an evaluation of the ...

Introduction

Apart from affecting an individual’s physical, social, and mental health, the subjects of alcoholism and drugs have a weighty effect on worker’s productivity. Over the years, the issues have surfaced at the workplaces a fact that various statistics given by various scholars affirms, and without hesitation, they present serious challenges to an organization as a whole (Ghodse, 2005). The use of alcohol as well as drugs as a result of such indicators becomes an occupational safety and health disquiet in situations where their ability to exercise proper judgment, synchronization, motor control, attentiveness, and vigilance is hindered at his/her place of work. ...

Design an Organization Motivation Plan

Within an organizational environment, the employees become satisfied with their job if their needs are fulfilled. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, individuals have different levels of expectations: psychological, safety, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization (Lauby, 2005). In the working environment, this theory can be translated through identifying the various hierarchical needs that employees reached in their professional expectations ladder. As such, while some employees aspire to jobs that assure their existence (the psychological and safety needs), others can develop the need of belonging to a group, or can expect that their work to be recognized by their colleagues and ...