Essays on Absenteeism

Acme Co. (ACMI) is an Australian corporation that provides internet, phone and on-site support services for software and hardware products. It operates in 22 locations around the country, providing services for temperature management systems for refrigeration in groceries, etc. Because of the nature of ACMI’s business, it retains a certain staff level in all 22 locations to assure the availability of technical staff to provide services 24 hours a day.

ACMI has operated for about 40 years, with about 30 years spent primarily on providing industrial grade refrigeration units. About eight (8) years ago, the company entered the software side ...

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 ...

PREVENTION OF ABSENTEEISM, PRESENTEEISM AND TURNOVERS

Abstract Any business enterprise that fails to introduce strong organizational policies and strategies is bound to face problems. Problems such as employee absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover are some of the problems that these enterprises face. If left unattended, these problems can cause inefficiency, and monetary damage. The consequences of these actions are multifold as they can destroy the image of those organizations and lead to its ultimate downfall. Keywords: absenteeism, presenteeism, turnover, lackadaisical, revolt, motivation Absenteeism at work is failing to report for work. It is considered a violation of a social obligation toward work at a predetermined and predefined ...

Discipline may be described as the ways, means, and avenues or channels used by the managers of institutions, businesses or other corporations to identify, investigate and rectify or correct misconduct or infringements among its staff in order to ensure compliance to the laid down company rules and regulations. Discipline is critical in the work place; it makes an organization to be cohesive and better able to achieve its goals (Imundo 1993). Discipline can be thought of as observance of set rules that guides workplace conduct of employees. Because there must be cases of indiscipline in the organization, disciplinary mechanism ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction

What is business stress? It is a state of mental and emotional strain experience by both employees and business owners. Work and business is felt during times of conflict, loss, boredom or anxiety. Stress is one of the frantic paces of business life. Business stress is a major problem and is becoming increasingly common due to stiff competition in the market and financial crisis ,(Bronner, R. ,2009).. People react in different ways to stress. Others find the pressure to immense and buckle under whereas others easily melt it and walk a stride. Stress is majorly due to a feeling that our lives ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction

Let’s face it: HIV/AIDS is one of the most pressing socio-economic challenges facing the world today. Consequently, the business community cannot turn a blind eye to the issue because it is with us now. Although the menace has been of particular concern to developing countries, which have been hardly hit, the issue is not confined to the business enterprises in developing countries only. Businesses from the developed nations are also affected as well. In the current scenario, whereby the world has become a global village, multinationals are expanding into developing economies and in the process they are experiencing economic impacts ...

Nursing

1.) Title The title of the article “Evaluation of Hand Washing Program for 2nd graders” describes the type of the study, the major variable and the population to which it applies. It can be inferred from the title that the purpose is to assess and evaluate the hand washing program for the second graders. However, the variable can be inferred from the behavior change and early interventions among children so that they will develop the hand washing as a well-practiced habit (Tousman, Arnold, Helland, Roth, Heshelman, Castaneda, Fischer, O'Neil, & Bileto, 2007). 2.) Research/Aim A. The purpose of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Employee Development Employee development is an on-going, joint endeavor on the part of employees and the company for upgrading the employee's skills, knowledge and capabilities (Michie and Sheehan, 2005). Effective employee development calls for a balance amid a person’s career requirements and objectives as well as the company’s need for getting the task accomplished (Howard, 1995). Employee development initiatives make constructive contribution towards organizational outcome. A highly accomplished workforce could attain more and the employers could attain more as staff members gain in knowledge and experience. Additionally, retaining employees saves a large amount of company’s resources and money ( ...

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the elaboration of token economy system for students, who prefer being absent at classes. The reasons of absence were considered, and appropriate tokens were suggested. The class of juniors, who studied Microeconomics, was taken for conducting an experiment with tokens in the form of additional marks. These marks gave an opportunity at the end of the course to choose the exam questions personally based on their complexity and quantity, namely to create an examination card, and an opportunity to decide how to pass an exam, namely completion of the test, oral discussion, presentation preparation ...

James Toney

Summary of Individual Characteristics - Possesses high life satisfaction - Has low levels of work absenteeism - He can influence team work amongst the employees. - James can clearly concentrate on his work even in cases of obstacles. - He feels accomplished in his work and, therefore, have a good working relationship with his peers. - James has a desire to offer help to his fellow colleagues in an effort to motivate them and ensure they are happy with their jobs

Motivational Strategy and Action Plan

Empowerment is one of the strategies that will perfectly fit the effort of motivating ...

P. van Wely of Philips Medical Service in The Netherlands has carefully observed behaviour associated with ergonomics (the human factor) and the work place. People agree that ergonomics is important to ensure the comfort and health of workers so their efficiency at work is optimized. Factory managers have many ways to measure production efficiency but physiological efficiency is problematic. Symptoms related to individuals are always highly subjective. Designing an experiment to reduce the problems associated with subjective measurements was a main goal of van Wely. He had observed that designers of work equipment, industrial and mechanical engineers do not automatically ...

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 ...

Critical Thinking Responses

Response to Karen Post Karen’s posting examines the effects students, experience on their learning and desire to attain advanced study levels by foreign language anxiety. The instructor looked at the study in the Korean University analyzing the impact of a foreign language anxiety on students studying the foreign language. She also had an interest on the motivational effects on the student’s goals. Through her own experience of teaching foreign language, Karen strongly felt the existence of a difference in stress levels of various learning modes. The foreign language anxiety findings validated Karen beliefs. The study found a significant ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

- 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 ...

1. Discuss psychological factors that influence whether individuals start to smoke, drink alcohol, or use drugs. A number of psychological factors influence substance abuse in individuals. One such factor is depression. For some people, substance abuse starts as a way of coping with feelings that are unbearable. People tend to believe that engaging in drug use will make them overcome these unbearable feelings. Two, when people are traumatized, they tend to find relief in drugs such as alcohol and narcotics. Anxiety is also another factor that influences substance abuse. For example, a person who is nervous when going for an ...

Abstract

Values are the enduring perspectives that an individual strongly holds to judge between right and wrong. In addition, with the help of such values an individual is able to perceive and interpret the surroundings on the basis of which, an individual is able to make correct decisions. Since values play such crucial role in an individual’s life. It has been indicated that values have significant role in influencing the attitude of an individual i.e. commitment and job satisfaction along with other factors. On the other hand, it has also been indicated that conflicting values systems can negatively influence ...

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What are the Causes and Effects of Obesity in America

Obesity is principally the unusual buildup of fat, normally about 20 percent, above a person?s ideal body weight. It is essentially defined as that body mass index, which is more or equivalent to 30 (Kiselinchev, Hill, & Green, 2003). The developing concern with obesity is due to the raised risks of disability, illness, as well as deaths to persons affected. In essence, every year more than 300,000 people lose their lives to obesity related conditions (Rosenblatt, 2001). Several research investigations have demonstrated that more than half of Americans are overweight (Kiselinchev, Hill, & Green, 2003). It is essentially ...

Performance Measure Critique

Introduction Finance is the lifeblood of any business, be it as initial capital investment during the start-up phase, or regular revenue generation once the business is operational. This cash inflow takes place through the sale of high quality products and services. However, neither finances nor products/services exist on their own, and instead depend on the human resources who make critical decisions pertaining to their most lucrative usage that reaps maximum growth and profitability for the business. The Finance Head decides the company’s debt-equity composition and takes key investment decisions. The Production Head decides the quantity of production ...

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 ...

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 ...

- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Systematic Review Of Low Back Pain Cost Of Illness Studies In The United States And Internationally.

Introduction The medical challenge in the part of low back pain (commonly abbreviated as LBP) is on an increase. Due to requirement of attention it costs the economy dearly where the value of cost is in both time and money. Diagnosis methods and equipment, and medical improvements have been seen, but still LBP remain a menace, with the worst part being that number of patients are increasing per unit time. Developed countries face the problem of an equal magnitude to that of developing countries in this. America is also facing an economic challenge due to LBP even after large ...

With the failing academic performance of American schools as compared to other first world countries, the uniform has been touted as a possible solution to the problem. Uniform policies should be implemented in public as they reduce distractions and peer pressure, the rates of crime and absenteeism while easing the pressures of social classes. All these factors are instrumental in improving academic performance and student attitudes which benefits all academic stakeholders who are the students, teachers, parents and administrators. While uniforms have always been part of private and catholic schools that has not been the case in American public ...

Introduction

Nurses have a noble duty to deliver high quality nursing care to their patients with devotion and integrity. Like all human beings, nurses face various sexual health issues. To optimize their efficiency at the workplace, it is imperative that hospital managements create appropriate self-care wellness programs aimed at enhancing the nurses’ sexual health. Self-care programs for nurses can go a long way in promoting the nursing practitioners’ health and performance in the hospital. This paper proposes and justifies a short term, self-care wellness program on sexual health for nurses with in a hospital setting, and suggests ways of implementing the proposed program.

Self-Care Wellness Program

Nurses, ...

Statistics has it that there are many students that are dropping out of school, in countries like America, the numbers are high despite the age where education is most needed and valued. This could be contributed by a number of factors that eventually force students to drop out of school. School dropout has a lot of consequences both on the individual and the community at large; this therefore means that it is an area to keenly be looked at in order to reduce the number of school dropouts. This paper is generally going to tackle the dropout rates with much concern ...

Abstract

Engagement is a fulfilling job related state of mind that makes employees feel connected with their workplace on an emotional level. The key drivers of workplace engagement for employees include career opportunities, communication, brand alignment, recognition and appreciation, compensation and workplace relationships. Highly engaged employees are beneficial to the growth of business because they add to the innovation and overall profitability of the organization. They promote customer loyalty, employee retention, growth of revenues and higher profitability. However, engaged employees might turn disengaged if they are overburdened with mounting work pressure and stress. In the competition to retain and attract best ...

Pre-employment drug testing is a social phenomenon that has become commonplace in modern day America. The main reason why employers resort to such measures is not particularly because they want to discriminate against drug users, but because they would like to boost efficiency in the work place. Essentially, the human resources are the life and blood of the organization. Efficiency and consistency in the human resources department ensures that there is a smooth flow of activities in the organization. A smooth flow of activities can only flow if there are not disturbances in the nature of the human resource body. Disturbances ...

Introduction

Human resource management is one of most rapidly developing fields of management. According to the opinion of A.Haslinda (2009), “human resources are organization’s greatest assets, because without them everyday business functions such as managing cash flows, making business transactions, communicating through all forms of media and dealing with customers could not be completed”(180). Despite the fact that modern HRM stresses high value of human resources, it is still criticized for treating people just as a means or a tool instead of considering their personalities. In this assignment we will consider the way modern HRM treats people and find out ...

The results of the performance figures of Mid-City Hotel on a per quarter basis, as compared to the industry average are summarized in the table below: It can be deduced from the tabular presentation that there strengths were in the aspect of employee benefits from the first to the 5th quarter; decreases in absenteeism rates from the 2nd to the 3rd quarter; decreases in turnover rates; increases in morale; decreases in grievances; decreases in accident rates; increases in productivity; as well as decreases in labor cost per unit for the 2nd and 3rd quarters. There were consistent strengths in ...

Introduction

Employee’s incentive programs are responsible for rewarding employees who have done an exceptional job through reaching the company’s goals, attaining milestones or for a job well done. These kinds of programs are meant to reward valued employees. The schemes have proven to be a success I increasing the motivation of employees the performance of a company in general.(Sparks, 231-245) An incentive program is awesome ways to illustrate to employees that you care for their input whiles simultaneously improve the potential of a business. The number of companies that include incentive programs in their system keep growing daily. This is ...

Introduction

Servo Engineering is a company that is going through a phase where low level employees are de-motivated and not performing to the level that is expected when self management is employed within a factory outlet. This case analyzes the compensation method, power of trade union and use of a qualified human resource manager to sort out the problems that are occurring in the workplace.

Self Managed or Semi-Autonomous Teams in Manufacturing

Companies are increasing efforts to employ teams as their fundamental organizing units which can be reflected that 80 percent of companies that have 100 or more employees tend to rely on teams and groups to complete eh everyday tasks ...

The past record of Mary is significant in this case. Her capability to perform the job suitably could only be supported by her past record while avoiding focus on her non-attendance. He past record reflected that Mary was the company’s model employee and that her performance reviews were always above average. For that reason, the past three years when her absenteeism turned out as a problem to the company was basically referenced to the external variables which was never available during her first years while working for the company. This supports the idea that her absenteeism is genuinely caused ...

A case study on FridgeCom

Question 1: Using specific examples drawn from the case study, critically discuss different styles of leadership and potential behavioural responses.

In today’s global economy, leadership and organizational behaviour are important factors that can determine the success of organizations. However, the methods used by leaders to influence employees for achieving goals are a matter of contention among researchers (Skansi, 2000). In answering this question, various leadership styles that motivate employees to increase productivity levels have been discussed. This answer attempts to focus on the various modes of leadership and potential behavioural responses to them in terms of motivation, communication, ...

A case study on FridgeCom

Using specific examples drawn from the case study, critically discuss different styles of leadership and potential behavioural responses.

In today’s global economy, leadership and organizational behaviour are important factors that can determine the success of organizations. However, the methods used by leaders to influence employees for achieving goals are a matter of contention among researchers (Skansi, 2000). In answering this question, various leadership styles that motivate employees to increase productivity levels have been discussed. This answer attempts to focus on the various modes of leadership and potential behavioural responses to them in terms of motivation, communication, perception, and teamwork.

Understanding Leadership

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...