Essays on Employee

Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL), according to Bidgoli, markets and distributes Isuzu trucks in Australia (2014). Initially they generated and passed information manually; which took a lot of time, human resource and material resources. To deal with this, IAL contracted IBM which provided Workplace Web content Management and WebSphere Portal. This software has “enterprise web portals that help companies deliver a highly-personalized, social experience for their customers” (IBM Australia, 2008). The dual management system offered several features that improved the interaction between IAL and their business partners. The feature include instant messaging platform for quick relay of information, the portals ...

1. Benefits of human resource due diligence (Deutsch & West, 2010) During a survey when people were asked about the benefits of HR due diligence then up to 92 percent people responded that they benefited due to HR due diligence. The process provided cultural understanding to them that contributed in sustainable mergers (Deutsch & West, 2010). (Deutsch & West, 2010) Organizations that do not conduct HR due diligence have to face some difficulties while having mergers and the most common factors that create difficulties include poor leadership integration, poor selection of target audience, and again lack of cultural understanding (Deutsch & West, 2010). ( ...

A vision and mission are very critical elements in an organizational strategy. They serve as the foundation guidelines in the establishment of the organizational goals and objective. An organizational mission statement is a statement of purpose. It is decision-making guide for an organization. It helps the employees in ensuring that all the activities of the organizational align with the mission. To the employers and the managers, it offers them insight in seeing the need to be in business. The work of a vision statement is to provide direction to the company. It takes the mission and adds some corporate ...

Tim’s coffee shop is one of the successful business premises in around Illinois. Despite Tim’s inadequate business knowledge and skills, the business is operating at a reasonable level. However, more and more is required to make the business stand proudly in the industry. Use of technology within the shop is one key area that will help the business in cutting down costs as well as enhancing its services. Software for both Accounting and Human Resource are vital for the growth of the business. Besides, proper customer service that ensures uniformity remains critical for the Tim’s shop. ...

Professional ethics is an inseparable part of every profession. According to the definition, professional ethics encompass the personal, organizational and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. To clarify and assure ethic rules disciplinary codes exist for specific fields. These codes are required, because professionals often have to operate private data of their clients to apply their skills for making judgments and decisions unobtainable for the general public. One of the exemplary set of professional ethic rules is the Hippocratic Oath to which doctors have been adhered for about 23 centuries.

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In the DuPont Case, a substantial amount of ethical violations took place. When one compares this case to BSPS Code of Ethics, it is clear that the organization bypassed many established codes of conduct. Although DuPont was not initially certain that the C8 they were exposing their employees to was the most significant cause of the birth defects, they had great reason to suspect as such and continued to expose their employees to this condition. Throughout this process, one of the clear violations of the BSPS Code of Ethics was that the company was not “honest, fair, and impartial” ( ...

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 ...

According to the article by SmartCEO (2014), occupational fraud remains a big issue in today’s business. Occupational fraud generally refers to intentional employee misdemeanor which results in loss of money by a business. In most cases, such frauds go unnoticed and are usually discovered either accidentally or through the actions of a whistleblower. The article suggests that smaller entities are at a higher risk compared to larger ones. Occupational fraud also occurs across all industries and geographic areas. It means that this issue not only affects businesses in a particular industry but all industries in general. Business owners ...

Telecommuting is one of the fastest growing labor trends today. According to observers, many companies are planning to offer telecommuting as they see its many benefits, especially in terms of productivity. And since telecommuting refers to virtually commuting through the use of wired and wireless technologies, the benefits of telecommuting is not only confined between the company and the individual, but also for the environment as well (Cross, 2015, p.2). Just imagine the energy that can be saved from not using a car in going to work because one can do it in the comforts of his own home. ...

Report on change implementation at Kudler Introduction The paper presents the implementation of change process at sale and accounting department. The paper has been divided into six segments. The first segment presents the monitoring and evaluation tools to be used. The second section presents the identification of opportunities for the change process. The third segment discloses the part in the change process to which resistance will take place. The fourth section elaborates the ways of driving change through organizational culture. Fifth presents the impact of changes on culture. However, the last section discusses that how the evaluation of change ...

Meyer, Erin. When Culture Doesn’t Translate, Harvard Business Review. Oct 2015, pp. 66-723 Key Takeaways According to the article, there are problems with cultural miscommunication that occur the same moment companies start to expand abroad and it may lead to misunderstanding and inefficiency. Lack of the implicit communication slows down operational processes and makes the room for different cultural interpretation of the same issues. It may look like the solution is to to recap key messages and create a strong organizational culture, however, it does not work with all international companies. Moreover, different companies require opposite actions, for ...

Professional life is always characterized by many problems that always entail a sober mind to deal with. The immense pressure to perform one’s level best in your profession is made possible through critical and creative thinking (Williams, 2001). One is always faced with difficult decisions to make that are time constrained and are essential to the success of the whole organization. When it comes to professional life, one is entrusted with specific roles that you are expected to carry out successfully. Split second decisions that are correct are what is needed in such a scenario. Through the use ...

Making employment decisions in difficult times Managers encounter very difficult situations in the course of their work. At times, they have to do certain things they don’t agree with in the course of their job operation. A good example of a manager’s dilemma in regard to making difficult decisions is the case of Gita Bhandari. Bhandari is an employee who has dedicated her time and resources to serve the company. She even foregoes many great opportunities to join this startup company and she was promised compensation in the form of nominal salary and option. As operating costs ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary interprets the words “truthful” and “truthfulness” as such which “contain, tell, or express the truth” (n.d.). Basically, the word “truth” stands for a situation where something or someone depicts sincerely any unfolding of events free of deception or fraud which cannot be told about Enron’s business. The story states that the first stage of the company’s business engagement involved the energy market and in particular, trading in gas (specifically, it included a commercial chain of purchasing gas from producers and then selling it back to utilities companies) (Healy & Palepu, 2003). In other words, Enron ...

Over the course of history, Japan has been isolated from the rest of the world. Due to the absence of influence of globalization, this country had its unique norms, rules, customs, and traditions unaffected by factors of the external world. “There is not the slightest doubt that culture has a deep and persuasive influence on the Japanese” as well as on the Japanese economy and other crucial domains of life in the country (Woronoff, 2001, p. 39). However, “after the bursting of Japan’s speculative bubble, it has become increasingly clear that the country must transform itself once again ...

The Maslow`s Hierarchy of needs and the Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory illustrates that human nature in terms of needs, wants and behavior is always very diverse. In which case, they show that it is very important to keep on motivating them every moments of their lives to ensure that the best comes out of them. Motivation also becomes relevant when we know what needs to give a priority of which other ones. This makes it possible for the business to experience a high productivity when they motivate the workers. It allows the academic world to have highly excelling students ...

High performing and self-directed teams are found to be one of the greatest assets of an organization, as they help in achieving predefined goals and objectives. However, if these teams are not developed and managed appropriately, they can lead the organizations towards severe consequences. It has been established from the analysis of the study that was conducted by Biech (2007) that managers usually find difficulties in the establishment of high-performing and self-directed teams. In the present case, I have just attended a meeting with the manager that had the agenda of conveying information about the establishment of high performing ...

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Question 1 The results of the Commission on Inquiry Report are somewhat depressing and dismal which is not the objective of a hospital or health care institution. The complaints from the report were as follows: assaulted, neglected and left to die patients under grave conditions; uncaring healthcare providers; and lack of sufficient care for patients who need more than medication. These are clear indications of the hospitals’ lack of concern to the welfare of their patients and lax and sloppy hospital administration. However, there are times that the administrations of ...

Technology is an aspect that has affected almost all aspects of human life. Since the onset of technological revolution in the 19th century, more has been done to march the constantly dynamic technological advancement. In fact, people have to march the current days’ technology or be competed out, that’s how serious technological revolution is. One of the sectors that is hardly hit by technological advancement is the manufacturing industry, clients are quite demanding in terms of technology, tastes and preferences are in close proximity to technology (Voss, 2012). Advanced manufacturing technology is simply the use of technology to ...

Chuang and Liao (2010) in their article, titled “Strategic Human Resource Management in Service Context: Taking Care of Business by Taking Care of Employees and Customers” investigated the interrelation between human resource practices and the performance of the organization in the context of service quality. The authors extended the literature devoted to this topic by incorporating a set of specific types of organizational climate and spheres of employees’ behavior. The most significant contribution of the paper is providing the suggestion regarding the capability of human resources practices of high-performance work systems, also known as HPWS, to facilitate climates of ...

Changes in dynamics, increased immigration, globalization of the job market , government policies and increased racial, minority, gender, ethnic and regional tolerance have all contributed in making diversity an important factor in the workplace today. Lack of inclusion in the workplace may impact negatively on an organization as it demoralizes the human capital and results in resentment or lack of job satisfaction among employees hence consequently leading to managerial and organizational failure. Organizations are therefore finding it increasingly important to put in place strategies and programs aimed at ensuring the diversity of their human resource, given the significant role that ...

Sustainability refers to the effective contribution of an organization to overall development, by simultaneously delivering environmental, social, and economic benefits (Lourenco, Callen, Branco, & Curto, 2014, p. 20). An organization’s leader plays a great role in the facilitation of an organization’s sustainability. In addition, the organization itself, the organization’s environment, its ethno-sphere, and organization’s human resource collectively play a big role in the organization’s sustainability (Metcalf & Benn, 2013, p. 382). On the other hand, organizational leaders have a role in engineering strategic sustainability of their organization, which includes setting realistic goals and visions (Metcalf & Benn, ...

However, one will actually note that every phenomenon has some its special conditions. Here, it is meant that the problem of a job search is particular in every country - from African to the West European one. At all, there hardly exists a generally agreed definition of the “job search” word-combination. Still, in general, this describes a process when people try to act so that they will be employed in the near future. This action starts if either an individual is dissatisfied with the current workplace or when he is unemployed. From now on, let us get to the ...

Health Education and Health Promotion Health education is provision of education and instructing people as well as communities how to maintain and achieve desired and improved health. It consists of activities that help in raising awareness of individuals by giving them knowledge regarding health that makes them capable of taking specific health action. Further, it also includes legislative change, development of community, and medicine for curative purposes. Health promotion, however, focuses on environmental and socio-economic factors that exert their influence on health. Additionally, it also includes the concept of health. There exists relationship between health education and health promotion ...

Apple Inc. VS. Samsung Co., Ltd. APPLE INC. VS. SAMSUNG CO., LTD Apple Inc. and Samsung Co. are some of the leading organizations in the entire world. Whereas Apple Inc. is an American international technology firm with its headquarters in California, Samsung Company is a South Korean international technology company with its headquarters in Suwon. Even though these two leading organizations are from the same industry, they have similarities and differences regarding how they are managed. Therefore, this paper aims to compare and contrast the management of these two organizations under the following sections.

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Introduction In a globalised market, organisations with the capability to recognise and understand as well as rapidly respond to emerging issues and opportunities are likely to have the greatest chance of retaining their competitiveness and profitability in the long term (Chakraborty et al., 2013). Group decision-making is a process of arriving at a response to issues and opportunities based on the participation of several individuals working as a collective (Huczynski and Buchanan, 2013). Reaching a group decision is not easy. Due to the important role of group-decision making to the success and longevity of the organisation, the discussion provides ...

There are several advantages of doing an analysis of a business before taking the business online. The first and foremost is to verify that the business is one that is suitable for online sales. A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, Threats) analysis will give a good indication of the fit for the products in that market environment.

A SWOT analysis takes time and money to perform. Some entrepreneurs are not capable of doing the analysis on their own so they have to pay for a consultant. If the owner is familiar and does not have the time to dedicate the ...

The article “Corporate Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management” (2011) provides in-depth analysis of the corporate entrepreneurship and its capacity to renew and innovate. The article covers some theoretical issues of entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship, and the role of human resource management. The case of Montalt-Valencia Company is used to analyze how the theoretical notions are applied in practice. The topic of entrepreneurship has been given a lot of attention in the academic literature. Joseph Schumpeter and many other economists focused on the analysis of an entrepreneur in the role of a discoverer or exploiter of opportunities. Lee, Periz-Ortis and ...

Essay in History: Three Events that Forever Changed History of Modern America Forever

Indeed, the history of pitfalls and triumphs of public concerns for Americans over the last few decades, and centuries, have highlighted all kinds of social problems, and economic achievements to arise. Many believe that the United States experienced a ‘golden era,’ during which nothing but hope seemed to lie ahead. We all know that the world has changed. Assuming the task of being interviewed by a large national corporate representative, this essay takes the form of answering the following question: What three days, important events or ...

Strategic resource management refers to the art and ability to managing and maintaining the capital present in an organization. It entails planning on how to acquire, store, use as well as dispose of the resources an organization uses in the course of doing business. The management is directed towards the achievement of the organizational goals. It helps to deal with quality, commitment, culture and matching resources available to the future needs of an organization. Information technology is one of the resources available for companies to use so as to improve their business. Used in the right way and at ...

[Date: mm/dd/yyyy] Late development enhances the acquisition of the innovative systems due to which differed national institutions and business systems originate. The developing countries may encounter with the high cost of technology and resource utilization, however, it remains at the cost advantage in comparison with the developed countries due to low labor cost. The late developing countries acquire knowledge and experience from the developed countries due to which they originate their systems and institutions in an effective manner and thus, can boost their GDP by learning from the developed countries efficiently. The late development ensures the flow of knowledge, ...

I agree with you that new employee orientation program is widely used in organizations, but effectiveness is not guaranteed. I like the orientation process of army that you mentioned as I get the idea that there is employee motivation and creativity in the process, which are necessary in order to ensure success of an employee and organization. Do you think that army has reflected their culture in orientation program? Westwood & Johnson (2005, p.6) have mentioned to, ‘ensure that all aspects of your orientation program reflect the unique culture of the organization and that messages about values are both explicitly ...

Small business startups are the most rapidly growing business developments in the United States. Apparently, 42 percent of these kinds of businesses are owned and run by women. Businesses that are owned by women are less profitable as compared to those owned by men by an average of 25 percent annually. Small businesses owned and managed by women and have been recording increases in profitability for 5 years or more may have been utilizing improved financial strategies. These businesses demonstrate that they have the ability to increase profits, deploy strategies that are effective and sustain high profits. However, the ...

The four functions of management in healthcare can be described as the main activities that outlines the major duties of a manger in a given health organization. They can be categorized as planning, leading, controlling and organizing.

It is the process in which the management decides on where the healthcare facility should go, by outlining the steps that would make the facility reach there. Planning is considered a common model in healthcare management because it allows the managers to first know the challenges that are affecting the healthcare facility. Planning requires the top management to make future predictions on ...

It is an ascertained fact that an understanding of the national culture and local peculiarities of business environment “can give managers an advantage in competitive industries” (Deresky, 2003, p. 90). However, if managers ignore cultural aspects in building productive business relations with their foreign partners, such ignorance might turn into minor troubles and lack of understanding or even into a serious breach of business relations between companies or economic relations between countries on the whole. Therefore, in order to hold the meeting efficiently and with success and to help the foreign parties from different cultures get together and engage ...

1. The change, from the point of view of Machiavelli , has a close relation to the danger that agrees with the three principles of a successful change management. First of all, the change is not an overnight step, but a process itself. The change is a series of steps, events where there is the establishment which represents the current status of the situation and the liberals or revolutionaries which represents the interest to change his current status. Each side has sponsors that support one option or other by their interest. The change brings a natural resistance from the establishment ...

The turnaround change consists in a radical change in the organization, in their mission, vision, and goals to achieve new objectives. The turnaround change, different to the constant change phenomenon as developmental transitions and task-focused transitions. The paradigms of an organization are the current framework where the company is, what is good and bad for an organization is inside the paradigm that influences the organizational climate and the employees behavior. A company with a complex structure and more than 500 hundred employees develop in the time resistance to changes, necessary to the organization to adapt to the changing business ...

The GSA is an independent body of the United States government; it came into existence in 1949 with the objective of facilitating proper functioning of the federal agencies as explained by Miller (2010). For instance, the agency provides products and services encompassing transportation and communication as well as devising policies pertinent to cost minimizations among other management strategies. As such, the essay entails the description of the General Service Administration Schedule solicitation of the United States concerning a service-disabled veteran. Additionally, there is the analysis of subsequent security measures alongside advantages of using electronic submission process in comparison to ...

As a member of staff in a company, I once experienced an ethical dilemma that involved one of the supervisors and a co-worker. The ethical dilemma revolved around the issue of mental harassment whereby the supervisor would keep pressuring one of my colleagues to overwork even when he was supposed to be on a break. It seemed as though the supervisor in question loathed the employee for reasons I was yet to understand. I was worried for my job if I tried to report a supervisor for harassment, bearing in mind that he was a superior in the organization. ...

Issues in Accounting: Whole Foods Market Inc. Analysis & Commentary

The economy, and even politics, affects the administration of a company’s business needs and level of financial resources in terms of meeting demands. Whole Foods Market, Inc. is no exception and ideally seeks to take advantage to expand its services and operations. Credit, debit, and liabilities paint much of the picture, as Whole Foods Market stresses in its letter to stakeholders that the bottom line of fiscal year 2010 sales increased by 12% to $9.0 billion (“2010 Annual Report”). Stock prices also rose, which is always good news to ...

The most surprising thing in the video is the claim that one can be denied health cover by private insurers because of fever or acne. It is perplexing that American can no longer be guaranteed proper health care and despite there being several health insurers, people with unhealthy medical history are not likely to be insured despite health care being a basic necessity. 2. The main issue being addressed by the video: The subject issue is current health care crisis resulting from privatization and modifications done to the system. The critical issue of health insurance to help cover medical ...

Employment laws: The current situation with the employee is very complex to handle as the supervisor cannot just dismiss her on the basis of poor behavior when the organization is at fault of not providing her proper training at the beginning of her employment. Evaluating the Employment standards act is also crucial in this scenario since the employee has passed the probationary period and have been working full time for 6 months. Since she has been working for more than three months, if the organization wants to terminate her then they have to provide a written notice of termination ...

Sustainability should be of great concern to all companies in the events industry. Their business activities have a great impact on the environment. There are many new developments in sustainability, both in theory (including an increasing body of academic literature) and in practice (such as new industry guidelines, accounting frameworks like Triple Bottom Line, and corporate certification schemes). Corporate management in events companies is, of course, in the best position to make business decisions consistent with the growing awareness of sustainability issues. However, other corporate stakeholders can also become engaged when necessary to assure that their companies understand and ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] In this essay, I am going to explore to Nicholas Christakis’ ideas and theories surrounding the influence of social networking. Specifically, I am going to give a brief overview of his ideas presented in his Ted Talk, connect the important ideas presented in this discussion in relation to making connections in the workplace, and finally relate these ideas to my particular social intelligence and strength. In Christakis’ discussion, he began by stating that he was first interested in the widowhood effect, or the idea that many times spouses very quickly die after the ...

Strategy Duality As any other phenomenon, strategy itself is an enough ambiguous one. At the same time, strategy-making process seems to be very clear and transparent. According to Aaker (1984), “A business strategy has two core elements”. The first one is the decision concerning an investment to product-market. It generally consists of the product-market breadth of the work approach, the scope of its investment along with the resource share considering manifold business context. The following core element refers to the evolution of a feasible competitive advantage that encircles obvious abilities or assets, applicable targets, policies of working field, and, ...

Helping prepare members of my organization to move to a different culture is one of those areas in which personal and organizational decisions overlap (Course reading, p. 87). As they prepare for moving into Japanese culture, our new expatriates will have quite a few things to get used to. For example, when they are eating out at a noodle restaurant, or are at a business meal that features noodles, they might think that eating quietly is the right form of etiquette. However, eating loudly – and even slurping your noodles – is seen as a sign that you have enjoyed your ...

Leadership and management are often mistaken as the same thing. By definition, they are different. They can be defined by intention, as well as action. Managers are thought to lead their subordinates, when in reality they only control them. Leaders technically do not manage at all, but instead show an injustice that should be changed, and lead the fight against it. While the two positions are very different, and often conflicting, they somehow need each other, as well. Managers are too passive, and leaders are sometimes too aggressive. If there were a way for the two to meet in ...

Relevant Economic Principles Opening a restaurant and maintaining its profitability involves compliance to regulations for food safety and the good quality of food. The managers of the restaurant must also have the knowledge and appropriate experience for this business. The menu of the restaurant has to be diverse and the work force must have the skills for customer service and are given sufficient training (Harrison 1). The successful opening of the restaurant depends on the name of the restaurant, the time of the year, and its location. The owner of Central Food in Spokane claimed that it is better ...

Every employer dreams of having employees who put their best in every service that they offer to their organizations. However, achieving this is attributed to good employee management. This management includes intentional actions by the employer to encourage employees to give out their best. Most of these actions are psychologically inclined and have therefore needed relatively good psychological knowledge. To this effect, researchers and psychology experts have published literature materials that help boost workplace productivity. This paper is a descriptive essay based on Edward Hallowell’s book shine that elaborately a list of potential connective steps that enhances employee ...

VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic The VA currently has more than 800 CBOCs (Community Based Outpatient Clinics) across the United States. These clinics offer the most common outpatient services, including wellness and health services, without the difficulty in visiting a bigger medical center. The purpose of VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic is to offer basic health care to qualified veterans using available resources. In this case, basic health care implies non-emergent care for veterans with stable chronic health issues or minor acute diseases. Most of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics are not equipped to offer emergency services. However, ...

The Wal-Mart Corporation is known for its expanding of business as a market strategy. The Wal-Mart successfully expanded their business through branching out in different states of the United States as well as the other countries. Recently the Wal-Mart Corporation operates four thousand stores across the world, including the 1, 200 stores that are operating abroad. The corporation employs 1.3 million workers and is now recognize as the largest retailer in the United States that serves more than one million consumers every week in different state in US. The impressive long –economic performance of the Wal-Mart is because of ...

Introduction The concepts of power, authority, cynicism, and resistance are common in organizations thus it is essential to comprehend their nature. This essay seeks to elaborate on these concepts.

Power refers to the ability of a manager to get the managed to do something regardless of the managed people's wishes. Authority is expressed when the managed view his/her compliance as legitimate and right. Power has various contextual bases namely: resources, organizational structure, knowledge, organizational culture, information, networks and the processes of making decisions. The chains of command help in the exercising of power thus they hold the organizations to ...

Do you feel that you or someone you know has ever experienced hidden bias in the work place or even during the recruiting and hiring process? Explain. Give examples. (Sasha Marshalls) In the workplace I can’t honestly say that I’ve ever experienced hidden bias or even during the recruiting and hiring process for a position that I’ve interviewed for. Just because I didn’t recognize it or wasn’t aware of it doesn’t however mean that it hasn’t happened before. I’m sure plenty of people know what it is like to be victim ...

I concur with the idea that ways in which adult learn is different from the ways in which children learn, especially the notion that experience provides the basis for adult learning activities. This notion is also being supported by the study conducted by the Colorado Christian University (CCU). In its study, the CCU found out that whereas adults challenge new information, children implicitly accept it. It also found out that adults learn best by challenging new ideas, comparing them to life lessons and preconceived notions, thereby sealing the new information into their minds (CUU, 2011). I also agree with ...

The promotion of wellness and healthy lifestyle among employees is one of the ways to enhance productivity in the workplace and also to ensure that employees are at their optimal level of productivity at any given time. It is thus appropriate to carry out workplace promotion programs on health related issues to sensitize the workers about potential threats to their wellness and sound health. Over the period, US citizens have experienced a series of mild and thorny health issues that are mostly acquired through ignorance and unhealthy practices (Joshua, 2010). Such practices have led to deaths and other severe ...

The world today is full of serious pressing problems, such as poor nutrition and obesity, access to water, pollution, deforestation, climate changes, lack of skills and help care. The biggest problem for governments in dealing with these problems is absence of financial resources, which can be provided by business segment. Business creates wealth when it meets needs and a profit, because that leads to taxes and incomes. Thus, only business can guarantee necessary recourses. The first example is Volvo Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine and industrial engines. “The Volvo Group’ ...

Security is in high state around the nation. Reducing risk and loss is important for business owners. One business that is popular is Macys Shopping Mall. The franchise has stores around the globe and may be at risk for loss. The mall is in different geographical locations over the world. Some of these department stores are located in a higher crime rate location than others. It is always a good plan to implement security procedures and decrease loss with in the stores. The reporting agent of the store who over sees day activities is the manager. The manager makes ...

This essay will first briefly discuss the concept of diversity management and its influence on the workplace and organizational performance, then it will analyse the diversity management in one of the most prominent high-tech companies of the world, which is Google, by integrating theory with practical examples. It will then make certain conclusions based on the analysis. Patrick and Kumar (2012) define diversity management as the process of creating effective and positive work environment that respects and value the differences to maximize the performance towards achieving organizational goals. Bassett-Jones (2005) notices that ‘diversity management’ is mostly related to recruitment ...

The goals of the organization are varied, and information was collected from internal sources within Roundy’s, Inc., to better understand the needs and the structures governing the overall state of affairs. The organization is a large food service organization but it has been suffering from some financial problems in recent years, and these financial problems have been associated with expansion. However, the leadership of the company is aware of the need for food safety protocol; the need for food safety protocol transcends the need to make a profit, as lax food safety protocol can be the downfall of ...

International managers need to understand variation in unit labor costs (ULC) in various countries so that they can be able to form solid decision during internationalization. Unit labor costs weigh the mean cost of labor per unit output. Managers must understand unit labor costs in operation in the countries they are targeting to start a business (Dustmann et al., 170). United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has documented data that implied ULCs differs in various countries. Understanding variations in ULCs will enable managers to initiate business only to countries with a lower unit labor costs and refrain from countries ...

According to Bolman and Deal there are four frames, which distinguish people’s behavior. These are: Structural, Human Resources, Political and Symbolic. Each of the frames has its own specter of usage and its own aim, concepts and metaphors. There may be some preference for one of the frames, but still one frame can’t substitute another one. (Vincent, " Four-Frame Model - Reframing Organisations 75,236") A deeper sight helps to filter things and distinguish which frame is appropriate for this or that situation. Some situations can’t be solved effectively by one frame, instead another one should be ...

Research has shown that the hospitality industry is the largest industry in various countries around the world. Globally, the industry accounts for ten percent of employment of citizens in various nations across the globe. The hospitality sector also undergoes several changes and developments that affect its functions and operations. Many research professionals in the hospitality industry have noted that there are various trends that are likely to affect the sector. Some of these factors range from sustainable development, customer satisfaction based on their changing needs, to branding, marketing and even globalization in general. Some of these issues are already ...

This paper will focus on The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It will address the purpose, history, and possible future implications for the act. It will also address legislation that has occurred since the enactment, consequences for employees and employers, and the opinion as to its fairness. Several laws were passed prior to the ADA banning discrimination. Laws prohibiting employment discrimination against minorities, gender, age, and religious persuasion, had been enacted, but none had specifically addressed those with disabilities. The ADA was first signed into law in on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Department of ...

The SAIC organization does not directly tie customer satisfaction or loyalty to employee performance. Feedback providers largely consist of employees’ current and former direct supervisors. In this sense, feedback providers could incorporate customer feedback into employees’ performance reviews. In addition, employees and supervisors could incorporate customer feedback, satisfaction and loyalty into individual development plans. The individual development plans serve the purpose of mapping out career and professional development goals that are in alignment with the organization’s objectives (SAIC a). While managers have a tendency to use customer satisfaction and loyalty scores to define objectives and monitor performance, researchers ...

Social engineering is one of the most critical aspects of cybersecurity since many attacks are arising from it rather than the traditional technical hackings. It is easy to manipulate people directly than to crack systems, thus makes social engineering the most used method of social attacks with an ever changing landscape in terms of methods of resolving it. This paper discusses two examples of social engineering and compares it to social engineering attacks view by two authors under reference and methods that could have prevented the attacks.

The first example of security breaches caused by social engineering is stealing ...

Can there be a difference between maximizing profits and maximizing shareholder’s wealth? If so, what could cause the difference? Which of the two should be the goal of the firm and its management. Yes, there is a difference between profit maximization and shareholder’s wealth maximization as can be seen from the objective of each. Profit maximization focuses on increasing the profit that a firm realizes from its operations by producing maximum output with a limited input; while wealth maximization is geared towards increase in value of a company’s stock in the market over a given period. ...

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I am writing to you to represent the results of my research regarding the career outlook in the sphere of HR. Today, prospects in HR remain uncertain since employers maintain a wait-and-see attitude about hiring and HR managers have to work under their pressure. Moreover, as the economy continues to recover, competition is becoming fiercer, and HR offices around the world are not an exception ("Prospects in Human Resources"). Human resources managers may wait for their job growth at nearly 9 percent through 2024 (U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

1.0. Introduction It depends a lot on an individual’s skills and ways of assessment how good or bad he/she responds to an opportunity. This report sets out to cover my response to the job advertisement by Ford Company that appeared most recently. The company is seeking for individuals to work in groups on different projects initiated by Ford. All the students selected for these work placement positions will be working under the supervision of seniors, which can be deemed as a great opportunity to earn and learn (with more emphasis on the latter). I am applying for the ...

Ethical leadership practices are crucial for any organization. This phenomenon promotes the image of the organization in the eyes of the public and by that giving it a more competitive edge. The first article in on ethical leadership practices by Yuhyung (2012) is entitled “CEO Ethical Leadership, Ethical Climate, Climate Strength, and Collective Organizational Citizenship Behavior" (Yuhyung, 2012). The researcher conducted a firm-level analysis to determine the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer's ethical leadership and the ethical climate in the organization. The data used in this study was collected from around 223 CEO. The results of the study ...

Despite the logical expectation of the success of the pay-for-performance program introduced to educational facilities, the project is not considered as one. Even though the necessity of educational level increase is recognized, the P4P program may not be the right motivational solution for the teachers, since it has a list of its disadvantages for both, employer and employee. Not only it is difficult to establish and maintain a fair and working performance evaluation system, which would consider all of the aspects of teachers’ work, but it is also difficult to operate the human factor with its prejudice and attitudes. ...

Organizational behavior encompasses the understanding of how individuals and groups within organizations behave, and examines how the behavior of individuals in the workplace influences the performance of the organization and the motivation level of employees. It is specifically related to the various concerns of employees like job satisfaction, work environment, absenteeism, employee performance, overall productivity and employment turnover (Robbins & Judge, 2015). Organizational behavior is primarily shaped by the environment in which an organization functions along with the choices of the leadership. In other words, the behavior of leaders and the top management shapes the culture and way of functioning ...

Performance appraisal is a systematic way of assessing employee's individual performance. As noted by Osman (2013) performance appraisal is a developmental tool that is critical in informing the organization in the areas that it is doing well and on those that need improvement. While using this strategy, the past as well as the potential of the employee is measured so as to gauge his commitment to the organization's goals.

Rating scale This strategy comprises of several numerical scales that represents job-related performance criterions like the dependability of the employee, output, initiative and attendance. The scale ranges from excellent to ...

The toxic handler is a special role within an organization that is played by a certain person who has his regular job to do, however, spends some of his time acting as a mediator between different layers of employees, usually, between common employees and top-management. As a rule, a need for a toxic handler arises when an organization is facing change or is undergoing through certain restructuring processes, in other words, during the periods of instability. During such periods the people experience stress and the entire palette of destructive emotions, like fear, anger, pessimism, depression, and other that definitely ...

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered between 10:15 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. on Sunday June 12, 1994 in the front of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Brentwood condominium located in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson committed these murders. The witness testimony and the evidence at the crime scene of the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman clearly indicate that O.J. Simpson committed the crimes. However, the incompetence of the Los Angeles Police Department during the investigation of the murders allowed the defense to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors so that a non-guilty verdict ...

Globalization is a concept which has gained significant popularity in the business arena. Every organization wishes to expand beyond its national borders so as to serve the global market as well as gain more revenues. So is the case with companies operating in the maritime industry. In order to grab more market share, build long term relationships in the industry and establish sound image at international level, shipping companies are making use of several strategies. Mergers, acquisitions and alliances are common strategic options employed by the maritime industry to achieve long term objectives (ClilT, 1990). In the given scenario, ...

Unethical behavior in organization has become a common and important practice in order to enhance the revenue and achieve the targets and sale employees are more involved in this unethical practice as compare to other employees. In order to be competitive, it is essential to maintain good relation with customers and for this reasons banks have to follow the ethical behavior. Objective of this study is to enhance the understanding of business ethics through utilizing the theories. In order to gain the objective, paper has been divided into 4 major sections. In section one, the personally evident problem has ...

Age (Date of Birth) No questions relating to date of birth or age of an applicant are accepted on an application form, besides whether the applicant is 18 years or over. Organizations willing to hire people should not enquire age, birth certificate or for any other documents that illustrate the age of a potential recruit such as driver’s license and baptismal records. When the date of birth is appropriate to an important role of a position or registering in an organization pension plans and benefits, this information should only be inquired following a conditional offer of employment (Martin). ...

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a Delaware corporation with its headquarters located in Houston. The CITGO Company deals with refines, transports and markets gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, petrochemicals, lubricants and other petroleum-based industrial products. PDV America owns the CITGO Company, indirectly entirely owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA); the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s national oil company. The company has employed 3700 employees. It owns and runs three incredibly intricate crude oil refineries in Lemont, III., Charles, La., and Corpus Christi, Texas. The company owns one of the biggest factories in the nation with a capacity ...

Penalty rates are the payments done for work done by employees on weekends and public holidays. An 'overtime' concerns the payment rates for work done in addition to or beyond ordinary working hours on any day of the working week. The concepts of overtime and the penalty rates are derived from the principle that employees are entitled to premium rates above their normal rates per hour when they are required to offer an extended continuous working hours or are called upon to work on days and times that are considered to be outside the ordinary working hours. Penalty rates ...

Norton who is unnamed narrator is an employee of a traveling company employee who was suffering from insomnia. He visits a doctor who refuses to offer him medication and instead visits a support group where he would witness more suffering. He attends a support group for victims suffering from testicular cancer and fools them that he is one of them. The emotional releases relieve the insomnia he had. He later becomes an addict of attending support groups and pretends to be a victim. However, he only played a victim. He met another impostor Bonham Carter (Marla Singer) disturbed him ...

There is a couple of concrete words that Mr. Goldratt uses in the explanation and illustration of the Theory of Constraints in the book “The Goal”. The primary terms applied a lot in the book are Throughput, Inventory and Operational Expenses. With respect to the fact that the Theory of Constraints is about money and constraints, he also mentions Return on Investment and Bottlenecks a lot. Understand the meaning of the above definitions and comparing them to the meaning he gives them is essential for the optimal analysis of “The Goal”.

In the contemporary business world, throughput refers to ...

Collective Bargaining is the means by which unionized workers put pressure on a business’s management to change terms and conditions of employment for all employees, equally. Mandatory bargaining subjects are directly tied to NLRA stipulations, and include wages, hours, bonuses, pensions, profits sharing, health planes and more. In the case of Casino Royal, a mandatory subject of bargaining which could lead to impasse is sick and vacation time. This is currently not provided for the union agreement, but is a point of major contention between the two sides. This will have a significant added cost for the Casino’ ...

There is a natural ebb and flow of people. People stand in a slow moving river that flows with time. Like a busy cafeteria, there is an upbeat hustle and bustle here and there, to and fro. This place is not a destination for many them, it is merely a stop-off to somewhere else. Inside a Starbucks coffee outlet are smells of different brews being made for customers. The place has an earthy feel because there are dark, wooded colors. Some people come and order their coffee and then they quickly leave to wherever they are going. For some ...

Attitude is a tendency or mind set to act in a specific manner due to temperament of individual or due to experience. Attitudes allow people to behave in a particular way. Workers’ attitude has significant impact over the performance of the organization and in order to prevent the organization from negative sentiments of workers it is essential for managers to recognize the common attitude problem at workplace. In the case of “J.K. Robert Company”, it has been determined that worker are resisting the change and not ready to adapt the new policy of the organization and this is because ...

Personal Leadership Transformational leadership is characterized by the ability to implement significant changes. The leader of this type brings changes in the concept of the future development of the organization, its strategy, culture, production and applied technology. Therefore, the three strengths of the candidate’s leadership practice are the following: The ability to develop and approve risk management system in order to ensure due observance by the clients of the legislative and regulatory acts requirements, fulfillment by the clients of contractual and other obligations as well observance of the relevant business behavior with clients. Effective transformational leaders must offer ...

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 ...

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The multinational organizations like Apple have the utmost responsibility to follow labor laws and standards when they operate in countries outside their home country. The multinational organizations must operate in a manner that it can develop a balance in their economic interests, environmental and labor laws. Most of these companies, operate in low-cost labor countries as they want to maintain their production costs, which results in the exploitation of labor such as hazardous working conditions and employing child labor (Goldberg, p.1).

Outsourcing business operations to developing countries is a highly profitable ...

It is my immense pleasure to apply for the position of Call Centre Manager in your esteemed organization. With over seven years of professional experience in diverse leadership roles, I am best suited for the aforementioned position. I am currently working as a Store Manager at CVS Pharmacy. My primary duties with the present employer is to manage entire business operations of the store ranging from leading a diverse team, cash management, customer services, and inventory management. The mentioned position of Call Centre Manager requires the candidates to be efficient in team management – a task that I have been doing for ...

http://guides.wsj.com/personal-finance/ The company laws and policies stipulate the employees benefit in regards to the services and goods offered. The laws and policies are set in place to safeguard the well fare of the workforce within an organization. It facilitates the creative of a conducive working environment and productive employee- employer relationship. In addition, it serves as a platform where the employee makes inquiring of the right and duties. The employees get an avenue to express or exercise the opinion to their employers and colleague. It is critical to be aware or understand employee’s benefits and take full advantage of ...

The term romanticism is “a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century, characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and an emphasis on the imagination and emotions, and marked especially in English literature by sensibility and the use of autobiographical material, an exaltation of the primitive and the common man, an appreciation of external nature, an interest in the remote, a predilection for melancholy, and the use in poetry of older verse forms” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). The characteristics of romanticism literature include spontaneity, emphasis on individualism, leading a solitary life than societal life, and being free from rules. This literature was ...

Professionalism in any workplace is very important. Any employer would like an employee who exhibits characteristics of professionalism because they know that the employee can be relied upon. It is most likely that a professional employee will be given opportunities for advancement and growth because he is responsible and can take on additional responsibilities. In the health information management field, professionalism is of utmost importance. The handling of health information requires that one have the competence and skill to manage the electronic health records available. Professionalism in this area requires that the person is aware of the confidentiality of ...

For the company to have higher performing employees, it should focus on helping them to improve their knowledge and skills. For instance, the company could focus more on developing the newer and the lower performing employees by conducting training sessions. The training should be carried by highly qualified, competent and experienced educators. Training of employees is a motivation on its own. This is because it communicates to the employees the expectations of the company. In addition, it guides the employees on different ways of attaining the company’s goals and objectives. For example, the company would have trained the newer ...

I am working in Kuwait Ministry of Information at the Salary Department. Employees in my department are responsible for keeping salary accounts of all the staff of the Ministry. The average salary in our Department is below average. The contract provides 35 days of holidays per year. These days should be chosen by an employee himself, provided that he would preliminary book it. The salary is always paid on certain days of the mouth and we, staff of the Salary Department, have to work on these days despite of everything in order to complete the work. The issue ...

The first three chapters of the book are the description of the social essence of relationship, differences in behavior, which outlines the establishment of relational boundaries and the existence of difficulty in professionals concerning the power of control. The four main issues regarding the border violations are discussed throughout the book, including the role, mystery, double connection and non – appropriate use of professional privileges. Moreover, the stories of the book, written by Marilyn Peterson, show the consequences and effect of the damage for clients, arisen through the relational boundaries in all spheres of everyday life. As it mentioned, this ...

Sarni Dry Cleaners is a family owned company located in Boston. The company offers a variety of services with the major ones being dry cleaning and clothes altering services. The company’s main strengths includes the existence in the industry for over eighty years maximizing the experience as well as the availability of adequate stores and delivery vans to cater for a wide market. The main weaknesses is lack of quality customer service and advanced technology to cater for the growing market demand. The availability of wide market as a result of families’ limited to do own laundry is the main opportunity while ...

For meeting the organizational objectives, vision and mission statements, companies need to develop strategic plans, which implies knowing the internal and the external working environment. The internal and external environmental factors that influence companies’ organizational strategy is called the SWOT analysis, an acronym standing for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (Deb, 2006). For National Healthcare Centre of Urological Diseases and Transplantation organization the SWOT analysis identifies if the company has the strategy and resources to reach its objective and stick to vision, both comprised in its mission statement: “Serve humanity with the excellence in providing valued services ...

The theories of X and Y were introduced to scientific society in 1960 by Douglas McGregor, American social psychologist. He elaborated those theories trying to explain motivational factors from different dimensions by rational and acceptable basis. The theories of X and Y are in the center of the fundamental topic of classical McGregor’s (1960) book “The Human Side of Enterprise”.

Theory X represents a traditional system of the carrot and stick approach, based on preconditions of “crowds’ mediocrity”. It supposes that workers are initially lazy, have to be controlled and be motivated “from above”. They treat ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking as it is commonly referred to as, can be considered as the most innovative technology in energy production in the 21st century. Fracking is the process of breaking up the shale found beneath the surface of the earth to extract natural gas supplies (Hasset & Mathur, 11). It involves the process of drilling a series of holes into the ground, which are then pumped with a fluid (mainly water) to create pressure that forces natural gas out of the cracks for extraction. In as much as hydraulic fracturing has been adopted widely as a method of extracting oil and ...

Global leadership is considered as the ability to influence people from different cultural backgrounds. Considering this thing, global leaders have a global mindset with high level of tolerance towards ambiguity while showing cultural adaptability as well as flexibility. Some characteristics of leaders are universally undesirable such as irritability, whereas some characteristics are desirable in some countries and undesirable in other countries such as compassion is more desirable in the U.S. than in France. However, global leaders are rare as reported by most of the large corporations, and programs have to be designed to develop a global mindset in leaders. In ...

In a free market economy, businesses usually set their prices any way they deem fit. However, if potential customers see these prices as being too high, they may reject them, and instead opt for lower priced competitors’ goods or services. Thus, the majority of price regulations aim at ensuring that customers have full pricing information before the creation of the contract. In the healthcare business though, consumers often purchase medical services, more so the ones provided by the hospitals, without full pricing information. For care provided by the hospital, even the hospital is not aware of the exact amount the ...

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Start date of employment This letter confirms that Wafa Hamaresh is currently an employee of ADCOO Company Ltd. in the position of a communications officer, since 7 January, 2012.

The terms of employment will only be wound up, upon Hamaresh’s retirement in 2052, or resignation. Wages, Allowances & Working hours The officer is on permanent and pensionable basis and is to be starting salary of AED 6225.99. The employee is also entitled to both ...

The OSHA interactive lockout-Tagout training is a program that enables employee’s locks or tags machines in order to conduct maintenance. The employees are required to use the devices for Lockout or Tagout standard. OSHA program can be used in areas where energy control procedures are applied. The energy devices are put to power source, hence contains stored energy that prevents transmission or release of energy. The machine has many advantages, but it does not lack some limitations (Haviland, et al., 2012). The main purpose of the development of OSHA program is to maintain the safety and health of the ...

The primary issues within this doctor’s office concern privacy. The following information should provide clarity on federal regulations concerning health care and privacy. Recommendations will follow. Patient privacy is an integral aspect of any physician’s office and is mandated by both federal and state laws. With the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Standard for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, the HIPAA Privacy Rule, these requirements have become more stringent. The HIPAA Privacy Rule takes precedence over state laws and details how the patient health information (PHI) can be shared. This ...

The issue of global justice in the context of international environment is the central theme in Arnold’s article. According to him, global justice is seen to happen if the concerns of those who happen to be in the lower part of the pyramid are addressed (Arnold, 2013). Arnold argued that some models such as the deliberative democracy advanced by theorists of political aspect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are not satisfactory. Furthermore, he believes Rawlsian theoretical failed to provide a clear obligations on how corporations execute the global justice. International business has been used to refer to both ...

Crazy Clothiers Industries (CCI) faces a number of challenges that need to be addressed to ensure it competes favorably with other cloth manufacturers. As an old company, it has experienced a decline in sales and profits due to changes in technology, movement of most of the clothing industry to Pakistan, China, and India. The company therefore faces the major challenge on whether to outsource or find a different way to increase its profit given that it majorly deals with manufacturing and wholesaling. The company’s significant challenges may hinder it from increasing its wealth. The founders of the company sought to ...

Incentive pays are remunerations to employees for their performance. In giving incentives, the company needed to consider several factors. The case of Carrol State University in its want to provide incentives to its employees calls for the need to reflect on the budget, the evaluation process on who and how much to pay as well as the deliberation on the possible effect of the incentive to the organization as a whole. It should be noted that the several faculty members move out to better paying Universities due to compensation problem (Miller, 2014), and an unsatisfactory implementation of ...

Businesses need to find the right fit for employment so that they can thoroughly fulfill their goals and objectives. In doing so, it is highly important to emphasize what it means to become part of businesses as employees through set strategies for recruitment and hiring. Interviewing candidates, which is an important part of the recruitment and hiring processes, must be a key consideration of businesses for success. Thinking and feeling about what applicants might think about businesses they are applying for as employees is crucial to the image-building aspect of businesses. At the same time, businesses must think about their ...

The audiences for a business continuity plan are as follows: management, employees, key business partners (suppliers, investors, local government agencies the organization gets to interact with), local community members, and customers In basic emergency management, the audiences are as follows: “customers, survivors impacted by the incident and their families, employees and their families, news media, community—especially neighbors living near the facility, company management, directors and investors, government elected officials, regulators and other authorities, and suppliers” . An evaluation of the audiences for a business continuity plan, vis-à-vis a basic emergency management plan reveals that they share similarities in almost all ...

In any hospital and other health institution across the world, their mission as to concentrate on providing up-to-date and quality health services to their clients and the same case applies to memorial hospital. It should work at giving reliable health services that will improve the quality of healthcare in the environment in which they operate (Carman et al., 2013). The first method in which the hospital should use to measure the quality of services it offers is by first undertaking a survey to determine if it is satisfying the needs of its staff and patients through addressing their complains, empowering ...

The industry cultures that comprise the author’s career field workplace are employee relations and others’ cultural knowledge that have the significant role when it comes to gauging the benefits of industry cultural mix at the workplace. (Lewis, 2015). The industry cultural mix can be beneficial for the workplace environment because workers who experience dissimilar point of views and cultures at workplace are very likely to execute open-mindedness. Workers who are open-minded regarding multiple points of views do very frequently collaborate with each other or arrive at a consent when variation is present. This attitude definitely exposes a thoughtful influence ...

Facts: Rajesh, who is a student in the university, works part-time as a delivery man for Yum Yum Pizzas. He is working in shift with strict start but the finish times are unspecified. While working he wears the uniform of Yum Yum Pizzas – a T-shirt and a cap. He was provided with special heat keeping panniers for the pizzas to stay hot. He used them on his own bicycle with the help of which he delivered the pizzas. Rajesh was paid a flat fee for every delivery. One evening, caring out his subsequent delivery, Rajesh performs a detour to the nearest LiquorMart store to buy ...

Hyundai was established on 29th December 1967 by Chung Ju-yung. The company has it’s headquarter in Seoul, South Korea and presence in 200 countries across the world. In year 1968 Hyundai released its first motor in collaboration with Ford. In 1975, the company released its first car “Pony” in Korean market and in 1984 the company started exporting “Pony” car to Canada. In year 1986, Hyundai entered in United States market. In year 1996 the company formed Hyundai Motor India Limited and established a production plant in Chennai, India. After that company never looked ...

1. The attitude that I find most offensive of the Enron's leaders is individual insubordination. The leaders encourage the employees to manipulate the financial transactions for their self-interests .Their individual insubordination put the company's fate at stake and as such the abused the shareholders' trust. 2. The shadow that created a major role in Enron's collapse is irresponsibility. The leaders at the company were very irresponsible and as such they did not exercise the required oversight over the company's affairs. The leaders encouraged the employees to attain the financial goals by wrong means, and this ended up ...

Transformational leadership is characterized by inspiring followers to develop their specific professional interests for the benefit of the organization (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2008). Leaders who embody the characteristics of transformational leadership can be charismatic, communicate high performance expectations, and want followers to consider how their work efforts affect others (Schermerhorn et al., 2008). In contrast, situational leadership focuses on getting followers to complete task-oriented or relationship-oriented behaviors depending on the followers’ desires and abilities. Situational leadership includes the following styles: telling, selling, participating, and delegating (Schermerhorn et al., 2008). The telling and selling styles are best suited to followers ...

Dealing with ethical issues in many companies or organizations is quite challenging. This is because by the company taking a clear stand on some issues may seem to be authoritative and denying its employees the autonomy to make some moral decisions on their own. However, it is important to note that for each and every company to efficiently and effectively achieve its goals and objectives there must be rules and policies that guide its employees in the activities they are undertaking. The use of internet by employees in their work place has recently been a major cause of concern to the ...

Financial failure occurs when entrepreneurs make bad decisions that lead to economic downturns. All companies in the world strive to overcome financial crises. However, there are good examples of companies that have overcome financial failure and restored their financial health. This essay discusses how HealthSouth Corporation's got into a financial failure and how it overcame the failure. HealthSouth Corporation is at Alabama, and it is the biggest corporation that owns and operates inpatient rehabilitative hospitals in The USA. The corporation operates in approximately 33 states in The USA. The Corporation has rehabilitative services, rehabilitation clinics, hospice agencies and home health ...

This report is in response to your request for solution options to the issue raised by the local transportation officials. This report will also lead to the opportunity for improved commuting for all of our employees. We have gathered relevant data through am employee survey and it is the basis for our analysis and recommendations. Aside from commuting, the data also includes other aspects such as transportation habits and attitudes. This report will present the following – data, analysis, solution options and recommendation.

Figure 1 illustrates the employees' carpool habits. Figure 1 shows that 34% of the employees are ...

Wal-Mart is one of the largest organizations in the world in terms of employee force and revenue. The business helps people all over the world to live a better life and save money – anywhere and anytime – in their retail stores, through online shopping or using mobile devices. Every week, around 245 million members and customers visit Wal-Mart’s 11,000 stores in 28 countries under 65 banners and eCommerce businesses in 11 nations all over the world. Wal-Mart reached $482.2 billion in sales and employs 2.2 million store associates all over the world (Wal-Mart Inc., 2015).

An organization with the ...

The act of deception of another human being through the use of electronic mail is known as email fraud. The idea of deceiving people online became effective immediately after the introduction of email as a source of communication. As the curiosity of people increased, so did an obsession of hitting the jackpot of luck through the internet by winning a lottery or by winning a vacation, pretty much an idea of anything that could lure people into believing they have won something precious was brought to use.

In the today’s world email frauds have taken a very different and ...

In an action for the recovery of the amount paid to Fast Food, there are various warranty theories that Jane and David can apply. The first of these theories is the implied warranty of merchantability. In this case, the two can rely on the condition that posits that the food or drink sold must fit the ordinary purposes for which it is sold. In this case, the buns fail to meet this criterion because they are not in a suitable condition for making the hot dogs. The second warranty that Jane and David may rely on is the implied warranty ...

Introduction In my paper you will be able to see the step in the project planning stages, organizational structure, and the charter. There will be steps through each of them. The steps are a very important part of the project planning, the organizational structure, and the charter. In order for everything to run smoothly everyone must give all the respect to each other and must work together to get the project done properly and on time for the delivery.

Project planning is a discipline for stating how to complete a project within a certain timeframe, usually with defined stages, and with designated ...

In the 21st century there is an increasing organizational methodology on the rights of the employees at work. Such methodology is debated in this essay, presenting the employee involvement, empowerment, engagement and industrial democracy as the main forms of representing the employees’ interests. While all these working processes are primarily focused towards contributing to the organizational performance, they are also directly or indirectly targeting the representation of the employees’ interests. There are formal and informal processes for pursuing the rights and interests of the employees by engaging them in the decision making processes, through direct and indirect practices. These ...

There are many things that I was able to get out of majoring in business management, but there are three very essential issues or ideas that take precedence over the others. The first is that majoring in business management has provided me with the skills to be able to study a company operating within an industry and a very dynamic (sometimes global) business environment. Businesses today can be considered to be organic entities, and they are no longer static or passive entities, and there are many factors that impact organizations both from the inside and the outside of the same. Therefore ...

Effectiveness of design The design of the needs assessment can be termed as quite impressive based on a number of things. The main aim of this particular needs assessment is to collect information about the organizational structure of Google Inc. and at the same time it is important to know the current corporate culture of the organization. The design is particularly prepared for collecting such basic information. Simultaneously by following the methods Google’s activities and creative work features can be understood clearly. Apart from that the basic information about the knowledge and skills of Google’s employees can ...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the components of effective training and career development program for Samsung. Two programs have been selected to analyze these components which are Time Management Training and Safety Training. The two programs are very helpful and effective to build a career of the employees and the employees stay connected with the organization if these two programs are practiced religiously in an organization.

Time management is an important part of a person’s official work. The success of an employee is dependent upon the time management. If an employee can manage its time, then it ...

Fire has caused substantial damage to human life and property in countless incidents. Human beings developed various techniques and equipments in order to stop and reduce losses caused by fire in different parts of the world. Fire fighting, through different techniques, exists since time immemorial. Evidences suggest that fire fighting services existed in Roman Empire centuries ago. Augustus, the emperor of Roman Empire, instituted a well organised department of fire fighting services. This essay proposes to discuss history of fire fighting services and analyses the mechanisms that were used by fire fighters in different phases of time. Fire fighting ...

In today's age of globalization, multinational management has become instrumental for successful organizational growth. Multinational management refers to the process of effectively working with teams of different cultures and countries. If I get the opportunity to have an international job experience, I would like to visit India for an assignment. India is one of the fast growing markets in the world. With the US still staggering under the aftermath of sub-prime recession and a weak job market, it is the time to take advantage of the booming Indian market and get exposure to the work environment in India, which, I ...

In this research paper we will discuss the problem of gender wage gap. According to European Commission, gender pay gap is the difference between females’ and males’ hourly earnings (“Tackling the gender pay gap in the European Union”, 2014, p. 2). This problem is being debated for a long time. In most cases, it is believed that women earn less than men. The purpose of this research paper is to discover the problem of gender wage gap and answer the following question: Is there a significant difference between men’s and women’s earnings?

Gender Wage Gap in the European Union ...

The central argument of this book is the emphasis on the dominance exercised by big businesses on the American economy’s macro-dynamic. Small entrepreneurs who compete for customers through price adjustments outnumber the quasi-monopolies or mega firms by a significant margin. However, the latter still dominates the macroeconomic dynamic. Foster and Magdoff posit that quasi-monopolization, or monopoly capital, is the driver of the American economy’s macro-dynamic. Monopoly capital, however, brings about stagnation. The duo base this argument on the postulation that the greatest strength of this economic system is also its Achilles heel. Quasi-monopolies’ greatest strength is the ...

The use of mobile technology has grown rapidly over the span of last 10 years. The evolution of the internet and technological development has turned mobile devices into a sacrosanct part of our life. Considering the increasing penetration of mobile technology in human life, businesses are increasingly adopting mobile devices to fulfill customer demands and preferences. The adoption of mobile technologies such as iPad, Apple iPhone, Google Android, RIM Blackberry, and Windows 7 Mobile not only help organizations in running their business smoothly, but also help in keeping in touch with employees beyond the official hour. However, just like any technology, ...

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Seattle WA 98104 USA Objectives I am seeking election to public office and specifically the position of President of the United States. My campaign will run on the platform of improving the livelihood of American citizens and zero tolerance to corrupt practices.

Private interests and purposes continue to secretly run our government and control its elected leaders. I propose to establish a Federal commission that will maintain permanent supervision over all corporations engaged in business with the state. The commission will deal with tackling unfair competition in ...

There are some reasonable qualities that are found in good leaders – qualities that can be developed or may be intrinsically or naturally part of their personality.Robert J. Allio (2009), in his article, laid out some big ideas on how to strategize and lead.

It important for a leader to be dependable when it comes to leading others. A good leader "walks the talk" and motivates the people around him to do the same thing. By doing so, all will benefit from the positive results, which can also result in a happy workplace.

A good leader is energetic about their work and ...

This report examines the ways through which GE Company can be able to develop a better and efficient recruitment process for their applicants who are seeking for a job position or internship with the company through embracing technology in order to speed up the process of recruitment. Slow recruitment process in the GE Company has had a lot of disadvantages ,especially on the applicants who have to wait for longer periods before getting their feedback. My research will focus on getting into the root cause of all these delays and looking into how the recent technological advances can be of help towards ...

Communication refers to the sending, receiving and understanding of messages between two or more individual. The need for efficient communication methods is evident in the running of large organizations. For an organization to be able to achieve its primary target, effective communication amongst the workers is paramount. Effective communication within an organization leads to better synchronization of work amongst the workforce. Different departments and sections within an organization require timely and accurate information to carry out tasks at the required time and pace. A breakdown in communication leads to missed deadlines and chaos in the organization (Tofanelli, 2012). ...

The presentation of Marty Briggs at the University was about his life events from childhood. Mr. Marty Briggs is inspiring in many ways as he started worrying about the future at very young age. He started dreaming big and struggled hard for his better future. His communication skills, knowledge, and struggle, made him achieve whatever he is today. Mr. Briggs speech was related with many theories and one of the theories that I liked the most is employee motivation where Mr. Briggs said that ‘You got to know your people, you got to know who their mom and dad ...

Lockheed Martin and Merck not only rank as two of the biggest companies in the world but also two of the most global employing over 150,000 people between both in nearly half the world’s countries. Understanding the potential and risks of doing business globally, each has developed extensive corporate social responsibility programs as a way of showing that they are fulfilling their duties to be good citizens of the world. A review of each company’s corporate social responsibly reports; however, reveal that while they may share some similarities by the fact that they are multinational corporations, ...

Contingent Workers Implication of Contingent Workers The major force that has inclined the concept of contingent worker is based on the willingness of organizations to cut expenses and the changing working style needs of the workers. The first benefit for the organization when it gets a contingent worker aboard is the attraction of saving money. In a multitude of organizations the demand for workers is seasonal and hiring more employees for peak seasons does not make sense. To rescue such situations, the idea of contingent workers helps to keep the organization competitive. In myriad small to mid-size company, the ...