Essays on Work-Life Balance

Contrasting Two Cultures with a Model of Culture

The model of culture to be used in this part of the paper is Professor Geert Hofstede’s Model of National Cultures. Professor Hofstede is famous for his study wherein he looked at how values in the workplace are influenced by particular cultures. He was a consultant working with IBM in the 1970s and 1980s, and thus he was able to observe various workplace cultures around the world (Geert Hofstede: National Culture). Originally, he came up with four dimensions of culture along which behaviors could be linked and thereafter analyzed. The original dimensions are Individualism-Collectivism, Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance ( ...

Introduction

The need for organizations to provide their employees with a work-life balance is increasing every day. Although most companies would love to provide their staff with the opportunity to work from the comfort of their homes, there are various challenges standing in the way. The ability to access company networks regardless of the geographical location presents different benefits such as increased employee productivity, satisfaction but also presents some cons such as security concerns and increasing costs for the company. Developments such as the Cisco Virtual Office Solution have significantly addressed the concerns for many businesses and still provided the ...

Introduction

The balancing of life and work is a problem for several individuals in organizations. Work-life balance as a concept has become popular in research works. Additionally, sociology, human resource management, psychology, as well as organizational studies are concerned with work-life balance. Most research encourages people to find an equilibrium of work and life. This is to avoid conflicts that often arise. The concept has also had various definitions proposed by scholars. Others define it as a sense of harmony in life. It is also described as satisfactory functioning at home and work with minimum conflict of roles. Focusing on ...

Abstract

Entrepreneurship refers to the willingness or the ability of an individual to start and manage a Business Venture. The risks associated with the new Business Venture are taken into account and the individual develops the plan to manage those risks and implement the plans in order to make profit. Such an individual can be referred to as an Entrepreneur. A new business venture depends heavily on innovation, inspiration, motivation and human and non-human resource planning and the risks associated with these factors. An individual faces two options after graduation, whether to start a business venture or join an organization ...

Abstract

The paper involves studying the importance of Work-life balance to enhance employee productivity. The aspect of this paper is importance because labor is one of the essential factors for a company’s success and managers should know how to tap into that resource efficiently to achieve overall success. The study will detail a brief introduction regarding WLB, its importance and benefits to both employees and employers.

Introduction

Work-life balance is a combination of three words work, life and balance. Work is the physical and mental activities one does on a daily basis to attain a salary at the end of ...

In the first place, I will show a genuine interest in Jim and listen to him with empathy as I probe the reason for his indifferent behavior in the workplace during the last three months. I believe certain circumstances in Jim’s personal life that challenges his work-life balance are attributable to his current behavior. I will begin the conversation by quoting certain incidents from my past professional life wherein I struggled to maintain a proper work-life balance because of certain pressing personal matters. This will encourage Jim to open up further so that I can understand his real ...

Introduction

This literature review examines the patterns in female involvement and under-representation in the world of information technology and information systems. This will be the application of elements and aspects of a structured literature review and will cover three main areas:

Barriers to career development of women in information technology; Methods of promoting the inclusion of women in information technology. This literature review will focus on scholarly academic journals and articles. This will include the critical analysis and assessment of peer-reviewed journals that focus on the elements of women and their involvement in information technology and the attempts to build ...

Problem Statement

There are a number of reasons, defined by the ethical as well as the economic and the political scenes, for the non-diminishing interest in addressing the gap between the rich and the poor. "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is an aphorism, which outlines the major views on economic inequality and the criticism, seen in academic and business literature, towards the philosophy of free market and capitalism in general. One of the principal works, laying the foundation for the discussion, is the work by Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014), who places the idea ...

Personal Classroom Management Plan

Classroom management is not only concerned with classroom teaching but it encompasses the totality of how a teacher prepares for her class, how she implements her curriculum and how she maintains the order in the classroom as well as keep her students’ learning and behavior in check. Teachers are aware that “an efficiently organized and managed classroom eliminates many potential behavior and learning problems and sets the stage for a productive year” (Shalaway, 1998, p.12). The ten principles that the author adheres to in her teaching are briefly explained as follows: Much of classroom management depends on the kind ...

Abstract

The primary objective of any business organization is to make a profit be developing sustainable competitive advantage. The employees play a major role in achieving this objective, but their motivation to achieve the organizational goals may decline due to several factors. However, managers can implement different approaches to keep the employees highly motivated to achieve better outcomes. Some of the strategies that the management can utilize to improve employee motivation include giving the rewards, engaging them in the decision-making process, effective communication, and providing career development opportunities. In addition, the management can ensure their job security, provide a comfortable ...

Annotated Bibliography

Introduction The correctional system in the United States is a complex and overcrowded problem in recent times. The staff in these facilities is often undertrained and overworked. They lack the professional experience and due to heavy attrition rates, are unable to operate any reliable mentoring programs. This gap increases the stress which exceeds the paradigm of work and invades the private lives of the correctional staff. This paper unlocks the psychological problems that fester correctional staff in the United States. Annotated Bibliography 1. Lambert, E. G., Minor, K. I., Gordon, J., Wells, J. B., and Hogan, N. L. (2016). ...

Effect of flexible time and place arrangements for employees

Section 1- Case Summary This case suggests that striking a balance between work and life is a very important attribute that the employees seek from their jobs. Employees like Joe often after receiving promotions in their designation prioritise work-life balance and a higher designation with no work-life balance leads to dissatisfaction and demotivation. AESC surveys reveal that many companies are striving to include programs for increasing the family time of the employees as 85% of the recruiters have experienced recruits rejecting roles which lack work-life balance. The candidates seeking jobs are negotiating on work aspects like flex time, work ...

Problem Identification

The case in question is a typical scenario, which regularly occurs in a corporate environment. As many other junior or middle managers, Joe is experiencing serious hardships in reconciling his personal and employment-related issues. Many studies showed that work-life balance has evolved from a chimerical job advantage into one of the fundamental employment conditions, especially in today’s turbulent economy (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004). While Joe psychologically understands that his family and educational priorities are more important than his current job commitments, company productivity is naturally more important for Jim, whose career progress is dependent on effectiveness of his department. ...

Introduction

Background of the Study Hospitality companies constantly require to ensure the satisfaction level of its employees. It is due to the fact that the companies are more effective when they take steps to satisfy their employees (Langton, Robbins & Judge, 2007). The satisfied employees are considered an effective labor force and they become the key asset for the company’s effectiveness (Tepper, Lockhart & Hoobler, 2001). Various authors have identified the organizational performance as well as the willingness of employees to have sound working conditions. According to Jin-Zhao and Jing (2009) human resources are one of the key parts of the ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

Introduction

In the contemporary business world, the work environment is constantly changing, so as the structure that defines the jobs, employees, and employment practices. The rise of globalization has allowed the employees to choose and have a voice in their place of work, and hence forcing the companies to rethink about the future contemporary and future means of acquiring, planning, and using physical space. Therefore, in order for a company to change and enhance the workplace performance, it is important to consider the most interesting issues that affect the contemporary and future work environment. The two most interesting issues in ...

A Capstone Presented in Partial Fulfillment

Master of Healthcare Administration

Literature Review

The literature review section of the capstone project explores the various concepts that relate to the topic of study. The literature review section will explore the concepts of quality of work life, productivity and work-life balance. These are concepts that emerged from the previous section. These concepts are interrelated in that one leads to the other. The review of literature will explore various studies to determine the interplay of these concepts. It will consider the perspectives of different scholars on how the quality of work life and work-life balance affect the productivity of workers. The ...

PROESSOR

Penalty Rates Penalty rates refer to the compensation paid to employees for working unsociable hours in the Australian employment sector (Craig and Brown 2015). Penalty rates have been adopted in the Australian service industry for over a century, as they have been considered instrumental in promoting the Australian way of life and business growth through opening the shops on weekends. The adoption of penalty rates in the Australian service sector has been considered instrumental in influencing the business operations on Sundays, which has developed into a peak day of activities (Knox 2009). The study seeks to integrate an analysis ...

What are your values or beliefs about balancing work and home life?

Family and work are equally important in one’s life I cannot seem to pick one that supersedes the other. One cannot afford to concentrate on the family at the expense of work and vice versa, therefore there is the need to maintain an unbiased ground in order to furnish the two equally. The business environment today is faced paced and hectic and many people are increasingly getting concerned about work-life balance than their predecessors. Neglect of any of the two or both can be disastrous because we need our personal concerns just as much as we need our ...

Under this section, the impact of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation on both the behavior of an employer and employee is discussed. When both the employers and employees fully understand the need or importance of health and safety programs, they become alert in their behavior since awareness about the potential hazards, to which the office staff is exposed, among all organizational members increases. Resultantly, employers and employees can now prevent illness and injury at the workplace. When employers get to know about the legislation concerning health and safety programs, they tend to display a responsible behavior. Not only they ...

Business Leadership

Introduction The world environment is ever changing and so is all the other aspects touching the organization. Leadership is one of the organizational aspects that keep on changing to match the changes in the business environment. The tactics used by the 20th-century leaders differ significantly with those used in the 21st century. Besides, the challenges facing leadership also change with the changes in the business environment implying that the challenges of the past are different from those in the current. As a result, this paper focuses on comparing and contrasting the 20th and 21st leader roles as well as ...

Introduction

This report is based on the key findings established after going through the case study of Intercontinental Hotel Brisbane. The hotel consists of 1019 rooms and is situated in a prime location in Brisbane. The workforce at the underlying hotel comprises agency workers (coming from Asian and some other foreign countries) and directly appointed employees. The company has recently introduced an automated system based on a software application called Optii to appraise the performance of their employees in order to make them utilize their full potential. The question is how far Optii has been successful in dealing with the ...

How have Canadian workers reacted to technological and organizational changes in the workplace?

In the last few decades, competitive pressure has made technological changes paramount for many of the firms involved in manufacturing. The hard economic times that the world is experiencing have been instrumental in shaping the decisions made by companies. In as much as the technological shift may have been instigated by the need to change and optimize the production process, it has also been largely driven by the need to restructure the organizations. The technological shift in the manufacturing industries may have come with an increase in profits through efficiency maximization; however, it does present a number of problems ...

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking & Self Evaluation

This paper explores how gender discrimination affects employee performance in the workplace. The study also highlights all the issues a male employee faces in the workplace; and discusses how an employee overcomes confronted gender-based issues. The interview analysis paper also highlights the perception of interviewee regarding career advancements and gender stereotyping.

Personal Information:

The questionnaire starts with collecting interviewee personal information. The name and other private information cannot be revealed to maintain confidentiality. The interviewee age is around mid-30s. He belongs to India but works in an American Company based in the USA.

Views and Challenges Faced in the Workplace:

Workplace issues are mostly ...

Introduction

India is a developing country that is improving its economy day by day. Not only in the economy is India also improving its other aspects which deal with the life of its people and its relations with others. Shortly we can say that India is making progress day by day in each and every walk of life. In this paper, the progress of India’s economy, Its GDP, employment, labor law analysis and routine work life activities will be discussed in detail. All of these factors will depict the current situation in India and its performance or position in ...

Doing business in another country requires a lot of effort. Not only should the companies be ready for the large entry expenditures. There are also a large number of cultural differences that the companies should keep in mind in order to integrate into the new market environment successfully. The CW Model defines 7 key cultural dimensions that may have a great influence on the company’s performance abroad. They include hierarchy/egalitarianism, group focus, relationships, communication styles, time orientation, change tolerance, and motivation/work-life balance (Solomon & Schell, 2009). The people who work for the multinational companies in the managerial positions should ...

Five Practices

Article 1 Technological Advances. Millennials are familiar with the exchange of information through social media and several other types of technology. With time, it has become essential for accelerating the technological integration into the workplace for enabling workers to exploit technology in a manner that gives them increased efficiency and more flexibility. Millennials at workplace are skilled at leveraging the latest technological advances. Inclusion of technological advances is a necessity for Millennials, as they expect access to the most appropriate tools for execution and collaboration at any time. Several major corporations are actively seeking the latest technological advances and ...

Diversity Challenge in Walmart

Walmart and Diversity Challenges: Wal-Mart Sued for Alleged Anti-Gay Discrimination – Smithson was denied spousal health insurance coverage from 2008. In January 2014, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined Wal-Mart's denial of insurance "constituted discrimination on the basis of her sex," because Smithson would have been covered if Cote was male . Brian Nick (Walmart’s director of national media relations) says that before 2014, the company allowed insurance to same-sex couples in places where state law required it. In 2013 Supreme Court announced same-sex couples as legitimate and allowed all federal benefits to them. Walmart changed its policy as ...

Introduction

Geico has designed several effective strategies in order to satisfy and retain its employees, because the job market is tight and there is a lack of the skilled employees. Such as Geico has introduced reward programs, promoted effective communication, and designed a website so that employees can get the information regarding programs and benefits that the company is offering.

In this paper the association of the total reward program with the Chapter 2 of the textbook, a strategy ensuring the plan of Geico addresses all benefits, the effectiveness of communication that is attached with Geico’s total reward programs, and the improvements ...

Instant Coffee Industry in UK:

Coffee is considered as one of the well-renowned beverages in the world. According to research by Mintel in 2012, the retail market of UK reached 1 billion pounds for the first time (H&CNews 2014). The people living in UK consume about 2.8 kg of coffee every year (IBIS 2014). However, people do not consume much coffee in UK as they do in other European countries like France and Germany. The coffee market of UK is of only 33% of German and 50% of French coffee market (H&CNews 2014).

The coffee market in UK is mainly dominated by ...

Introduction

Human Resource Management is a critical department in the construction industry. Most of the construction companies do not understand the importance of human resource management in developing and utilizing the employees in the pursuit of optimum organizational performance, and consider making an investment in HR practices as a ‘luxury’, and ‘pen pushers’ (Wilkinson, Johnstone, and Townsend, 2012). In this industry, extensive labor outsourcing takes place, creating an opaque and transient employer-employee relationship. This cyclical nature of demand for the labor force makes the process of HR more difficult.

This sector works with subcontractors, joint ventures and alliances, and creates ...

Organization behavior

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 ...

Pepsi Co is a multinational food and beverage corporation with more than 5000 employees in over 15 locations. The company believes that, in order to increase its productivity, it should recruit and maintain the best workers. This way, the company hopes it can increase its sales. This will ensure that they remain competitive in the global market. Maintaining their best workers will also ensure that they are able to lobby more customers in the market. Pepsi Co has in the recent past increased its sales. The company has also strived to increase the number of female employees to be equivalent ...

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. ...

Introduction

Stress is essentially a byproduct of interaction between an individual and his environment. By their very nature occupational settings are liable to brew stress. Work place stress is a common phenomenon and can potentially cause serious disruption in an individual’s personal as well as professional spheres. This work is an attempt at characterizing work place stress in terms of its determinants, manifestations and coping strategies.

Understanding stress

Stress is essentially a byproduct of the interaction between an individual and his environment. Besides, it has both psychological and physiological manifestations. A certain level of stress is part of everyday life. Indeed, to some extent, ...

Introduction

Changes in the business environment may have adverse effects on individual organizations. An evaluation of Friendly bank demonstrates that it faces a significant problem. First, the organization is facing an organizational culture problem. The problem can be attributed to the changes in the organizational design that have transformed the operations of the organization. The move has caused confusion among employees who have found themselves in a dilemma. They could either leave the organization or work in departments that they had not applied for. The changes in the organizational structure were prompted by two significant trends in the banking industry. First, rapid ...

- Introduction: Equal opportunity employment has always been an important topic and concern of multiple organizations and several initiatives in this regard has been taken by United States governments that were applied on different organizations. After the implementation of these laws benefits were encountered in the term of productivity of businesses and increased efficiencies, effectiveness, and capabilities of employees (Mathis, & Jackson, 2011). The objective of this paper is to shed light on the topic of “Equal opportunity employment” . This paper has been divided into 8 sections. The first section describes the concept whereas the second describes the ...

Increasing numbers of women in multinational companies is one of the significant changes experienced by the corporate sector in recent years. Statistics reveals that around 22 percent of executives are women in UK companies. Likewise, around one-third of women constitute the members nominated to the boards of directors in US companies this year. These data highlight that the role of women are making gradual presence in the business world. This paper aims to draw attention to the changing role of women in today's dynamic business contour. The author has cited examples of efficient women leaders who have overcome obstacles ...

Organizations are groups of people who work closely together with an aim to attain some purpose i.e. they have a collective sense of purpose. Behavior, on the other hand, is the response of a person or people to an action, environment, an individual or a specific event. Organizational behavior is the study of how staff members of the organization think, respond, act and feel within the confines of the organization (Stone & Marsden, 2001). Workplace practices influence prospective of human capital. Human capital entails workers skills; knowledge and other abilities that provide competitive advantage by helping uncover opportunities and reduce threats. The study ...

Introduction

An organization’s overall competitive strategy can be improved through several means. One such method is through innovations. The 21st century has witnessed competition for human resource that has proved to be a crucial factor of production. This paper will address a number of issues related to new and improved rewards at work 1. Determine how innovations in employee benefits can improve the overall competitive compensation strategy of the organization. Employee benefits innovations have the ability to improve can improve organizations the overall competitive compensation strategy. Employees are always motivated by a program that aims to reward them in the ...

The success of developing, implementing, and evaluating the DNP Project can be attributed in part to the support obtained and strategies employed. Because the initiative was my first time leading an evidence-based project, I was initially apprehensive and there were many instances when I was not sure what to do. Given my knowledge of different nursing roles, I knew that the person most capable of helping me out with leading change was the director of nursing. She has 35 years of experience in nursing with the last 12 years in the correctional setting making her an ideal source of ...

Introduction

In the day of technological revolution when technology has enabled people to bring work home, the fine line between work and personal life has increasingly diminished. Highly sophisticated and easily affordable technologies "have made it more feasible for employees to keep contact with work" through emails, mobile phones and computers that transcend the physical boundaries of their workplace (Olson-Buchanan and Boswell, 2007). Workaholic employees who deem their professional growth as an important part of their identities are more prone to make use of these communication technologies by responding to work related emails or voice mails even after work-hours or ...

INTRODUCTION

In the age of tight competition and total globalization many organizations should constantly analyze their performance, employees’ satisfaction and search for the new methods of work to remain competitive, profitable and sustainable. Effectiveness of any organization may be considered according to five major interconnected components: culture, leadership style, structure of organization and decision-making, people (staff) and work processes. The united leadership team, which includes talented staff performing on success, should have clear priorities, roles and responsibilities within a structured organization which processes and systems are efficiently supported. The interrelation of the listed components is described in the chart below (Figure ...

Q1.Suggest some ways a manager can make changes in work design so that employees are able to achieve greater work-life balance The work-life balance is a stringent issue on the contemporary agenda, impacting the individuals’ health and personal welfare and the organizations’ performances. It is in the benefit of both organizations and individuals to find solutions for balancing work-life schedules. For proposing solutions to design changes for assuring the work-life balance for the employees, managers need to understand the advantage that such change would bring for their organizations. As such, balancing the work-life schedule would allow an increased tonus for ...

Introduction

Total Rewards System is a rewards policy or program that aims to support employees not only accomplish their professional goals but also contribute to organizational development and the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives (Kaplan, 2005). This system is called ‘total rewards’ because incentives or compensation for employees relate to all aspects of work. This means that rewards in the organization not only come in the form of monetary compensation but also in other forms that encompass their roles and responsibilities. Aside from monetary rewards, for instance, for employees’ good efforts and initiatives, the management in the organization can reward ...

Workforce Planning in the Australian Retail Industry

Socio-Economic Profile With a strong economic development, Australia reached an average economic growth of 3.5% each year for 20 years, remaining strong and keeping its inflation under control during the economic recession (Index Mundi, Australia, 2013). The country’s natural resources attracted many investors over the years and being an open market let to attracting high foreign investments, stimulating its economic growth, making it more flexible and dynamic (Index Mundi, Australia, 2013). Regarding the country’s social profile, its early population was composed of British and Irish citizens; after the World War II Australia initiated an aggressive campaign of ...

Symptoms and Coping Strategies for Caregivers

Patricia Caldoron Grand Canyon University Symptoms and Coping Strategies for Caregivers Compassion fatigue is a state in which an individual feels mentally, emotionally, and spiritually depleted. As medical professionals, nurses often encounter compassion fatigue because of their empathic relationships with patients and their dedication to helping prevent, cure, and manage illness. However, by becoming preoccupied with their patients’ problems and overwhelmed by their responsibilities and workloads in healthcare, nurses will often neglect their own physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Prolonged neglect results in compassion fatigue symptoms that can be categorized into cognitive, emotional, behavioral, spiritual, and somatic ...

Business

<Student’s name> <Name of the Academic Institution> The issues of gender equality, glass ceiling and female leadership for a tight knot of problems which is faced by the business community both in the USA and abroad. Civil rights movement and incentives towards feminization of various aspect of public life resulted in official recognition of equal rights and opportunities for female professionals, however, in many cases such recognition takes purely formal forms. In too many cases women get professionally discriminated at work place. They get paid less, have less opportunities for promotion, and in case of ...

- Ayala Land, Inc. Company Description Ayala Land, Inc. (or ALI for short) is the largest property developer in the Philippines. It is a fully integrated corporation that performs master-planning and development roles for mixed-use developments that include residential, retail, commercial, and hotel among others. ALI was incorporated in 1988 and offered shares to the public in 1991(the company was listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange or PS) in that year). Since then, ALI has been the leader in strategic land bank management, in development of properties for residential, retail, commercial and other corporate uses, and has developed a ...

The issue of the relevance of additional employee oriented services at SAS and long-term commitment together with maintaining a work-life balance is a highly controversial one. On the one hand, the company definitely provides a fairly comprehensive care to its employees. On the other hand, the true cost of such care and reasoning behind it are yet to be determined. In my particular case it is highly unlikely that services like dry cleaning and massage can alone contribute to a long-term professional commitment. Such perks may serve a short-term bait for new enlistees just to demonstrate the extent of care that the company ...

Abstract

Personal problems often affect the capacity and motivation of employees to work (Janssen, Lam, and Huang, 2009, p. 787; Rich, Lepine & Crawford, 2010, p. 617). Common problems include alcoholism, substance abuse, family and marriage problems, relationship problems, financial problems, and mental and physical conditions or disorders. Organisations implement Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) to address these problems. The process of implementation, however, relies on the definition of EAPs. Internal programmes are within the control of managers, while external programmes are beyond the management’s jurisdiction. Existing studies prove that the involvement of organisations in EAP implementation is significant in drawing ...

In order to improve organizational performance, companies often use strategic compensation. The goal is attained only when the compensation systems focus on the performance of the entire organization, rather than focusing on individual performance, something traditional compensation systems used to emphasize (Heneman, 2002). However, the rewards and incentives offered by the human resources (HR) need to be in alignment with the employees’ needs and beliefs. Other than choosing a relevant type of reward and incentive, the HR must also focus on the proper execution of such rewards to make them effective. Some examples of rewards include flexible time, work-life ...

Introduction

The term ‘industrial relations’ was coined in the 18th century and was commonly used in nations like North America and Great Britain. Subsequently the term personnel management came to be applied and then the evolution of human resource management as an internal body of the organization was evolved in 1980s. The above mentioned three terms represent both academic enquiry and practical task. The term industrial relations, in the beginning, was largely associated with public sector and manufacturing organizations and left out large private sector firms. Also the existence of industrial relations and trade unionism were synonymous. This is mainly ...

Facilitator:

Role of work-life balance in management The environment at work may hinder or develop life of an individual depending on how the individual handles the whole complexity. Clancy & Tata (2005) argues that if the reaction to the work challenges is positive, life development becomes easy which enables individuals establish an ideal work-life balance. For managers, efficiency at work motivates desire to ensure that all activities of employees run as per plans. However, personal commitments ought to exist and compete for time with the employment roles. Such competition can never be desirable as it creates a state of divided loyalties ...

What are the ethical implications of requiring that employees dedicate long hours and extensive travel time to their careers?

For organizations that require employees to dedicate long hours and extensive travel time to their careers, the ethical implications or concerns that emerge come from the perspectives of the employer and those of the employees. For the employers, there are ethical issues in terms of balancing fairness and ethics of duty. For the employees, there are ethical concerns regarding being able to aptly provide and support one’s family, ethics of duty, and obligation to keep oneself in a healthy disposition. According to Weinstein (2009), “one of five fundamental ethical principles is fairness, and that we demonstrate fairness in everyday ...

Apparently, many people see money as the primary determinant of whether or not a person will take up a job. This is a serious misconception as people are different and hold different views on the same. While others prioritize money, others will look at such things as the working hours, the chances to travel and so on. Personally, I would prioritize job security, work-life balance and room for growth as my first three determinants. Faced with many offers with equal pay, I would consider these three criteria for various reasons discussed below.

Job security

The primary reason why I would give this point a lot ...

DIFFERENCE IN JOB SATISFACTION AND WORK LIFE BALANCE BETWEEN GEN X AND GEN Y

Introduction The report is on the difference in job satisfaction and work life balance between Gen X and Gen Y. The differences in the generations have been researched and studied in regard to the workplace. The studies have found some differences in the generations, in the work value. For example, the work ethic and work centrality declined progressively from the Generation X to Generation Y. The studies indicate and confirm the existence of generational differences in the context of work. However, there are no confirmations on the relationships between the diverse work attitudes in respect to generation. The ...

1. Informal Networks Atkinson & Moffat (2005) describes informal networks as a relationship between colleagues that develops after the realization of the gains derivable from such a network. Informal networks keep employees connected in a context that is only well understood among them (members of the same network). As opposed to formal networks which are regulative, informative-instructive, or integrative or innovative, informal networks are inherently are known to change with time (Anderson, Ones, Sinangil, & Viswesvaran, 2001). Research has shown that these networks are less innovative and are by all means not regulative.

Conventionally, the presence of informal networks has always been justified ...

HUMAN RESOURCE

Difference between Job Analysis, Job Description and Job Design

Job analysis is a process by which the method and procedures presently in use describe the way the job is done. This also reveals what needs to be done and the actual job. Job design is the procedure of making the job enjoyable by giving employees more freedom and autonomy. In the organization, it is done so as to enhance the performance of the organization and maintaining a workforce that is satisfies job description is dealing with the job itself. It is a list of functions responsibilities and tasks for a position (Mathis, 2010).

The use of Organizational Image in Employee Recruitment

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The 100 Best Companies to Work For

An analysis of the main and sub lists in February’s issue of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For in America revealed some unexpected discoveries. Conventionally, the driving force behind career choices and pursuits made by young people is the financial benefit, prestige and fulfillment that will come from their chosen profession. With the annual pay being the main determinant. 2011 FORTUNE 100 list belies this belief. The pay is not only sizeable, but also the benefits are unrivaled making these companies the envy of most and the best to work for in America. These benefits ...