Essays on Working Time

(Professor Name) (Correct Date) August 11, 2014

Going to a 9/80 Work Schedule

The interests of the employer and the hired worker contradicted in the days when workers had to be in place for 70-90 hours a week. In only 30 years, unions have achieved the established 40-hour limit on the working week. The growth of megacities, congestion of road transportation, a growing number of working mothers and the chronic fatigue syndrome has resulted in declined productivity of tired employees. Output was the development of alternative working time. Today, about 70% of the companies in the USA operate on a flexible schedule (Kokemuller, 2016). In ...

Introduction

A labor relationship between parties is regulated by the contract. Any disputes regarding the terms of the contract may be settled in the Court. The Courts established common law rules determining the rights and duties of the employer and employee. Nevertheless, the employment conditions were often unsafe and harmful, hours of work long and wages low. The government started passing laws to combat exploitation of employees by employers. In 1900s government started establishing minimum employment standards, which became the basis for modern labor standards legislation. While the government was taking legislative actions, employees started forming trade associations to increase ...

Question 1

- Describe the different types of costs associated with inventory. Inventory costs can be divided into three main categories, namely purchase costs (the cost of procurement), storage costs (maintenance) and costs related to the lack of goods (shrinkage). Purchase costs (also called as the costs of order preparation, especially when it comes to production), or restocking are economic consequences caused by direct orders, that is, costs that arise every time the company place customer’s order. These costs can be divided into two parts: the costs directly for the placement of the order (they can be persistent and ...

Abstract

A Front-line Supervisor's Performance Grading Form is a tool for formal employees’ appraisal system. This form includes the categories of a supervisor’s work performance, these categories grading, and a target importance weight assigned to each category.

How to use A Front-line Supervisor's Performance Grading Form?

- Control the target category weight, which is assigned to each category in the form. Quality overview – 5%. This means that a supervisor should devote 5% of his working time for quality overview. This work is important but does not require every minute attention. Setting fair standards – 5%. This means that a supervisor should devote 5% of his working time for setting fair standards. The ...

Management & Organizational Behavior

Resistance is usually characterized by an opposition to the generally acceptable formats, which result in a change of organizational status quo. However, considering any resistance detrimental for the success of the change implementation does not reflect the full picture of the problem and limits the ability to use resistance for the benefits of the company (Eikenberry & Harris, 2011).

The blame for the resistance to any change is usually put solely on the change recipients. People in this case are considered reluctant to accept any alterations in the organization, and therefore they hardly ever support changes. However, the contribution of the ...