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WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND JOB SATISFACTION

comes to mind is "affirmative action." Along with affirmative action comes visions of quotas and dubious hiring practices to meet ...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

GROUPS, TEAMS AND DIVERSITY

Discusses the difference between groups and teams, and points out the impact on workplace diversity on team dynamics. There are 4 ...

Operations Management and Small Business

is costly and too little results in lost sales and a decline in customer goodwill. It is not easy to calculate the amount of inven...

United Kingdom Businesses and Language Diversity

force, and more specifically, how many Chinese. While data specific to the topic seems to be elusive, some data were accessible. T...

Impact of Workplace Workers Over Age 65

and virtually worthless individuals. The notion of ageism, the negative attitude associated with getting old, is apparent in myri...

Workplace Absenteeism and Alcoholism

are alcohol related" (Clifford; Soares, 1990; 26). In addition, an alcoholics life expectancy is less than it is for most healthy ...

Improving Communication Through Workplace Writing Workshops

In seven pages this persuasive essay argues the importance of workplace writing workshops to improve employee communications and e...

Affinity Orientation Discrimination Issues

the business should listen to the majoritys complaints and seek to find a solution on which everyone can agree. If such agreement...

Marxist Perspective on Workplace Conflict

middle class can now drive BMWs through inexpensive leasing options, but the divide is still there. The middle class and lower cla...

UK Gender Discrimination

same thing (HRM Guide Network, 2002). Nonetheless, because the gap increased by 3 percent from the previous year, it does illustra...

Chage Management and Diversity

choice (where it can be ignored) to an obligation (which means the issue cant be ignored (HR Focus, 1993). The main reason why div...

United Kingdom Workforce Diversity Management

own racial, cultural, generational and socioeconomic circles. How to manage these factors has become a topic of management courses...

Workplace and Gay Rights Issues

(Religious Intolerance, 2004). Pressure from lobbyists has prompted this decision but it appears to be a growing trend in the mar...

Misinterpretation of Sexual Harassment

skills as well as whether or not they are being sexually harassed (Donelson, 2003). What occurs is that in these occupations that ...

Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

says that no matter how flat someone wants to make a pancake, it still has two sides. Perot and those sharing his ideology chose ...

Case Study of China's STS Manufacturing

produced relaxed a great deal. The move toward a "market economy" from one that has been state-run has been slow, however ...

B.F. Skinner and Operant Conditioning

maintain productivity amidst the prison setting, supervisors must also maintain a strict adherence to control and authority so tha...

Boeing Company and Theories of Ethics

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

Research Results of Workplace Ergonomic Design

furniture as well as the environmental setting. The aim is to relieve the physical stress on the body, creating settings that will...

Business Communications and the Importance of Writing

for creation of the perfect document 2) Good writing is the project of rewriting 3) Bad writing leads to hostility and confu...

Handling Stress and Ted Pollock's 'Mind Your Own Business'

solution to time pressures, but much of this is because the article is written in an upbeat style, flows well for rapid absorption...

Purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act

for example, in order for work to cease on the construction site until the problem is fixed. Clearly, it behooves the foreman to ...

Research Proposal on the Deterrent of Capital Punishment

example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...

Creative Team Workplace Report Student Case Study

social life. For John this job is a stepping stone to bigger and more important positions. To this end he is very keen to promote ...

Overview of Information Security Management

the ability to read directions can become a hacker because information on how to hack abounds on the Internet, in publications and...

Workplace Rights of Employee Privacy

write policies regarding e-mail usage - this can also help protect against legal problems (York, 2000). When companies are open an...

Harassment in the Workplace

of which include creating a more productive work environment, reducing the ever-looming threat of legal action and building a foun...

Student Supplied Case Study on Sexual Harassment

about what had happened and again refused saying she just wanted to go home. It was subsequently discovered there was a prior com...

Corporate Expatriates and Effective Use

Molen, 2003). Further, the authors report there is a dearth of empirical evidence that address expatriate effectiveness Mol, Born ...