Smoking in the Workplace: The Unhealthy Consequence Crystal Hicks COMM/112 July 27‚ 2011 Kathleen Neff University of Phoenix Smoking in the Workplace Despite what smoking can do to oneself and others‚ some people are always going to take that risk. Smoking in the workplace has always been an issue. If an individual is a smoker and has tried to stop‚ you know that it is not easy. I am a smoker who wants to quit‚ but just cannot seem to kick the habit. The most addictive part of smoking
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Emotion in the workplace: The New Challenge for Managers Emotional Intelligence‚ In recent years‚ have become something of a hot topic in management. According to the authors‚ the aim of this article is to acquaint managers with intruiging new research that examines both emotional intelligence and the broader issue of emotion‚ which has shown to play a powerful role in workplace setting. The authors opened the article with a scenario concerning an employee‚ which unfortunately‚ probably presents
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Ageism in the Workplace: A Cause for Concern Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems faced by older employees in the workplace. The problems researched include age discrimination affecting promotions‚ forced retirement and problems employers face when dealing with older employees. Older employees are facing the same economic issues faced by all employees. Those older employees who do not have‚ or are unable to survive on savings or investments still need to work. Employers
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In todays’ society the workplace is filled with people who act different‚ look different‚ and do their job differently. This is due to the different generations in the workplace today. These generations are the veterans‚ baby boomers‚ gen x‚ and gen y. The veterans are the oldest generation in the workplace. They were born from before 1946 and lived through World War II and the Great Depression. Being born during this time‚ they usually tend to have a high level of respect for authority. They understand
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GERARD Florian ASSIGNMENT : Question 1 : Sexual harassment includes offensive or pervasive conduct in the workplace related to a person’s sex that negatively affects a reasonable person’s employment. Unfortunately‚ sexual harassment is common in workplaces throughout the United States. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is a federal law that prohibits discrimination
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Workplace stress The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines workplace stress as “the process that arises where work demands of various types and combinations exceed the person’s capacity and capability to cope.” This can lead to sickness‚ absences and high levels of staff turnover within a business: results which are positive for neither the staff nor the company. However‚ despite claiming that stress at work is widespread throughout the UK‚ the HSE (2010) also offers strategies designed to
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Workplace Telecommunications 1 An Assessment of Workplace Telecommunications Kathi Frangquist NTC 360 William Roberts July 11‚ 2005 Workplace Telecommunications 2 The telecommunication system at XYZ Corporation meets the needs of its medium sized business. Their phone system consists of 1‚000 2400 series digital phones. These phones help to improve the efficiency and productivity of our organization and simplify the flow of information because of the enhanced features such
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Capstone Assignment Gossip in the Workplace Lotta Weigeldt Table of Contents 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................p. 3 2. Literature Review on Gossip.................................................................................p. 3 2.1 Definition of Gossip................................................................................p. 4 2.2 Communication Models…..............................
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Diversity in a Workplace Discrimination are more common in workplaces‚ because some people only think of discrimination as making a distinction and judgment of a person based on color of skin. Discrimination goes far beyond color of skin. A person can be disseminated agonist for their age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ or even for being pregnant. In a workplace there are standards and policies in place to decrease the chances of a person being discriminated against. When the staff is diverse
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Information And Communication Technology Assignment 3 REPORT Workplace Monitoring Submitted by Vinay Sagar andugula S0226867 Vinay06k@gmail.com Due Date 13/01/13 Lecture: Hans Telford Course Coordinator: Ritesh Chugh Executive Summary This report on a study involving a research on workplace monitoring in a bank located in Sydney Australia. This report focuses on advantages and disadvantages of workplace surveillance on both employee and employer perspectives. Some of the results
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