G202: “Business‚ Government & Society” Spring 2013 (2 credit hours) Part of the Global Foundations Core (G-core) Indiana University‚ Kelley School of Business Department of Business Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION Instructor Name: Steven F. Kreft Telephone: (812) 856-4965 E-mail: skreft@indiana.edu Office: BU 458 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00am –11:00am‚ other times are available by appointment. |Sections
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FLEXIBLE WORKING POLICIES: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW The long hours culture and the intensification of work Both a cap on working hours‚ and a broader reorganisation of working time‚ are necessary pendants to policy approaches based on individual rights to flexible working. The experience in countries such as Germany‚ France and Denmark shows that reductions in working hours‚ where employees are consulted over implementation‚ can provide greater work-life balance without reducing competitiveness
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Caroline Obacz Eng 161 - Jennifer Lewis MWF 11-11:50 Poverty is Inescapable “They spend everything and save nothing” (Shipler 4) David Shipler states in The Working Poor when he refers to the working poor in America. Unfortunately‚ for some work just does not work due to conditions such as having to raise children and the inability to fully participate in school. Shipler specifically analyzes three mothers who exemplify those who will be poor for the rest of their lives due to the necessary expenses
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Working Capital Exercises – Part 2 1. Lewis Enterprises is considering relaxing its credit standards to increase its currently sagging sales. As a result of the proposed relaxation‚ sales are expected to increase by 10% from 10‚000 to 11‚000 units during the coming year; the average collection period is expected to increase from 45 to 60 days; and bad debts are expected to increase from 1% to 3% of sales. The sales price and variable cost per unit are P40 andP11‚ respectively. The firm’s required
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Families today take on several forms: single-parent‚ remarried‚ dual career‚ communal‚ homosexual‚ traditional‚ and so forth. More and more families are struggling to make the connection of work and family fit together. There are many issues that working families face such as when if ever will the parents go back to work‚ child care issues‚ finances‚ stress‚ marital strain‚ division of labor‚ and and many more topics. As tradition has it men are the breadwinners of the family but during recent years
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Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability An industry-wise study of Finnish and Swedish public companies Erik Rehn Department of Accounting Hanken School of Economics Helsinki 2012 HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Department of: Type of work: Master’s Thesis Accounting Author: Erik Rehn Date: 13.3.2012 Title of thesis: Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability Abstract: Working Capital Management has lately been a hot topic since
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This article entitled The Honest Workingman and Workers’ Control: The Experience of Toronto Skilled Workers‚ 1860-1892 written by Gregory S. Kealey looks to better describe the practice of three Toronto unions from the 1860’s to the early 1890’s and their struggles for their rights and deserved wages in order to illustrate the strength these types of unions possess. This article recognizes that there are industries where unions win‚ and still must rely on skilled labour. Many times people hear the
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Katie Schoonover COMM 150 Lab 26 April 2013 Team Process Paper For the team discussion forum‚ our group name was “Team SWAG.” The other members of Team SWAG were Michael Bates‚ Sarah Phillips‚ Elise Griffin‚ and Evan Abdullah. The communication perspective we chose to tackle was the issue of Conflict Management. To do this‚ we divided up the five methods of managing conflict discussed in the book‚ withdrawing‚ accommodating‚ forcing‚ compromising‚ and collaborating‚ and individually
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Multi-agency Working Explain the importance of multi –agency working and integrated working. (outcome 1.1) Multi-agency working brings together practitioners and working professionals to provide a way of working together to support children and young people through their development. This is very important in ensuring that each and every child is supported in their development to all achieve the same outcomes. Agency professionals such as GP’s‚ SENCO’s‚ speech and language specialists and
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* What are your ambitions for the future? * Do you hope to gain any qualifications? * What are the advantages of studying instead of working? Work * Can you describe your job to me? * What do you do for a living? * How long have you been doing it? * Can you describe one of your typical working days? * What’s your daily routine on a working day? * Why did you choose to do that job? * What things do you enjoy about your work? Why? * What do you think is the attraction of your
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