Comparative Analysis of Communications Genres Abstract We are in what is known at the Information Era. The Information Era is the ability to exchange information in a manner that is effective and efficient. Information is important to the way we do things. It gives instructions on what to do and how to do it. There are many different genres of communications. They all provide different information in different situations In today’s society‚ there are a number of different communication
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Employee empowerment in services: a framework for analysis Conrad Lashley The School of Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ Leeds Metropolitan University‚ Leeds‚ UK Keywords Employees‚ Empowerment‚ Hospitality industry‚ Service Abstract Employee empowerment is said to benefit all organisations. The fast moving global economy requires that organisations learn and adapt to change quickly‚ and employees have a key role to play here. This is particularly true in modern service organisations. The empowered
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Minimum Wage When discussing wage payment policies and strategies‚ one of the forefront topics is minimum wage. Minimum wage has historically been a point of contention and much debate among politicians‚ community leaders‚ and businessmen. The current presidential primaries have continued this storied argument‚ and continued the historic trend. The more conservative politicians argue against increasing the minimum wage‚ often suggesting it be eliminated entirely‚ while the more progressive politicians
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Gender‚ Work and Organization. Vol. 18 No. 3 May 2011 doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00546.x Are Women in Management Victims of the Phantom of the Male Norm? gwao_546 298..317 Yvonne Due Billing* Managerial jobs have conventionally been understood as male and thus as not being directly suitable for women. The point of departure of this discourse is that women and men are different and that there is congruence between men and managerial jobs. On the basis of a qualitative study of
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When it comes to the work environment‚ a wage gap between men and women is one of the clear aspects to show gender discrimination. If we sum up the amount of time each person works during a day‚ including inside and outside the home‚ women tend to work more hours than men. Even so‚ the wages women receive are much less than men. Women scholars have made extensive studies about the role of women in society and what affects them in participation into the labor force. In term of work competency‚ there
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to be considered valid and‚ therefore‚ to be taught to new members as a correct way to perceive‚ think and feel in relation to those problems Gareth Morgan has described organizational culture as: "The set of the set of beliefs‚ values‚ and norms‚ together with symbols like dramatized events and personalities‚ that represents the unique character of an organization‚ and provides the context for action in it and by it." Types of Organizational Culture Organisational culture can vary in a number
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ABSTRACT Employee Retention is the biggest challenge that Human Resource Management is facing today. The uncertainty of a changing economy‚ increasing competition and diversity in the workplace has compelled the organizations to hold on to their top performers at whatever cost they have to pay. It is a very difficult task for the recruiters to hire professionals with right skills set all over again. Thus the focus has shifted from numbers’ to ‘quality’ and from ‘recruitment’ to ‘retention. So
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Netherlands Tel: +31.53.894038 Fax: +31.53.339885 email: r.k.stamper@sms.utwente.nl In The Semiotics of the Workplace‚ edited by B. Holmqvist and P.B. Andersen in 1995‚ (c) 1994 Ronald Keith Stamper. All rights reserved. Signs‚ Information‚ Norms and Systems Ronald Stamper The motivation behind the work reported here has been practical since its inception and today‚ the results are actually proving successful in practice. The story began in an experience that I must surely share with many of
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of the two-tiered wage system apply? Why or why not? DBP Leasing Corporation (DLC) is a GOCC that is organized and existing under the Corporation Code. It is within the jurisdiction of the SEC (as a private corporation and a financing company authorized to operate pursuant to R.A. No. 8556) and under the regulatory supervision of the BSP (as a wholly-owned subsidiary of DBP). At present‚ DLC only has 23 employees – 19 regular‚ 2 probationary and 2 contractual. Tier 1 (Floor Wage) does not apply
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A minimum wage is introduced into an experimental labor market characterized by gift exchange. In the experiment‚ subjects are randomly divided into two groups‚ including manager group and employees group‚ with ten subjects in each group. In all periods each manager was matched anonymously with one employee no more than twice and never re-matched in two consecutive periods. In each period‚ the manager makes an individual wage offer to his matched employee and wage offers were written directly on
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